Includes bibliographical references and index.

Authors' Preface to third Edition: Foreword to Third Edition by Arnold de Jong: Authors' Preface to Second Edition: Authors' Preface to First Edition: Foreword to First Edition by Raymond Bunker: A Quick Access Guide: 1. Foundations: 2. Working into Problems: 3. Working towards Decisions: 4. Orientations: 5. Skills in Shaping: 6. Skills in Designing: 7. Skills in Comparing: 8. Skills in Choosing: 9. Practicalities: 10.The Electronic Resource: 11. Extensions in Process Management: 12. Invention, Transformation and Interpretation: 13. Learning from Others by 21 invited contributors: 14. The Developmental Challenge: Bibliography.

Planning under Pressure offers managers, planners, consultants and students a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the Strategic Choice Approach, which has gradually been attracting worldwide recognition as a fresh, versatile and practical approach to collaborative decision-making under uncertainty. Starting from basic principles, the book uses helpful diagrams and clear explanations to demonstrate practical ways of approaching daunting decision problems; of devising possible ways forward; and of working effectively towards agreed courses of action. Along he way, decision makers are helped to cope with diverse sources of uncertainty – technical, political, managerial – in a strategic manner.