Port commissioners are those individuals acting as the governing body of a port entity, who adopt and oversee the execution of port plans, policies, budgets, and programs usually through the port CEO. In some jurisdictions they are called board of directors or other titles.
Published in Chapter:
A Repeatable Strategic Planning Model for Quasi-Governmental Port Entities
Lisa S. McBride (Capella University, USA) and R. Adam McBride (McBride Research Associates, USA)
Copyright: © 2017
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1049-9.ch087
Abstract
A repeatable strategic planning model for quasi-governmental port entities which recognizes and includes the aspects of blended public and political interests in port ownership is presented in this chapter. This model, developed over a period of forty years, has been successfully implemented in quasi-governmental port entities in the United States and Canada. It is supported by the strategic planning literature, best practices in port planning, and the perspectives and experiences of a port chief executive officer. This model consists of the sequential components of Legitimacy and Support, Public Value Proposition, Mission Statement, SWOT Analysis, Objectives and Strategies, Evaluation and Review, and Renewal as well as the dynamic elements of ongoing Communication and Consultation, where Legitimacy and Support for the strategic plan is maintained with both public and private constituencies throughout the process.