Mark Crowder is Senior Lecturer in Strategy, Programme Leader, and the Education Lead Officer for the Department of Strategy, Enterprise, and Sustainability at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Mohammad Roohanifar is Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Subject Lead for Strategy and Sustainability within the Department of Strategy, Enterprise, and Sustainability at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Trevor A. Brown is Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Apprenticeships Lead within the Department of Strategy, Enterprise, and Sustainability at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, teaching professionals within education, health, and the public sector.

Section 1: The Public Sector 1.1. What is the 'public sector?' Section 2: Theoretical Underpinnings of Strategy 2. Approaches to developing strategy in the public sector 3. Traditional approaches to strategy and value creation Section 3: Factors that Influence Strategic Decision-Making 4. Influences on strategy development: Classical Models 5. Influences on strategy development: Neo-institutional theory & organisational fields 6. The psychology of decision-making 6. The use of cognitive heuristics in strategic decision-making Section 4: Strategic Tools in Practice 8. Current debates in Strategy as Practice, neo-institutional theory, and workshops 9. Revealed Cognitive Causal Mapping: Theoretical underpinning and approaches to analysis 10. Running a strategy workshop - a practical guide 11. Case studies and insights from public sector strategy sessions Section 5: Summary 12. Summary and Conclusions