Crowley (a former strategic business consultant with Accenture) and Ryan (Asia Pacific director for Accenture Development Partnerships) bring their organizational consulting experience to the question of how to ensure that large international non-governmental organizations are delivering to the point where their economies of scale and scope are greater than the implied additional costs of management, coordination, alignment, and integration. They explore this overarching question in relation to six different lines of approach that they believe should be part of any strategic planning process. These lines of approach are: determining the proper scope and focus of the organization; determining current and mission-required organizational competencies; understanding how social and economic progress occurs; understanding how to incorporate changing possibilities from information and communication technology in program design and implementation; understanding the necessary organizational model and structure for the present and for the future; and understanding how to operate effectively as a global organization. Kumarian Press is an imprint of Stylus Publishing. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)