[PDF] Managing Local Government For Improved Performance eBook

Author : Brian W. Rapp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 28,67 MB
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429706235

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After working for nearly three years to improve the performance of the government of Flint, Michigan—and discovering that there was no comprehensive work on the subject of local-government management to refer to—Brian Rapp and Frank M. Patitucci felt a personal as well as a professional need to write a book that would help them understand their successes and failures, and that would help others do a better job in similar situations. The result, this book, is unique both in its approach and in its presentation. The authors, establishing a conceptual framework within which to understand their subject, use Flint as a case city to examine the practical impact of factors affecting city government, and they indicate the major standards and criteria that should be applied in evaluating that impact. Although they recognize that within each city there are unique conditions that make a blanket prescription impossible, the authors are nevertheless convinced that many individuals both in and out of government can do something to improve the performance of their city government, and they have set out to help these individuals understand, in the most concrete terms possible, how they might go about it.

Author : Kimberly L. Nelson
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,39 MB
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1506323367

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Managing Local Government: An Essential Guide for Municipal and County Managers offers a practical introduction to the changing structure, forms, and functions of local governments. Taking a metropolitan management perspective, authors Kimberly Nelson and Carl W. Stenberg explain U.S. local government within historical context and provide strategies for effective local government management and problem solving. Real-life scenarios and contemporary issues illustrate the organization and networks of local governments; the roles, responsibilities, and relationships of city and county managers; and the dynamics of the intergovernmental system. Case studies and discussion questions in each chapter encourage critical analysis of the challenges of collaborative governance. Unlike other books on the market, this text’s combined approach of theory and practice encourages students to enter municipal and county management careers and equips them with tools to be successful from day one.

Author : David N. Ammons
Publisher : International City/County Management Association(ICMA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,71 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Local government
ISBN : 9780873261784

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If you are not content to merely declare performance goals in mission statements or to rest your hopes on performance measurement to bring about change, find out how to lead an active strategy to push your organization toward improved performance. Leading Performance Management in Local Government walks you through a brief overview of performance measurement, and then delves into successful performance management practices. This collection of readings on performance measurement and management is packed with strategies and guidance from noted experts on leadership in government. Book jacket. ICMA Press is a leading publisher of books, reports, survey research, training materials, and other resources used by local government management professionals, municipal and county associations, and colleges and universities. Book jacket.

Author : Carl W. Stenberg
Publisher : ICMA Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 43,12 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0873267095

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Managing Local Government Services, 3rd ed. is a comprehensive text on the subject of local government services relevant to local governments of all sizes. This edition is refocused and updated to include the demographic, economic, technology and cultural trends that affect the management of service delivery. New chapters discuss the shift from ¿government¿ to ¿governance,¿ alternative methods of service delivery, community development, and the five management practices that are fast becoming the standard for professional local government management.Each chapter lays out the manager¿s responsibilities in each service area, and provides effective policies, practices, and procedures. Short case examples give you a practical look at the goals, challenges, and solutions in the manager¿s world.

Author : Steve Rogers
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 11,77 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Local government
ISBN :

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Local Government faces major challenges today. These include the management of increasingly scarce resources; the provision of modern services in reponse to public needs; competition for services from outside local government; increasingly complex issues of political control and direction; and the challenge to local government autonomy by central government.

Author : Douglas J. Watson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 48,74 MB
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 1134942788

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Some of the very best writings on issues involving local government can be found in journals published by the American Society for Public Administration or journals with which ASPA is associated. This volume includes thirty of the most outstanding articles that have been published over the past sixty years in these journals. Local Government Management is an ideal supplement for any course in local management and administration, whether the audience is students or practicing professionals.

Author : Janet M. Kelly
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 2015-05-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0765630060

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Provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical framework for informing budget decisions based on the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery. The authors enliven the text with references to their original research and personal experiences with performance measurement, citizen satisfaction surveys, and financial management practices. This edition includes increased coverage of cost accounting procedures and of citizen participation in performance management.