Author: National Commission on ProductivityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Improving Municipal Productivity
Author: National Commission on ProductivityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Improving Municipal Productivity
Author: National Commission on Productivity and Work QualityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Managing America's Cities
Author: Roger L. KempPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786458216
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
This work describes the operations of a typical municipal government and examines the many productivity trends that are occurring in city halls across America. Much of the focus is on the increasing need for planning in city government to ensure that productivity goals are met. It thoroughly examines the roles of the council, manager, and clerk in promoting increased productivity. It then looks at such municipal departments as legal, finance, fire, human services, library, police and public works, demonstrating proven techniques and structures in each that improve service. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Municipal Benchmarks
Author: David N. AmmonsPublisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 0765634570
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Completely updated with new listings and statistics throughout, this comprehensive resource goes beyond the current literature on local government performance measurement and provides benchmarks on more than 40 key topics against which performance can be assessed in all areas of operation. "Ammons has assembled a remarkable volume of benchmark data for a comprehensive range of municipal government services. Municipal Benchmarks will be of considerable help for municipalities in laying the groundwork for an accountable government." - Harry Hatry, The Urban Institute "I am delighted to see that ideas for advancing our industry are alive and thriving. Ammons's collection does an incredible service to every municipal manager in the country, and perhaps the world. These benchmarks clearly set standardized ways of looking at measuring the performance of municipal service delivery." - Ted Gaebler, City Manager, Rancho Cordoba, CA (co-author of Reinventing Government)
Municipal Productivity
Author: David N. AmmonsPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Municipal Finances
Author: Catherine D. Farvacque-VitkovicPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821399144
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
This book tells a fascinating story on municipal finances for local government practitioners with rich examples, global practices, and good and bad experiences the authors gained in decades of field work.
Municipal Benchmarks
Author: David AmmonsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317464338
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Completely updated with new listings and statistics throughout, this comprehensive resource goes beyond the current literature on local government performance measurement and provides benchmarks on more than 40 key topics against which performance can be assessed in all areas of operation. "Ammons has assembled a remarkable volume of benchmark data for a comprehensive range of municipal government services. Municipal Benchmarks will be of considerable help for municipalities in laying the groundwork for an accountable government." - Harry Hatry, The Urban Institute "I am delighted to see that ideas for advancing our industry are alive and thriving. Ammons's collection does an incredible service to every municipal manager in the country, and perhaps the world. These benchmarks clearly set standardized ways of looking at measuring the performance of municipal service delivery." - Ted Gaebler, City Manager, Rancho Cordoba, CA (co-author of Reinventing Government)
Inter and Intra Government Arrangements for Productivity
Author: Arie HalachmiPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475728646
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Inter and Intra Governmental Arrangements for Productivity - An Agency Approach focuses on public productivity. It addresses long standing and current questions on government productivity. Its scope and coverage range from theory to very specific applications. First of all it demonstrates the applicability of a theoretical framework to concrete issues in the public sector: the Principal Agent (PA) theory or the Agency theory. Secondly, it demonstrates the different perspectives of this theoretical framework as seen by researchers and practitioners from various countries. The volume is based upon the revised seminar papers from a conference that was held at the University of Twente. Two trends obvious in this world are its increasing global character and the need for increasingly efficient and effective organizations. Inter and intra governmental organizations need to learn to effectively and efficiently work together in complex web like relationships. This study forms a major step in that direction. It consolidates several current economic concepts that are highly visible and specifically applies them to various levels and functions of government. It emphasizes that PA theory is a powerful conceptual framework because of the economic focus on transactions between principals and agents. The issues of information asymmetry, across government constituents, political/diplomatic considerations, and the narrow focus of PA problems will be described. Attention is also given to the issues of citizen demands, internal markets, franchising, competitive procurement and `contracting in'. The study concentrates on academic thinking about the applicability of PA concepts to administrative theory building. As such it makes a current, valid contribution to the knowledge and practice of public administration world-wide.
Promoting Productivity in the Public Sector
Author: Rita Mae KellyPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349088854
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 247
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