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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457402703321

Autore

West William F

Titolo

Program budgeting and the performance movement [[electronic resource] ] : the elusive quest for efficiency in government / / William F. West

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-58901-791-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 p.)

Collana

Public management and change series

Disciplina

352.4/8

Soggetti

Managerial accounting - United States

Program budgeting - United States

Total quality management in government - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A brief history of PPB -- The survival and evolution of program budgeting at DOD -- NOAA's adoption of PPB and matrix management -- Evaluating NOAA's management initiatives -- PPB and the holy grail of performance management -- Administrative doctrine and administrative reality.

Sommario/riassunto

William F. West examines the checkered history of program budgeting (PPB) as a means of rationalizing the allocation of resources within and across government agencies. The book includes an in-depth study of the adoption and effects of PPB at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. West also discusses how the disappointing results of PPB speak more broadly to the goals and assumptions of formal requirements for planning and performance assessment.