Local government management [[electronic resource] ] : current issues and best practices / / edited by Douglas J. Watson and Wendy L. Hassett

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465722803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2015
• ISBN: 1-315-53938-1; 1-134-94271-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Collana: ASPA Classics
• Altri autori (Persone): WatsonDouglas J; HassettWendy L
• Disciplina: 352.140973
• Soggetti: Local government; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "An ASPA classics volume"--t.p.; First published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Part 1. Relations Between Elected Officials and Professional Staff; 1. The Manager Is a Politician; 2. The City Manager: Professional Helping Hand, or Political Hired Hand?; 3. The Mayor as a Policy Leader in the Council-Manager Form of Government: A View from the Field; 4. Dichotomy and Duality: Reconceptualizing the Relationship Between Policy and Administration in Council-Manager Cities; 5. City Managers: Will They Reject Policy Leadership?; 6. A Case for Reinterpreted Dichotomy of Politics and Administration as a Professional Standard in Council-Manager Government7. The Shifting Boundary Between Elected Officials and City Managers in Large Council-Manager Cities; Part 2. Using Tax Dollars Wisely: Budgeting and Financial Management; 8 Financial Management: A Balancing Act for Local Government Chief Financial Officers; 9. Budget Reform and Political Reform: Conclusions from Six Cities; 10. Budgetary Balance: The Norm, Concept, and Practice in Large U.S. Cities; 11. Analyzing How Local Governments Establish Service Priorities; 12. State and Local Governments as Borrowers: Strategic Choices and the Capital Market13. Litigation Costs, Budget Impacts, and Cost Containment Strategies: Evidence from California Cities; Part 3. The Changing World of Public Personnel Management; 14. Municipal Government Personnel Systems: A Test of Two Archetypical Models; 15. Affirmative Action in Municipal Government: Anatomy of a Failure; 16. Explaining the Tenure of Local Government Managers; 17. What Municipal Employees Want from Their Jobs Versus What They Are Getting; 18. Managerial Responses to an Aging Municipal Workforce; 19. Performance Appraisal Practices for Upper Management in City Governments20. Values Management in Local Government; Part 4. Making Local Governments More Productive and Responsive; 21. Issues in Productivity Measurement for Local Governments; 22. Improving the Goal-Setting Process in Local Government; 23. Strategies for Management of Decline and Productivity Improvement in Local Government; 24. Applying Strategic Decision Making in Local Government; 25. Implementing TQM in Local Government: The Leadership Challenge; 26. The Re-ing of Local Government: Understanding and Shaping Governmental ChangePart 5. Citizen Involvement: Opportunities for Participation; 27. Gender and Local Government: A Comparison of Women and Men City Managers; 28. The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: The Case of City Managers; 29. Dealing with Cynical Citizens; 30. Standards of Excellence: U.S. Residents' Evaluations of Local Government Services; Index; ABOUT THE EDITORS