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Local government management [[electronic resource] ] : current issues and best practices / / edited by Douglas J. Watson and Wendy L. Hassett
| Local government management [[electronic resource] ] : current issues and best practices / / edited by Douglas J. Watson and Wendy L. Hassett |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
| Disciplina | 352.140973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WatsonDouglas J
HassettWendy L |
| Collana | ASPA Classics |
| Soggetto topico | Local government |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-315-53938-1
1-134-94271-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465722803321 |
| Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Local government management [[electronic resource] ] : current issues and best practices / / edited by Douglas J. Watson and Wendy L. Hassett
| Local government management [[electronic resource] ] : current issues and best practices / / edited by Douglas J. Watson and Wendy L. Hassett |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
| Disciplina | 352.140973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WatsonDouglas J
HassettWendy L |
| Collana | ASPA Classics |
| Soggetto topico | Local government |
| ISBN |
1-315-53938-1
1-134-94271-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798206103321 |
| Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Local government management : current issues and best practices / / edited by Douglas J. Watson and Wendy L. Hassett
| Local government management : current issues and best practices / / edited by Douglas J. Watson and Wendy L. Hassett |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
| Disciplina | 352.140973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WatsonDouglas J
HassettWendy L |
| Collana | ASPA Classics |
| Soggetto topico | Local government |
| ISBN |
1-315-53938-1
1-134-94271-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819573803321 |
| Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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More than mayor or manager [[electronic resource] ] : campaigns to change form of government in America's large cities / / editors James H. Svara and Douglas J. Watson
| More than mayor or manager [[electronic resource] ] : campaigns to change form of government in America's large cities / / editors James H. Svara and Douglas J. Watson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.8/50973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SvaraJames H
WatsonDouglas J |
| Soggetto topico | Municipal government - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-58901-620-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Change from council-manager to mayor-council form -- pt. 2. Rejected change from council-manager to mayor-council form -- pt. 3. Change from mayor-council to council-manager -- pt. 4. Rejected change to mayor-council form from commission and weak mayor. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459992403321 |
| Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
More than mayor or manager : campaigns to change form of government in America's large cities / / editors James H. Svara and Douglas J. Watson
| More than mayor or manager : campaigns to change form of government in America's large cities / / editors James H. Svara and Douglas J. Watson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : Georgetown University Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 346 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Disciplina | 320.8/50973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SvaraJames H
WatsonDouglas J |
| Soggetto topico | Municipal government - United States |
| ISBN | 1-58901-620-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Change from council-manager to mayor-council form -- pt. 2. Rejected change from council-manager to mayor-council form -- pt. 3. Change from mayor-council to council-manager -- pt. 4. Rejected change to mayor-council form from commission and weak mayor. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785568003321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : Georgetown University Press, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
More than mayor or manager : campaigns to change form of government in America's large cities / / editors James H. Svara and Douglas J. Watson
| More than mayor or manager : campaigns to change form of government in America's large cities / / editors James H. Svara and Douglas J. Watson |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : Georgetown University Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 346 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Disciplina | 320.8/50973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SvaraJames H
WatsonDouglas J |
| Soggetto topico | Municipal government - United States |
| ISBN | 1-58901-620-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Change from council-manager to mayor-council form -- pt. 2. Rejected change from council-manager to mayor-council form -- pt. 3. Change from mayor-council to council-manager -- pt. 4. Rejected change to mayor-council form from commission and weak mayor. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809067003321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : Georgetown University Press, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||