Download or read book A Practical Guide to Local Council Administration written by W. H. Ousby and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Organization and Operation of Neighborhood Councils written by Howard W. Hallman and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1977 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Local Politics A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots written by Terry Christensen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike most competing texts that are densely written and heavily theoretical, with little flavor of political life, this book is a readable, jargon-free introduction to real-life local politics for today's students. While it encompasses local government and politics in cities and towns across America, "Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots" gives special attention to the politics of suburbia, where many students live, and encourages them to become engaged in their own communities. The book is also distinguished by its strong emphasis on nuts-and-bolts practical politics. It provides focused discussion of institutions, roles, and personalities as well as the dynamic environment of local politics (demographics, immigration, globalization, etc.) and major policy issues (budgets, land use, transportation, education, etc.). Other texts treat communities as abstractions and readers as passive observers. "Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots" is designed to inspire civic engagement as well as understanding. It features "In Your Community" research projects for students in every chapter along with informative tables, clear charts, essential terms, and guides to useful websites.
Download or read book Local Politics written by and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing Local Government written by Kimberly L. Nelson and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Managing Local Government Services written by Carl W. Stenberg and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing Small Cities and Counties written by James M. Banovetz and published by International City/County Management Association(ICMA). This book was released on 1994 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Councillors Handbook written by Nicholas Herbert and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Public Administrator s Companion written by Sandra Emerson and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2022-12-05 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of The Public Administrator’s Companion: A Practical Guide examines the most important elements of public administration. The authors provide readers with a keen understanding of how government works, useful for both students and practitioners of public administration. The book discusses governmental structure, human resources, and public funding. It delineates administrators’ actions in strategic planning, consensus building, budget development, performance measurement, and public policy assessment and implementation. This edition includes new chapters on nonprofit organizations and leadership for administrators, as well as an appendix about preparing and making presentations. The previous edition’s appendix on getting a job in local government has been revised to include interviewing and hiring from the perspectives of both the agency and applicant. Real-world examples and cases from the local, state, and federal level reinforce key topics. Each chapter ends with a “Practicing Public Administration” section that provides helpful exercises for building the skills described in the chapter and a “Bibliography,” which provides useful source materials that can broaden the reader’s comprehension of the chapter.
Download or read book Local Politics A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots written by Terry Christensen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike most competing texts that are densely written and heavily theoretical, with little flavor of political life, this book is a readable, jargon-free introduction to real-life local politics for today's students. While it encompasses local government and politics in cities and towns across America, "Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots" gives special attention to the politics of suburbia, where many students live, and encourages them to become engaged in their own communities. The book is also distinguished by its strong emphasis on nuts-and-bolts practical politics. It provides focused discussion of institutions, roles, and personalities as well as the dynamic environment of local politics (demographics, immigration, globalization, etc.) and major policy issues (budgets, land use, transportation, education, etc.). Other texts treat communities as abstractions and readers as passive observers. "Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots" is designed to inspire civic engagement as well as understanding. It features "In Your Community" research projects for students in every chapter along with informative tables, clear charts, essential terms, and guides to useful websites.
Download or read book Tools for Decision Making written by David N. Ammons and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book guides readers to mastery of a wide array of practical analytic techniques useful to local governments. Written in an easy-to-read style with an emphasis on providing practical assistance to students, local government practitioners, and others interested in local government performance, this updated third edition features analytic methods selected for their relevance to everyday problems encountered in city and county governments. The authors outline a variety of practical techniques including the simplest that the fields of management, public administration, policy analysis, and industrial engineering have to offer. Each analytic technique is introduced in the context of a fictitious case presented over a few pages at the beginning of that technique's chapter. Contents include demand analysis, work distribution analysis, process flow-charting, inflation adjustments, annualizing capital costs, staffing analysis, identifying full costs of a program or service, present value analysis, life-cycle costing, lease/buy analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, benchmarking analysis, and more. This updated third edition features a dramatic expansion of Excel-based applications, plus templates and exercises accompanying many of the chapters and available online. New chapters prepare readers to: - use statistical tests to identify significant differences in performance averages; - construct Pareto charts; - develop cause-and-effect diagrams; - prepare control charts; - detect possible discrimination in hiring and appointment practices; and - present analytic evidence more effectively. This book is an essential resource for students and instructors of public administration courses on analysis, methods, evaluation, productivity improvement, and service delivery. Online resources for this book, including Excel templates, are available at https: //toolsfordecisionmaking.sog.unc.edu
Download or read book The Local Council Clerk s Guide written by Paul Clayden and published by Shaw Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fills an important gap in the published advice available to the thousands of individuals who act as parish council clerks. It covers all aspects of a clerk's appointment and duties, from the constitutional role of local councils, through the terms of appointment of clerks to their day-to-day responsibilities. Practical advice and guidance is given on such matters as preparing for meetings, supervision of staff (if any ), finances and, most importantly, relationships with councillors. and there is a section on the legal status of local councils. This new edition takes account of the many changes in law and practice since the book was first published. The main change is the bringing into force of the new ethical framework for councillors enacted in the Local Government Act 2000 but unimplemented when the first edition went to press. Other important changes include new Accounts and Audit Regulations made in 2003 and, also in 2003, the promulgation of the Quality Parish Council Scheme in England.
Download or read book The Councillors Handbook written by Nicholas Herbert and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Councillors' Handbook: A Practical Guide to the Election and Business of a County Council The system of local government in the Metropolis is very different from that obtaining elsewhere, and it is not proposed in this work to deal with it in any detail accordingly the account of local government in this work is not, in the absence of express statement, applicable to the Metropolis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Guide to Local Government Finance in California written by Michael Multari and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arnold Baker Local Council Administration written by Paul Clayden and published by Butterworths. This book was released on 2016-05-27 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arnold-Baker on Local Council Administration has long been established as the guide to this specialist field of local government law. Amongst local councillors it is often called 'The Bible'. It is a complete statement of the law relating to parish and community councils through an extensive, though succinct, narrative accompanied by comprehensive pertinent statutory materials.It covers everything from parish and manorial history to the new laws now governing local councils. All aspects are explored in a user-friendly style. It also includes appendices of relevant statutes, statutory instruments and an extensive list of useful contacts.Now in its tenth edition, this remains the key text for Parish Councils, Local Authorities and solicitors practising in local government law and public/administration law.What's New: * The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 which provided for new accounts and audit rules for local councils in England* New account rules in Wales* The move to electronic systems - for delivery of agendas, minutes and other papers, and for the payment of bills* The minimum wage increase and move to a national living wage
Download or read book The Practical Guide to Externalising Local Authority Services written by Andrew Sparke and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a practical guide to the legal, personnel, financial and management problems arising in the course of the transfer of local authority services and staff to arms-length and external organizations. Topics covered include: conflicts of interests; key elements of transition; the evolving face of council service provision; the available vehicles for transfers into the private sector; and awarding work to an externalized body. Case studies are also included. There is also information on externalization options, coverage of UK case studies and practical assistance for the many local authorities who have little experience in this field.
Download or read book Local Council Finance written by Chris Richards and published by . This book was released on 2002-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a concise and practical guide to the more important aspects of parish, town and community council finance and the keeping of accounts. It is intended for those charged with the responsibility of keeping local council accounts, such as Clerks and Finance Officers, and also for members of parish, town and community councils and students of local council finance and administration. It covers topics such as the budget, annual accounts, accounting methods appropriate for small and larger local councils, VAT, internal and external audit, payroll, capital accounting, borrowing and insurance. The book takes consideration of the accounts and audit regulations and the new approach to audits, and changes in Inland Revenue, Customs & Excise and Contributions Agency practice. Additional subjects covered include valuation of assets, computerisation, data protection, pensions and investments.
