Download or read book Tools for Decision Making written by David N. Ammons and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known for encouraging step-by-step problem solving and for connecting techniques to real-world scenarios, David Ammons’ Tools for Decision Making covers a wide range of local government practices—from the foundational to the advanced. Brief and readable, each chapter opens with a problem in a hypothetical city and then introduces a tool to address it. Thoroughly updated with new local government examples, the second edition also incorporates chapters devoted to such additional techniques as sampling analysis, sensitivity analysis, financial condition analysis, and forecasting via trend analysis. Numerous tables, figures, exhibits, equations, and worksheets walk readers through the application of tools, and boxed features throughout each chapter present other uses for techniques, helpful online resources, and common errors. A handy guide for students and an invaluable resource and reference for practitioners.
Download or read book Final Report on Recommendations to Improve Public Works Decision making written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tools for Decision Making written by David N. Ammons and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-08 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book guides readers to the 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 Nation s Public Works written by National Council on Public Works Improvement (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Heuristic Study of the Decision to Privatize Local Government Services written by David L. Rich and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this research is to explore the nature of local government decision making. Six Michigan cities, selected from respondents to an International City/County Management Association (ICMA) privatization survey, are the basis of this multi-case study examining the decision to privatize public services. Classical decision-making theory is used to identify six foundational elements from which to analyze the privatization decision: (1) identification of the problem(s) that triggered the decision to consider privatization; (2) the solutions considered; (3) the processes or mechanisms used to make the decision; (4) the environment in which the decision was made; (5) the identification of the key participants, their role in the decision-making process, and what effect they had on the decision; and (6) the evaluation of the decision to privatize. From these foundational elements, the research identifies the most dominant of four decision-making models: rational, bounded rational, public choice, and contingency theory. The research also identifies internal and external environmental factors that play a part in local governments' decisions. The primary data in this research are in-depth interviews with local government managers, board members, and department heads. Secondary data sources are used to collect additional information and to analyze interview data for consistency.
Download or read book Beyond Maps written by John O'Looney and published by ESRI, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the varied case studies, this comprehensive resource looks beyond the mechanics of systems and screens to show how local governments can make geographic information systems true management tools. Case studies provide a framework of understanding of the unique capabilities of GIS. 50 maps.
Download or read book Local Government Public Works Decision making written by Robert Rue Lee and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing Local Government Finance written by James M. Banovetz and published by International City/County Management Association(ICMA). This book was released on 1996 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Current References and Information Services for Policy Decision making in State and Local Government Labor Relations written by United States. Division of Public Employee Labor Relations and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Works Administration written by Lucy Brewer and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1997 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical structures and facilities that deliver the federal, state, and local governments' services are essential to the economic and social development of communities, regions, and nations. As our cities age and our government "recreates" itself, can our transportation, water resources, waste management, and public utilities systems absorb the strain? Gathered from experience and applied research, Public Works Administration is a collection of modern perspectives on public works administration. Contributors examine public works such as federal reservoirs, urban forestry, solid waste disposal, and urban highways and also explore the concepts of privatization, growth management, site location, and funding.
Download or read book State and Local Government Administration written by Rabin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1985-07-30 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the major issues of state and local government administration, this introductory, core textbook is ideal for courses in State and Local Government Administration, State Government, Municipal Government, Labor Relations, Public Budgeting and Decision-Making, Policy-Making and Personnel Administration. Offering reliable, up-to-date information, this text provides a thorough understanding of state and local government administration and its current, general trends. Written by leading experts in their respective fields, this work contains in-depth, authoritative examinations of four crucial areas: organization and management -- including management structures at various levels of government such as counties and special districts, and leadership functions; budgeting, decision-making, and financial management -- discussing state budgeting functions and limitations, and internal and external control mechanisms; policy-making and policy implementation -- demonstrating patterns within the executive and legislative branches as well as alternatives to municipal service delivery and the integration of human services management within delivery systems; and personnel administration and labor relations -- covering organizational training, employee benefits, unionism, and collective bargaining. Now, advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level public administration and political science students; public administrators and managers; and professionals in government agencies and institutes can meet the demands of this rapidly changing field with this outstanding text. Book jacket.
Download or read book Theoretical Foundations and Discussions on the Reformation Process in Local Governments written by Sadioglu, Ugur and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local government can be defined as a public entity acting as the sub-unit of a state or of a region, charged with the task of enforcing public policies. There have been many reforms of local government in recent years from the grassroots-led movement that took root in the 90’s to the overarching effects of globalization and decentralization. Local governments must adapt their practices in order to most effectively provide for their constituents. Theoretical Foundations and Discussions on the Reformation Process in Local Government addresses the effects of recent reforms in the political-administrative system of local governments and politics as well as future outlooks. It reviews the challenges, innovations, and lessons from local governments while providing theoretical perspectives on methods for positive reform. This book is a critical reference source for policy makers, government organizations, professionals, and actors in both local and international politics.
Download or read book Handbook for Georgia Mayors and Councilmembers written by Betty J. Hudson and published by University of Georgia, Carl Vinson Institute of Government. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Outsourcing State and Local Government Services written by John O'Looney and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1998-11-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step-by-step help for state and local government executives and managers who see the benefits in outsourcing services but have little experience in doing it, and even less understanding of the risks and hazards.
Download or read book Citizen Participation in Public Decision Making written by Jack DeSario and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1987-01-13 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As services provided by government have expanded over the past several decades, so inevitably, has bureaucracy--especially the corps of professional administrators in charge of programs ranging from health care to the maintenance of efficient transportation networks. Under pressure from reform groups to promote public accountability by involving citizens in the decision-making process, government has begun to place private citizens on many important health, education, transportation, and environmental planning bodies. This study of citizen participation and technocracy, written by twelve prominent specialists, provides the first comprehensive theoretical and empirical analyses of these recent developments and their impact on formulating, directing, and implementing public policies.
Download or read book Selecting Regional Information for Government Planning and Decision making written by Werner Zvi Hirsch and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph outlining statistical method for a selective information system at state and local level to facilitate decision making in regional planning in the USA - describes forecasting, programme planning and budgeting, cost benefit analysis, etc. Diagrams and statistical tables.
Download or read book Small City Government written by Warner E. Mills and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
