Public Administration and Public Policy
3 primary works • 4 total works
Book 22
Book 26
Managing Administration represents the only introductory text covering management in every occupational setting. This matchless single-source provides the conceptual framework vital to comprehension of the whole system ... offers the foundation for resource deployment-crucial in day-to-day organizational function and problem solving ... and presents a basis for asking pertinent questions, necessary to make the fullest use of specialists within the system.
Managing Administration tackles the subject in four logical sections. The first addresses the administrative setting, and sets up a conceptual framework. Next, the section on information resources in administration explores key research tools. The third unit examines human resources in administration, highlighting organizational change and labor relations. Finally, the section on financial resources delves into financial management, decision making, and budgeting.
Managing Administration truly is a unique addition to the literature. It is the ideal text for graduate as well as undergraduate students of public administration, personnel administration, business management, organization theory, information systems management, and political science. Moreover, any practicing management personnel will find this insightful work indispensable as a reference.
Book 148
Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies
by William Simms Curry and Dr Evan M Berman
The First Complete Contracting Reference/ Textbook for State and Local Agencies
Federal contracting officials have a comprehensive resource in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) to guide them through the arduous contracting process; however, until now there has been no such counterpart for state and local