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Author: Nicolas A. Valcik
Publisher: ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780367029036
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBringing together key voices from the academic and public sectors, Local Government Management offers techniques and insight into how local government can most effectively lead and manage their resources in an evolving political - and environmental - landscape.
Author: Douglas J. Watson
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780765611277
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome of the very best writings on issues involving local government can be found in journals published by the American Society for Public Administration or journals with which ASPA is associated. This volume includes thirty of the most outstanding articles that have been published over the past sixty years in these journals. Local Government Management is an ideal supplement for any course in local management and administration, whether the audience is students or practicing professionals.
Author: P. S. Reddy
Publisher: Juta
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPartial contenst : Decentralisation and democratisation; Local government democracy in the South African context; The 1995 local government elections; South africa; Namibia; Mozambique; Zimbabwe; Constitutional reform and local government restructuring; Human resource management and affirmative action; Women in local government management and development; Finance and development; Rural local government in South Africa; NGOs, civil society and development; Urban environmental planning and management: the challenge of sustainable development.
Author: Leendert Theodoor van den Dool
Publisher: Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9059720997
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book looks at the development of local government on a global scale: its history, practice, and future. Leon van den Dool explores local government from a practical standpoint, including human resource policy and financial management, offers a concise summary of modern public management theories, and links this theory with practice, providing case studies from countries at different stages of development. A valuable tool for students and scholars of management, Making Local Government Work is also an excellent overview for anyone interested in how such organizations really operate.
Author: Nicolas A. Valcik
Publisher:
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780429669910
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In a recent paradigm shift, local governments find themselves shouldering more responsibility for day-to-day governance and crisis management, thanks to regulations and federal spending cuts. While twenty years ago a book on local government administration might have been considered complete with chapters on budgeting, public personnel management, productivity and responsivity, and community engagement, any discussion of local government must now also include resiliency, emergency management, climate change, smart cities, social media, and infrastructure funding. Bringing together key voices from the academic and public sectors, Local Government Management offers techniques and insight into how local government can most effectively lead and manage their resources in an evolving political - and environmental - landscape. Featuring examples from expert contributors' own decades of public service and research, this forward-thinking book explores the rapid speed of change in local communities and the need for local government to not only adapt, but to also proactively plan for the future. Local Government Management is essential reading for local government officials, public stakeholders, practitioners, and students of public administration and management"--
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 140
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Author: Sue Goss
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780333917879
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew forms of local governance require new ways of working, and in this important new book, Sue Goss assesses the nature of the challenge and how individuals and organizations have responded. Drawing on a wide range of political and management theory and research and her own extensive experience, she provides the clearest picture yet of the emergence of new "relationship organizations" and of their engagement with the new roles of citizens, public managers, and local politicians.
Author: Ighodalo Akhakpe
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9789785815238
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Presently, Nigeria's democracy and development are at a crossroads. This is not unconnected with the crisis that has inundated these processes in the country. Following failed expectations of the first and second independence movements, the country has been on an unending search for sustainable democracy and development that have so far progressed in twists and turns. In the course of this pursuit, the citizenry particularly at the grassroots, have been beaten, battered and marginalised. How can Nigeria come out of this cul-de-sac? this book thus, is a contribution to the search for democracy and development that would be sustainable. The book submits that the bottom-top approach with local government management as a springboard, holds the keys that will unlock grassroots democracy and development that is sustainable. It also presents the inescapable conclusion that to stem the recurring tide of socio-economic decay and inspire renewal, local government management is the genuine solution."--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Marissa M. Bell,
Publisher: RTI Press
Published: 2014-12-29
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Local Government Development Framework (LGDF) is a local governance performance measurement and monitoring tool based on government-citizen collaboration. Developed by RTI International, the LGDF provides for the establishment of demand-driven benchmarks and participatory assessments for the improvement of local governance, service delivery in particular. The paper presents the development-project origins of the LGDF beginning in the 1980s, comparatively examines LGDF’s strengths and weaknesses, and provides a step-by-step discussion of its utilization. Four developing countries in which the LGDF has been applied serve as examples. The LGDF involves, first, the establishment of performance benchmarks for the priority functions of the local government. Second, local officials and community stakeholders come together to collaboratively assess and score progress toward achieving the benchmarks. Third, local officials working with stakeholders develop action plans for achieving priority objectives. Finally, the process is regularly repeated to identify areas of improvement and future capacity-building needs. Successful implementation of the LGDF, we conclude, requires leadership, well-aligned political incentives, proper design and implementation, and dedication to the process. Yet it has withstood the test of time and proven to be an effective tool for bringing government together with the community to achieve local development objectives.
Author: Ontario. Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs. Advisory Services Branch
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 100
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