Managing Local Government for Improved Performance: A Practical Approach

by Brian W. Rapp

Overview

This book focuses on the ways in which local-government officials decide what needs to be done within a community. It provides a framework for developing a strategy that can improve the performance of any government and make it responsible to unique local conditions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367170745
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/23/2020
Pages:	444
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword — Preface — Introduction — A framework for understanding managing for performance — Improving Local-Government Performance — Managing Local Government as a Public Business — Analyzing the Performance of a Local Government — Applying the framework — The Case City: Flint, Michigan — Political Leaders — Municipal Managers — Municipal Employees and Employee Unions — Management Tools — Financing and Financial Practices — Internal Government Structure — Intergovernmental Relationships — Citizen Involvement — The News Media — Private-interest Groups — The Judiciary — Getting from here to there — Deciding What To Do and How To Do It — Guidelines for Achieving Desired Results — Development of Modern Management Tools: A Case Study — Development of an Urban University: A Case Study — A Concluding Note — Appendixes — A Profile of Conditions in Flint — Evaluation Criteria for Identifying Opportunities To Improve Performance