In Pursuit of Performance

Management Systems in State and Local Government

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

Av Patricia W. Ingraham, Patricia W. (College of Community and Public Affairs) Ingraham, Patricia W Ingraham

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Based on five years of extensive research by the Government Performance Project, this volume offers a comprehensive analysis of how government managers and elected officials use management and management systems to improve performance. Drawing on data from across the nation, it examines the performance of state, county, and city governments between 1997 and 2002 within the framework of basic management systems: financial information, human resources, capital and infrastructure, and results evaluation. Key issues addressed:* How governments strategically select elements of management to emphasize the role of leadership* How those governments that aim to improve performance differ from those that do not * What "effective management" looks like Through this careful, in-depth investigation, the contributors conclude that the most effective governments are not those with the most resources, but those that use the resources available to them most carefully and strategically. In Pursuit of Performance is an invaluable tool for government leaders and the scholars who study them.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2007-06-10
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieJohns Hopkins Studies in Governance and Public Management
Antal sidor272
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9780801885686

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PrefaceChapter 1. Studying State and Local Management Systems: Why We Need to Do ItChapter 2. Putting Money Where the Need Is: Managing the Finances of State and Local GovernmentsChapter 3. Underpinning Government: Capital and Infrastructure Management in State and Local GovernmentChapter 4. Government's Largest Investment: Human Resource Management in States, Counties, and CitiesChapter 5. The Performance Challenge: Information Technology Management in States, Counties, and CitiesChapter 6. The Reality of Results: Managing for Results in State and Local GovernmentChapter 7. Integration of Management Systems in State and Local GovernmentChapter 8. Learning to Build Capacity: Applying the GPP Model to Other GovernmentsChapter 9. Counting the Ways Management Matters to PerformanceAppendix A: The Analytical Model for the GPPAppendix B: Criteria Used by GPP AnalystsAppendix C: Governments Evaluated by the GPPList of ContributorsIndex

"An important and valuable report about an important and valuable project. The information and statistics about procedural variations in governments around the nation and the status of their management systems have never been compiled and presented before with anywhere near this level of detail and analytical rigor." - Hal G. Rainey, University of Georgia, author of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, 3rd ed., and Modernizing Human Resource Management in the Federal Government"