1st Edition

Managing Local Government For Improved Performance A Practical Approach

By Brian W. Rapp Copyright 1977
    444 Pages
    by Routledge

    444 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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