Public Administration: Balancing Power and Accountability

This is a complete and up-to-date revision of the classic text for public administration, implementing the rule of law as a fundamental issue in American democracy in pursuit of the common interest. It presents public administration as a tension between the necessary exercise of power and the search for responsiveness to achieve maximum accountability from public servants. The authors have initiated a new approach to the study of public administration by focusing on middle- and lower-level managers. These are positions that most public servants will occupy for the bulk of their professional careers. The book recognizes that most of the administration is in field offices, in state and local government, and in cooperation with the private and nonprofit sectors. It then focuses on power and its potential for influencing the behavior of the bureaucracy to perform its goal-oriented and balancing functions in a pluralistic open system. This leads to the relationship between theories about administration and the actual practice and how best results (imperative of accountability) are achieved in the increasingly globalized environment.

McKinney, Jerome B.

Howard, Lawrence C.

Administrative Law

Praeger

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Risking A Nation: U.S. Japanese Trade Failure and the Need for Political, Social, and Economic Reformation

Risking a Nation: U.S. Japanese Trade Failure and the Need for Political, Social, and Economic Reformation

Business & Money

International

Univ Pr of Amer

In Risking A Nation, Jerome McKinney analyzes the problems that must be tackled and how, and looks at the goals that must be reached in order to achieve and maintain competitiveness in the new international economic order. Particular focus is placed on how the U.S. leadership crisis, weakening family values, and rising public anxiety about the future have curtailed the U.S.'s ability to forge creative government business partnerships. The author shows that, in contrast to the United States, Japan possesses a collective commitment and single-minded pursuit of its national interests and the mobilization of its human resources. He argues that such determination will enable Japan to out-complete and out-innovate the U.S. in coming years. McKinney's holistic look at international trade and economics will educate and enlighten the general reader while stirring discussion and debate among public and private policymakers, political scientists, sociologists, economists and individuals concerned about U.S. competitiveness. An excellent text for courses in trade policy, political economy, Japanese studies, basic public administration, political science, and public affairs policy.

Economics

University Press of America

Financial management is emerging as a critical force in everyday management. The continuing upward spiral of inflation, rising cost of governmental programs, and citizens' demands for better cost-effective delivery of goods and services are forcing public managers and other not-for-profit organizations to make creative use of their scarce financial resources. In this new and updated edition, chapters place new and special emphasis on ceiling and target base budget estimating, ratio analysis, TQM, and internal control cost systems. Accountability is given a fresh approach, as it deals with the complicated issues of today's nonprofit organizations. This volume is imperative reading for managers, administrators, scholars, teachers, and students of financial management of public and nonprofit organizations, including the health care industry, public affairs, political science, as well as schools of public health and social work.
New measurement indicator terms that have recently entered the literature are introduced, showing how they are linked to accountability and TQM. Recent developments in revenue, purchasing and inventory, cash, risk management borrowing, and debt management are also incorporated. Particular emphasis is given to performance measurements and their linkage to budgeting and management. The PPBS system that has been developed in response to the dissatisfaction with traditional line-item and performance budgeting is given its own, in-depth chapter and analysis. An important section of the book addresses fraud, waste, and abuse. Because financial management is the only activity that touches every employee in an organization, this is an indispensable book for managers on the state and local level.

Effective Financial Management in Public and Nonprofit Agencies: A Practical and Integrative Approach

Finance

This analytical volume looks at emerging fiscal trends and introduces the tools for effective financial management to American business professionals in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
This hard-hitting book is the most comprehensive reference to financial theory and practice for operating a business―profit or nonprofit―in the United States today. Content focuses on fiscally responsible behaviors and strategies, such as the introduction of a financial auditing system to troubleshoot potential problems before they occur, the creation of internal control and risk management systems, and step-by-step procedures for ensuring maximum transparency and accountability in every part of the organization.
Author and financial expert Jerome B. McKinney has expanded on the previous edition of this popular financial text, offering the latest best practices in e-government applications, cash flow analysis, revenue forecasting, and fiscal health evaluations. This fourth edition also looks at sustainability, the role of monetary policies and fiscal policy, globalization and its competitive impact, and the massive growth of outsourcing. On a final note, the work explains how recent legislation has influenced the development, use, and implementation of performance measures holding government agencies more accountable for their actions.
 • Provides step-by-step procedures for developing critical measurement indicators
• Shares the attributes of a good budgeting system
• Covers the new rules of financial reporting in both government and nonprofits
• Provides a comprehensive and holistic approach to auditing that shows how to minimize manipulation and increase reliability to users

Effective Financial Management in Public and Nonprofit Agencies

Financial management has emerged as a critical force in everyday management. Revenue flow has suffered from three years of economic decline on the rising costs of governmental programs, along with citizens' demands for more cost-effective delivery of goods and services―even as they resist tax and fee increases. Public managers and not-for-profit organizations are forced to make creative use of their scarce financial resources. This new and updated edition retains the best of its predecessor. Attention is focused on the Government Performance Act of 1993 and how it has influenced the development, use, and implementation of performance measures to maximize accountability. The Government Accounting Standards Board Rule #34, which has had a revolutionary impact on government financial reporting, is carefully examined. A comprehensive and holistic approach to auditing shows how to minimize manipulation and increase reliability to users. Readers are also introduced to the application of e-government, cash flow analysis, expanded revenue forecasting analysis, and evolving techniques for evaluating fiscal health.
New measurement indicator terms that have recently entered the literature are introduced, showing how they are linked to accountability and TQM. Recent developments in revenue, purchasing and inventory, cash, risk management borrowing, and debt management are also incorporated. Particular emphasis is given to performance measurements, and their linkage to budgeting and management. The PPBS system that developed in response to dissatisfaction with traditional line-item and performance budgeting is given its own in-depth chapter and analysis. An important section of the book addresses fraud, waste, and abuse. Because financial management is the only activity that touches every employee in an organization, this is an indispensable book for managers on the state and local levels. This volume is imperative reading for managers of any kind, as well as administrators, scholars, teachers, and students of financial management of public and not-for-profit organizations, including the health care industry, public affairs, political science, and schools of public health and social work.

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Public Administration: Balancing Power and Accountability

Public Administration: Balancing Power and Accountability

Risking a Nation: U.S. Japanese Trade Failure and the Need for Political, Social, and Economic Reformation

Risking A Nation: U.S. Japanese Trade Failure and the Need for Political, Social, and Economic Reformation

Effective Financial Management in Public and Nonprofit Agencies: A Practical and Integrative Approach

Effective Financial Management in Public and Nonprofit Agencies

Effective Financial Management in Public and Nonprofit Agencies