Financial Management in Human Services

By Marvin D. Feit, Peter K Li, Peter K. Li, et al.

Book Overview

Financial Management in Human Services discusses key issues in administering a social service program to help you run your program more efficiently and effectively. You'll find information on issues such as program goals and objectives, the limited role a program plays in clients' lives, the expectations placed upon social programs to alleviate social ills and the differences in productivity measurement as perceived by a program's funders and by the service providers whom the program employs.

Chapters in Financial Management in Human Services cover the differences between profit and not-for-profit organizations that impact financial management; guidelines for developing a financial management framework; ways in which financial management is used in program planning, in service monitoring, in estimating service costs and unit costs, and in setting service priorities in years to come; four major administrative subsystems; details of the computerization of financial management; issues in computer implementation related to each of the four administrative subsystems.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789005697
• ISBN13: 9780789005694
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 8.4"