In Pursuit of Performance: Management Systems in State and Local Government

by Patricia W. Ingraham

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080188568X
• ISBN13: 9780801885686
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher