Program Budgeting and the Performance Movement - The Elusive Quest for Efficiency in Government

Informationen zum Autor William F. West is a professor and Sara Lindsey Chair in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Klappentext Examines the checkered history of program budgeting (PPB) as a means of rationalizing the allocation of resources within and across government agencies. This book includes a study of the adoption and effects of PPB at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Zusammenfassung Examines the checkered history of program budgeting (PPB) as a means of rationalizing the allocation of resources within and across government agencies. This book includes a study of the adoption and effects of PPB at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Lessons Not Learned 2. A Brief History of Planning! Programming! Budgeting Systems 3. The Survival and Evolution of Program Budgeting at Department of Defense 4. NOAA's Adoption of PPB and Matrix Management 5. Evaluating NOAA's Management Initiatives 6. PPB and the Holy Grail of Performance Management 7. Administrative Doctrine and Administrative Reality Appendix References Index

Product details

• Authors: William F. West, William F. (Professor and Sara Lindsey Chair West, West William F.
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.10.2011
• EAN: 9781589017771
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-777-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Public Management and Change Series; Public Management and Change; Public Management and Change Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Budgeting, Public Administration, United States of America, USA, Budgeting & financial management, Budgeting and financial management