Managing local governments : designing management control systems that deliver value

Publication Data

• Title Managing local governments : designing management control systems that deliver value
• Author Emanuele Padovani
• Contributor David W. Young
• Publisher Routledge
• Publication date 2012
• Publication location Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon
• Language English

Contents

The context for management control systems in local governments
Management control systems: an overview
Barriers to effective management control in local governments
The structure for management control
Programming
Budgeting
Measuring full costs and setting prices
Measuring differential costs and assessing outsourcing opportunities
Measuring performance
Reporting and action
The organizational context for a LG's management control system.

Topics

• Local government
• Public administration
• Cost control
• Strategic planning

Managing local governments : designing management control systems that deliver value by Emanuele Padovani. ISBN 9780415783309. Published by Routledge in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.