State and Local Government Administration

Preface, UNIT ONE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STATES AND LOCALITIES; Part A Management Structures; Organizing and Reorganizing State and Local Government; Part B Leadership Functions Chief Executives and Administrative Officers; Court Administrators; UNIT TWO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETING, DECISION-MAKING, AND FINACIAL MANAGEMENT; Part A Mechanisms and Processes; The Functions and Processes of State Budgeting; City Budgeting and Budget Problems; State Limitations on Local Fiscal Authority; Part B Internal and External Controls Over State and Local Government Budgeting, Decision-Making, and Financial Management; State and Local Government Productivity and Performance Measurement; Information Systems in State and Local Governments; Fiscal Stress in the American States; Fiscal Dependency and Governmental Capacity in American Cities; UNIT THREE POLICY-MAKING IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; Part A Patterns: Executives and Legislatures; Chief Executive Support and Innovation; The Governor as Administrator; State and Local Officials and Their Personal Liability; State Budgeting and Appropriations Process; The Legislative Staff; Part B Implementation of Policy; Municipal Service Delivery Alternatives; Integrating Human Services Management and Delivery Systems; UNIT FOUR PERSONEEL ADMINISTRATION IN STATES AND LOCALITIES; Part A Processes and Techniques; Performance Appraisal in State Government; Organizational Training in the 1980s: Refocusing on Building the Capacity of Human Resources; State and Local Government Pension Systems; Part B Public Employee Unionism and Collective Bargaining; State Government Unionism; Labor Relations in Local and County Government; Index