Product Description: This book examines the theory and practice of performance budgeting, which aims make government more effective by linking the funding of government agencies to the results they deliver. Combining thematic studies and case studies, it clearly presents the diverse range of contemporary performance budgeting models and examines their effectiveness...read more

Product Description: "Earned value" is a project management technique that is emerging as a valuable tool in the management of all projects, including and, in particular, software projects. In its most simple form, earned value equates to fundamental project management...read more

Provides information and advice on using the 'earned value' method outside of large bureaucratic government projects as a means of evaluting progress, and offers examples.

Product Description: Is there evidence that performance budget reform increases administrative discretion? This book examines that question by testing the fit between reform expectations and reform outcomes as viewed by practitioners.

Product Description: Presents the new analytic concept of function budgeting to help managers define and prioritize services to make the most of their smaller budgets. The 12 steps in effective budgeting are explained.

Product Description: This book deals with the increasingly demanding problems of smaller acquisitions budgets. In recent years librarians have seen their finances diminishing while the prices of serials and monographs have risen steadily. Gone are the days when librarians and faculty had the state and/or private funding to be able to obtain all the books they needed to stay truly current...read more

Product Description: Learn how to maintain a quality collection within a budget and still manage to make necessary cuts and savings. As the purchasing power of the materials budget declines, effectively managing the allocation of the materials budget and the development of the collections becomes more and more of a challenge...read more

This librarian's guide explains the basic cost elements of budgets and applications of budgeting techniques for schools, universities, and public libraries and shows how to forecast future expenses and plan capital budgets for big items from copiers to new facilities

Explains a budgeting process which involves an annual assessment of departmental programs and expenditures, and offers guidance in its development and management