In The Basics of Public Budgeting and Financial Management: A Handbook for Academics and Practitioners, 4th Edition, Charles E. Menifield carefully examines the key areas that every budgeting and financial management student needs to know in order to be a successful budgeteer in a local government, nonprofit, or state-level budget office. His analysis includes a discussion of: basic budgeting concepts; accounting techniques; a discussion of the budget process; budget techniques and analytical models; capital and personnel budgets; financial management; and budget presentations. Homework assignments reinforce the various subjects with practical applications that allow the students to reflect and engage the material in a realistic manner. This book blends budgetary theory and practice in a volume that is easy to understand by both undergraduate and graduate students alike.
In The Basics of Public Budgeting and Financial Management: A Handbook for Academics and Practitioners, 4th Edition, Charles E. Menifield carefully examines the key areas that every budgeting and financial management student needs to know in order to be a successful budgeteer in a local government, nonprofit, or state-level budget office. His analysis includes a discussion of: basic budgeting concepts; accounting techniques; a discussion of the budget process; budget techniques and analytical models; capital and personnel budgets; financial management; and budget presentations. Homework assignments reinforce the various subjects with practical applications that allow the students to reflect and engage the material in a realistic manner. This book blends budgetary theory and practice in a volume that is easy to understand by both undergraduate and graduate students alike.
Über den Autor
Charles E. Menifield is a professor and the former dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Newark. His research interests lie primarily in the areas of budgeting and financial management, public health and welfare, and policing. Other areas include, health and education finance, and public administration education. Dr. Menifield served on the Executive Council of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA), the Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation, as President of the International Conference on Local Government, and on editorial boards for several top journals. An award-winning teacher and author, he is a former Ronald E. McNair Scholar and in Spring 2016 won the Missouri University Faculty Achievement Award in Diversity. He is a fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
List of Exhibits
Preface
Acknowledgments
General Book and Class Guidelines, Suggestions, and Pointers
1. The Context of Public Sector Budgets
Appendices 1A-1G
2. Preparing a Budget Proposal
Appendices 2A-2D
3. Personnel Services and Operating Budgets
Appendices 3A-3C
4. Preparing a Capital Budget and a Capital Improvement Plan
Appendices 4A-4E
5. Funding State and Local Budgets
Appendices 5A-5G
6. Budgeting Techniques and Analytical Models
Appendices 6A-6C
7. Financial Management
Appendices 7A-7E
8. Effectively Communicating Data
Appendix 8A-8B
References
About the Author
