Financial management for the public services

Author(s)

• Wilson, John

Bibliographic Information

Financial management for the public services

edited by John Wilson

（Managing the public services）

Open University Press, 1998

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780335198450

Description

Written for new and existing managers, undergraduate and postgraduate students of the public services, this essential textbook explores the meaning and significance of financial management for the public services, in a way which combines both theoretical arguments and practical applications. Written for the non-specialist, it: * examines the economics of public services * considers the extent to which the management of public services has actually changed in practice * explains the meaning and applicability of financial management tools including those relating to budgets and capital investment * presents original work on the issue of audit expectations * presents case studies on the problems which can arise when traditional concerns on probity and stewardship are neglected * considers the benefits and problems of measuring performance in the public services * includes specific chapters on financial management in health services and local government

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Part one: Public service environment Economics of public service provision The new management of public services Part two: Understanding finance Budgeting and budgetary control Costing and pricing Capital investment appraisal Part three: Applied accountability Audit quality The mismanagment of financial resources Performance measurement Part four: Key sectors Local government financial management National health service financial management Part five: Towards the future Financial management an overview Index.

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780335198467

Description

This textbook combines both theoretical arguments and practical applications, and examines the economics of public services, considering the extent to which the management of public services has actually changed in practice. The meaning and applicability of financial management tools, including those relating to budgets and capital investment. Work on the issue of audit expectations is presented with case studies on the problems of measuring performance in the public services. Specific chapters on financial management in health services and local government are also included.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 Public service environment: economics of public service provision
• the new management of public services. Part 2 Understanding finance: budgeting and budgetary control
• costing and pricing
• capital investment appraisal. Part 3 Applied accountability: audit quality
• the mismanagement of financial resources
• performance measurement. Part 4 Key sectors: local government financial management
• National Health Service financial management. Part 5 Towards the future: financial management - an overview.

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Details

• NCID: BA37243160
• ISBN:
  • 0335198465
  • 0335198457
• LCCN: 98009195
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia, Pa.
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 280 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HJ1023
  • DC21 : 336.41
  • NDLC : EG41
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Finance, Public -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Public welfare -- Great Britain -- Finance
  • LCSH : National Health Service (Great Britain) -- Finance
  • LCSH : Government spending policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Local finance -- Great Britain
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA37243295