An anthology of 28 research articles on modern public budgeting and finance, focusing on strengthening government accountability by tightening the link between budget decisions and government performance. The original publication dates range from 1952 to 1999. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
"Performance Based Budgeting is the next volume in the ASPA Classics series. It covers the most influential, paramount research articles published on public budgeting and finance. The book will surely"
Performance Based Budgetingis the next volume in the ASPA Classics series. It covers the most influential, paramount research articles published on public budgeting and finance. The book will surely be of great interest and use to anyone concerned with public budgeting, and anyone enrolled in, or teaching, a course on this topic in an MPA program or a doctoral program in public administration, public affairs, political science, or economics/public finance.
Tables and Illustrations xiii Introduction 1(14) PART I ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT 15(2) A Theory, Conceptualization, and Critique 17(110) Toward a theory of budgeting 19(20) Verne B. Lewis The science of ``muddling through 39(18) Charles E. Lindblom Political implications of budgetary reform 57(12) Aaron Wildavsky The road to PPB: The stages of budget reform 69(26) Allen Schick A budget for all seasons? Why the traditional budget lasts 95(18) Aaron Wildavsky Does budget format really govern the actions of budgetmakers? 113(14) Gloria A. Grizzle B Recent Budget Practices Revealed 127(62) Budgeting for results: Recent developments in five industrialized countries 129(18) Allen Schick Entrepreneurial budgeting: An emerging reform? 147(22) Dan A. Cothran Mission-driven, results-oriented budgeting: Fiscal administration and the new public management 169(20) Fred Thompson C Evaluation of Budgeting for Performance 189(40) Budgeting and productivity in state government: Not integrated but friendly 191(12) Thomas P. Lauth Linking performance to funding decisions: What is the budgeters role? 203(12) Gloria A. Grizzle Management through budgetary incentives 215(14) William Earle Klay PART II PERFORMANCE-BASED BUDGETING 229(2) A Strategy 231(76) Strategic planning in state and local government 233(12) Robert B. Denhardt Strategy, values, and productivity 245(16) Gerald J. Miller Jack Rabin W. Bartley Hildreth Strategy for public and third-sector organizations 261(22) Paul C. Nutt Robert W. Backoff Strategic management in the public sector: Concepts, models, and processes 283(24) Theodore H. Poister Gregory D. Streib B Performance Management 307(142) Applying professional disclosure standards to productivity financial analyses 309(18) W. Bartley Hildreth Designing appropriate control mechanisms for managing performance in the federal sector 327(14) Carolyn Burstein Integrating evaluation and budgeting 341(14) Harry S. Havens Performance measures for budget justifications: Developing a selection strategy 355(14) Gloria A. Grizzle Analyzing the contracting-out of government services: Relevant cost-benefit considerations 369(16) Stanley C. Wisniewski Bureaucracy, organizational redundancy, and the privatization of public services 385(20) Rowan Miranda Allan Lerner Service efforts and accomplishments reporting: Has its time really come? 405(14) Richard E. Brown James B. Pyers A proper mentality for benchmarking 419(8) David N. Ammons Can public officials correctly be said to have obligations to future generations? 427(22) H. George Frederickson C Pay for Performance 449(2) Merit pay, performance targeting, and productivity 451(14) Arie Halachmi Marc Holzer The paradox of merit pay in the public sector: Persistence of a problematic procedure 465(20) J. Edward Kellough Haoran Lu Of pigs in pokes and policy diffusion: Another look at pay-for-performance 485 Patricia W. Ingraham
Gerald J. Miller is associate professor of public administration at Rutgers University. W. Bartley Hildreth is a professor of public finance at the Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs, Wichita State University. Jack Rabin is a professor of public affairs at Penn State University. Gerald J. Miller is associate professor of public administration at Rutgers University. W. Bartley Hildreth is a professor of public finance at the Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs, Wichita State University. Jack Rabin is a professor of public affairs at Penn State University. Gerald J. Miller is associate professor of public administration at Rutgers University. W. Bartley Hildreth is a professor of public finance at the Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs, Wichita State University. Jack Rabin is a professor of public affairs at Penn State University.
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