A Guidebook for City and County Managers: Meeting Today's Challenges

A Guidebook for City and County Managers provides policy guidance and advice to local governmental challenges and issues, outlining the best approaches to social equity, environmental protection, good fiscal management, adequate public infrastructure, and active citizen engagement. It helps managers improve their communities and enhance the quality of life of its residents.

Format: Hardback
Length: 136 pages
Publication date: 25 January 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Whether you are a student preparing for a career in public administration, a mid-career professional manager, or a seasoned veteran, A Guidebook for City and County Managers provides policy guidance and advice to local governmental challenges and issues. Assuming a knowledge of the basics of public management, James M. Bourey provides real-world recommendations for issues managers are facing this decade and beyond. Relying on experience from his long career in local government in chief executive positions in city, county, and regional council management in locations throughout the United States, Bourey outlines the best approaches to the most critical issues for local governments. The book is comprehensive in its breadth of subject matter yet targeted in the recommendations that focus on the most critical issues. Social equity, environmental protection, and global warming, good fiscal management, adequate public infrastructure, and active citizen engagement are important themes throughout. Merely being an administrative caretaker is not sufficient; managers must have the knowledge of ways to improve their communities and take the initiative to enhance the quality of life of its residents. Making a difference is both the reason for the job and its reward. This book helps provide a roadmap for the journey.

Whether you are a student preparing for a career in public administration, a mid-career professional manager, or a seasoned veteran, A Guidebook for City and County Managers provides policy guidance and advice to local governmental challenges and issues. Assuming a knowledge of the basics of public management, James M. Bourey provides real-world recommendations for issues managers are facing this decade and beyond. Relying on experience from his long career in local government in chief executive positions in city, county, and regional council management in locations throughout the United States, Bourey outlines the best approaches to the most critical issues for local governments. The book is comprehensive in its breadth of subject matter yet targeted in the recommendations that focus on the most critical issues. Social equity, environmental protection, and global warming, good fiscal management, adequate public infrastructure, and active citizen engagement are important themes throughout. Merely being an administrative caretaker is not sufficient; managers must have the knowledge of ways to improve their communities and take the initiative to enhance the quality of life of its residents. Making a difference is both the reason for the job and its reward. This book helps provide a roadmap for the journey.

Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032197982