Managing Local Governments：Designing Management Control Systems that Deliver Value

For students of management and public policy as well as local government officials and stakeholders, this volume of local government management techniques examines new and unique strategies for developing value driven strategies for a variety of local government projects. Beginning with an overview of management control systems, topics discussed include program and budget controls, strategies for measuring full costs, differential costs and assessing outsourcing opportunities, performance metrics, and reports and actionable business information delivery. Chapters include numerous sidebars and example problems and offer concise summaries and discussion questions. Padovani is a professor of accounting at the University of Bologna, and Young is professor emeritus of management at Boston University. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Emanuele Padovani is Associate Professor of Accounting and Control in the Public Sector at the University of Bologna, Italy. He has done extensive research and consultancy activities on public management with specific reference to management control, outsourcing, and financial and non-financial performance measurement and management

David W. Young is Professor of Management, Emeritus, at the School of Management, Boston University, USA, where he was affiliated with the Public and Nonprofit Management Program. He teaches at Harvard University’s School of Public Health, and is a visiting professor at IESE Business School, Reykjavik University, the University of Pisa, and the University of Bologna