Hamilton Books
Pages: 274
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7618-6976-4 • eBook • August 2017 • $37.00 • (£28.00)
Charles E. Menifield is the dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark. He has published widely within the area of budgeting and financial management and health policy.
Preface
Acknowledgements
General Book and Class Guidelines, Suggestions, and Pointers
Chapter 1: The Context of Public Sector Budgets
Chapter 2: Preparing a Budget Proposal
Chapter 3: Personnel Services and Operating Budgets
Chapter 4: Preparing a Capital Budget and a Capital Improvement Plan
Chapter 5: Funding State and Local Budgets
Chapter 6: Budgeting Techniques and Analytical Models
Chapter 7: Financial Management
Chapter 8: Effectively Communicating Data
Appendix
End Notes
This text is a great tool to help students and practitioners understand budgeting from a theoretical and practical perspective. It provides case studies and examples for understanding applications and excel worksheets that are instrumental in giving practical experience for developing budget proposals, personnel and capital budgets. Role playing opportunities are also provided which gives students a better understanding of the actors in the budget process. Students enhance their communication skills by presenting a proposal in a simulated hearing. They also forecast data and learn debt and cutback management strategies. The text also makes teaching the budgeting course easier as it is accompanied with power point presentations and an instructor’s manual.
— LaShonda Stewart, Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University
This book is ideal for an undergraduate or graduate level course on state and local government budgeting. It covers basic concepts and skills on budget preparation, implementation, analysis and presentation. The examples and exercise questions were designed based on real world cases and have been adapted to facilitate students’ learning. I have successfully used many of the cases in MPA classes to generate lively and engaging discussion of complicated issues. The Instructor’s Guide and Excel spreadsheets also provide good resources for instructors to prepare lectures, design assignments and exams.
— Gang Chen, Assistant Professor, SUNY Albany