Handbook of Public Administration, 3rd Edition

Part 5

Developing Effective Administrative Systems

Part 5 focuses on resources—fiscal, information, and human resources—for effective government. The acquisition of these resources is a complex process embedded in a variety of factors, including the wealth of a political jurisdiction, trust relationships among stakeholders, and other variables peculiar to a particular resource. The first four parts of this book shed light on many of these factors, giving readers insights into the resource acquisition process. Part 5 examines the administrative systems associated specifically with fiscal, information, and human resources.

Budgeting and fiscal administration require public administrators to resolve a variety of operational, managerial, and strategic ...