Budget Theory in the Public Sector (Hardcover)

Dominated by multiple, competing, and occasionally overlapping theories, the act of budgeting is by no means a staid, dispiriting task. Kahn, Hildreth, and their group of scholars and practitioners show that budgeting is an institutional process, an incremental decision-making tool, and when correctly applied becomes a tribute to managerial and administrative efficiency. Taken together, the chapters provide an unusually coherent conceptual foundation for budgeting as a legitimate field of study, and demonstrate yet again that in its current state the field is truly eclectic but compartmentalized. They also show why it is so difficult to come up with one unified theory of budgeting--and that is one of the book's major benefits. It opens new areas of inquiry that, in the opinion of Khan, Hildreth, and others, will generate renewed interest in probing the field's theory and applications. Understandable and readable for those with limited knowledge of the subject but needing a sufficiently useful grasp of its various issues and problems, the book is both an important reference work for scholars in the field and a practical guide for students of administration, their teachers, and for managers throughout the public sector.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2002
First published:	December 2002
Authors:	Aman Khan • W.Bartley Hildreth
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-56720-281-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General Promotions
LSN:	1-56720-281-0
Barcode:	9781567202816

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