Municipal Benchmarks: Assessing Local Performance and Establishing Community Standards - Hardcover

Ammons, David N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803972539 ISBN 13: 9780803972537

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1996

Synopsis

Taking administrators, mayors, city council members and citizen groups beyond the development of performance measures for United States city government operations, this book will prepare them for the initial stages for actual performance assessment. David NAmmons presents relevant national standards developed by professional associations, and actual performance targets and performance results from a sample of city governments. The book will contribute to the design of practical performance measurement systems, the improvement of systems and the establishment of performance standards.

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About the Author

David Ammons joined the School of Government (then the Institute of Government) in 1996. Prior to that, he was a faculty member at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia and taught in the public administration programs at Georgia and the University of North Texas. Early in his career he served on the staffs of four municipalities―Fort Worth, Texas; Hurst, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; and Oak Ridge, Tennessee―in various administrative capacities. Among his seven books on local governmentmanagement are Municipal Benchmarks: Assessing Local Performance and Establishing Community Standards (Sage Publications, 2001); Leading Performance Management in Local Government (ICMA, 2008); and Tools for Decision Making: A Practical Guide for Local Government (CQ Press, 2009). Ammons earned a Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803972539
• ISBN 13: 9780803972537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 335