Financial Administration in Local Government / Arthur Hedley Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, Arthur Hedley, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local finance--Great Britain.

Local finance.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Local Councils are second only to the central government in the variety and size of their activities. Many of us live in their houses, our children are taught in their schools and technical colleges, we often ride on their buses over their roads and walk in their parks, we listen to concerts in their halls and read books from their libraries. The financial administration which these activities demand is as complex as the services are varied and vital. But Dr Marshall's book on this important subject is neither involved nor fragmentary. Deftly he explains the internal organization of local authorities, describes the responsibilities with which Councils generally charge their Finance Committees, and then analyses stage by stage the methods employed by Chief Financial Officers and the Chief Officers and staffs of all departments to implement the Councils' policies. Dr Marshall, City Treasurer of Coventry, past chairman of the Executive Council of the Royal Institute of Public Administration and past president of the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants, is well known in the world of Local Government finance. With this authoritative book he has earned the gratitude of all Local Government financial officers, their colleagues in other departments, and of students who seek a text book based on great practical experience. He has also produced a work which will be read with interest by those concerned with the similar functions and problems of financial administration in large scale private industry and the other branches of the public services.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments / Marshall, A. H.

Preface

Contents

Chapter I. Internal Organization of Local Authorities

Chapter II. The Principles of Financial Administration

Chapter III. The Finance Committee

Chapter IV. The Chief Financial Officer

Chapter V. The Chief Financial Officer's Department: General Considerations

Chapter VI. The Chief Financial Officer's Department: Pattern of Organization

Chapter VII. The Chief Financial Officer's Department: Recruitment and Training of Staff

Chapter VIII. The Chief Financial Officer as Financial Adviser

Chapter IX. The Chief Financial Officer as Accountant

Chapter X. The Chief Financial Officer as Machine Accountant

Chapter XI. The Chief Financial Officer as Internal Auditor

Chapter XII. The Chief Financial Officer: Costing and Miscellaneous Duties

Chapter XIII. The Role of the Clerk in Financial Administration

Chapter XIV. The Financial Organization of Operating Departments

Chapter XV. The Payment of Accounts

Chapter XVI. The Collection of Income

Chapter XVII. Purchasing and Contracting: I-General

Chapter XVIII. Purchasing and Contracting: II-Engineering and Building Works

Chapter XIX. The Principles and Form of the Budget

Chapter XX. Budgetary Procedure

Chapter XXI. Administering the Budget

Chapter XXII. Internal Rules

Appendices

Table of Statutes, Orders and Regulations

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7990-X

OCLC:

1129203030