Financial Strategy for Public Managers

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kioko, Sharon, author.

Marlowe, Justin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business--Textbooks.

Business.

Management--Textbooks.

Management.

Accounting--Textbooks.

Accounting.

Finance--Textbooks.

Finance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Rebus Community [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Financial Strategy for Public Managers is a new generation textbook for financial management in the public sector. It offers a thorough, applied, and concise introduction to the essential financial concepts and analytical tools that today's effective public servants need to know. It starts “at the beginning” and assumes no prior knowledge or experience in financial management. Throughout the text, Kioko and Marlowe emphasize how financial information can and should inform every aspect of public sector strategy, from routine procurement decisions to budget preparation to program design to major new policy initiatives. They draw upon dozens of real-world examples, cases, and applied problems to bring that relationship between information and strategy to life. Unlike other public financial management texts, the authors also integrate foundational principles across the government, non-profit, and “hybrid/for-benefit” sectors. Coverage includes basic principles of accounting and financial reporting, preparing and analyzing financial statements, cost analysis, and the process and politics of budget preparation. The text also includes several large case studies appropriate for class discussion and/or graded assignments.

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction

How We Pay for the Public Sector

The Basic Financial Statements

Financial Statement Analysis

Transaction Analysis

Cost Analysis

Budget Strategy

Suggested Reading

Glossary

About the Authors

Notes:

Description based on print resource