The Effective Local Government Manager

The Effective Local Government Manager

THIRD EDITION

Contributors

The third edition of The Effective Local Government Manager contains material adapted from the 1983 edition, edited by Wayne F. Anderson, Chester A. Newland, and Richard J. Stillman II, and the 1993 edition, edited by Charldean Newell.

First Edition

Wayne F. Anderson

F. Gerald Brown

E. H. Denton

Chester A. Newland

Joe P. Pisciotte

Richard J. Stillman II

Second Edition

David N. Ammons

David R. Berman

N. Joseph Cayer

E. H. Denton

James J. Glass

Patrick Manion

Charldean Newell

Joe P. Pisciotte

James H. Svara

Third Edition

N. Joseph Cayer

Raymond W. Cox III

David Coursey

Mary Ellen Guy

William H. Hansell

William Earle Klay

Michael McGuire

Charldean Newell

Ronald W. Perry

James H. Svara

Martin Vanacour

Craig M. Wheeland

INTERNATIONAL CITY/COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

The Effective Local Government Manager

THIRD EDITION

Textbooks in the Municipal Management Series

of the International City/County Management Association

Advanced Supervisory Practices

Budgeting: A Guide for Local Governments

Capital Budgeting and Finance: A Guide for Local Governments

Economic Development: Strategies for State and Local Practice

Effective Communication

The Effective Local Government Manager

Effective Supervisory Practices

Emergency Management

The Future of Local Government Administration: The Hansell Symposium

Human Resource Management in Local Government: An Essential Guide

Local Government Police Management

Management Policies in Local Government Finance

Managing Fire and Rescue Services

Managing Human Resources: Local Government Cases

Managing Local Economic Development: Cases in Decision Making

Managing Local Government: Cases in Decision Making

Managing Local Government Finance: Cases in Decision Making

Managing Small Cities and Counties

The Practice of Local Government Planning

The Practice of State and Regional Planning

Service Contracting: A Local Government Guide

Library of Congress Cataloging-In-Publication Data

The effective local government manager / edited by Charldean Newell.3rd ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-87326-143-7

1. Municipal government by city managerUnited States.

I. Newell, Charldean. II. International City/County Management Association.

JS344.C5E44 2004

352.32140973dc22

2004010976

Copyright 2004 by the International City/County

Management Association, 777 North Capitol St., N.E., Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20002. All rights reserved, including rights of reproduction and use in any form or by any means, including the making of copies by any photographic process; or by any electronic or mechanical device, printed, written, or oral; or recording for sound or visual reproduction; or for use in any knowledge retrieval system or device, unless permission in writing is obtained from the copyright owner.

ISBN 13: 978-0-87326-143-2 (Print)

ISBN 13: 978-0-87326-633-8 (Kindle edition)

ISBN 13: 978-0-87326-630-7 (ePub)

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