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vii Titles listed are available to qualifi ed instructors on a complimentary review basis. Request exam copies at cqpress.com! Public Administration ORGANIZATION THEORY AND GOVERNANCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Sandi Parkes Pershing, University of Utah • Eric K. Austin, Montana State University Applying organization theory to public and governance organizations, Organization Theory and Governance for the 21st Century presents readers with a conscious and thoughtful awareness of the history and evolving nature of organizations. It addresses emerging theories rarely touched upon in competing titles, and takes a deeper look into assumed theories to give the student a chance to critically consider the consequences these embedded assumptions have for organizational practice. By providing a consistent theoretical grounding and a clear focus on post-traditionalist thinking, the text gives students the background they need to analyze organizational settings and take effective action in the unique setting of contemporary governance. CONTENTS 1. An Introduction and Orientation to Organization Theory / PART I: THEORIES OF ORGANIZATION / 2. Classical Foundations: The Historical Context of a New Field of Study / 3. Behavioral Revolution / 4. Life after Berger and Luckman: A Theoretically Diverse World / PART II: ISSUES, STRATEGIES AND TACTICS / 5. Managing Individual Behavior / 6. Understanding and Shaping Group Dynamics / 7. Affecting Organization Change / 8. Managing Organization – Environment Relations / PART III: TOWARDS POST-POSITIVIST ORGANIZATIONS / 9. Escaping the Void: History of Post-Positivism / 10. Learning to Fly: Applying Post-Traditional Theory / 11. Conclusion: This is the Beginning PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-6042-6984-0 • ©2015 • 401 PAGES • PUBLIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: Strategies and Practices in the 21st Century R. Paul Battaglio Jr., University of Texas, Dallas Public Human Resource Management: Strategies and Practices in the 21st Century offers a novel take on public human resource management by providing practical guidance for practitioners operating in a drastically reformed HR environment. Reviewing foundational topics like recruitment and retention, pay and benefi ts, equal employment opportunity, and performance appraisal in light of fi ve key reforms (decentralization, deregulation, declassifi cation, privatization, and performance- based pay), author R. Paul Battaglio assesses how the traditional practice of public HR has changed—and not necessarily for the better. New material on human resource information systems, managing motivation in the public sector, and public HR management education is included. Public Human Resource Management is an essential guide to public HR management and navigating the challenges and opportunities posed in the changing landscape of HR reform. CONTENTS PART I: FOUNDATIONS / 1. Introduction: Public Human Resource Management in the 21st Century / 2. Evolution of the Public Service in the United States / 3. Employment Law in the Public Sector / 4. Equal Employment Opportunity, Affi rmative Action, and Diversity Planning / PART II: FUNCTIONS / 5. Recruitment and Selection / 6. Pay and Benefi ts / 7. Performance Appraisal / 8. Managing Motivation in the Public Service / 9. Labor Relations in the Public Sector / PART III: THE FUTURE / 10. Privatizing Human Resource Functions in the Public Sector / 11. Human Resource Information Systems / 12. Strategic Public Human Resource Management / 13. Public Human Resource Management Education / 14. Conclusion: Challenges and Opportunities HARDCOVER ISBN: 978-1-4522-1823-6 • SEPTEMBER 2014 • 376 PAGES • BUDGET TOOLS: Financial Methods in the Public Sector SECOND EDITION Greg G. Chen, CUNY-Baruch College • Lynne A. Weikart, CUNY-Baruch College • Daniel W. Williams, CUNY-Baruch College The thoroughly updated and expanded Second Edition of Greg G. Chen, Lynne A. Weikart, and Daniel W. Williams's Budget Tools: Financial Methods in the Public Sector brings together scores of exercises that will take students through the process of public budgeting, from organizing data through analysis and presentation. This thoroughly revised text has been restructured—it now has 30 compact modules to focus on individual skills and enhance fl exibility, and is reorganized to cover more straightforward skills early in the book and more complex tools later on. Using budgets from all levels of government as well as from nonprofi t organizations, the authors give students the opportunity to work with real budgeting data to cover a range of topics and skills. Budget Tools provides instruction in the techniques and implementation of budgeting skills at a granular level to support a wide range of approaches to teaching the subject. CONTENTS PART I: INTRODUCTION / Module 1. The Craft of Budgeting / PART II: BUDGET TOOLS / Module 2. Organizing Budget Data / Module 3. Costs / Module 4. Breakeven Analysis / Module 5. Cost Allocation / Module 6. Time Value of Money / Module 7. Infl ation / Module 8. Sensitivity Analysis / Module 9. Integrating Budgeting with Performance / PART III: THE BUDGET PROCESS: AN OVERVIEW / Module 10. The Budget Process: An Overview / Module 11. The Budget Document / Module 12. Determining the Baseline Budget / Module 13. Decision Packages – Cost Estimates / Module 14. Decision Packages – Budget Justifi cations / Module 15. Budget Cutbacks / Module 16. Legislative Tools / PART IV: CAPITAL BUDGET AND ASSET MANAGEMENT / Module 17. Cost Benefi t Analysis / Module 18. Life Cycle Costing / Module 19. Depreciation / Module 20. Long-Term Financing / Module 21. Investment Strategies / PART V: BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION / Module 22. Operating Plan and Variance Analysis / Module 23. Cash Management / Module 24. Forecasting and Managing Cash-Flow / Module 25. Government and Nonprofi t Accounting / Module 26. Financial Statement Analysis / PART VI: ADVANCED TOOLS / Module 27. Calculating Payroll / Module 28. Basic Forecasting Concepts / Module 29. Forecasting Intermediate Forecasting / Module 30. Forecasting Advanced Intermediate Methods PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4833-0770-1 • NOVEMBER 2014 • 384 PAGES • online resources •

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