The Effective Local Government Manager Book

During the 1990s, ICMA worked to define management practices and create a voluntary credentialing program. Each chapter in The Effective Local Government Manager addresses one or more of 18 competencies and skills identified by ICMA, that collectively constitute essential management practices that today's local executive must master. Each chapter offers practical examples to stimulate thought, discussion, and self-assessment. The book provides a thorough grounding in the theory behind successful management practices, but also shows how theory works in the real world to assist in: Providing community leadership, Working with the governing body, Promoting the community's future, managing people, money, and information effectively, Implementing policy,, Raising productivity, Evaluating programs, plus Working with other organizations to achieve your goals.

The final chapter, written by William H. Hansell Jr., ICMA executive director emeritus, points to the human side of professional local government management.

For the student contemplating a career as a manager in public service, s almost obligatory reading. and the perfect introductory text. Many instructors have built introductory courses on local government management around The Effective Local Government Manager.

For the young assistant in a city or county, or for the mid-career manager assessing new challenges, The Effective Local Government Manager offers insights on your role and how you can best serve your community. It explores the manager's many roles and responsibilities—interacting with the community, the governing body, local government employees, and other governments. It offers the most up-to-date theory and practice of local government as well as tools of management.