Smart Management
- Why Haven’t States and Localities Capitalized on Great Management Ideas?
- When management meets politics, management is generally the loser. What can policymakers do to heighten the chances that a reform will, at least, be given the opportunity to succeed or fail?
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- Cities Strengthening Bonds with Their International Sisters
- There's a new push to get these 2,000 international partnerships working together on concrete development programs.
- The Difficulties of Measuring Government Success
- Take weatherization. It’s harder than advertised to come up with an easy way to assess the program’s success.
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- The Problem with Preferential Bids for Women, Minorities
- Giving preference to women- or minority-owned businesses is a widely acceptable social policy that can run into management problems.
- Public vs. Private Employees: Who Wins in a Bidding War?
- Instead of simply preselecting private- or public-sector employees, managed competition means projects can be put out for bid with both groups competing for work.
- What Killed Alabama’s Performance Measurement Plan?
- Less than a decade after the state enacted its first real performance measurement plan, it -- like a number of other similar programs in the states -- has fallen on hard times.
- Sick Leave Causes Headaches for Governments
- Governments are struggling with how to properly manage sick leave to prevent employees from abusing it.
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- Gainsharing Falls Victim to Tight Times
- The concept of sharing unspent dollars with other employees and agencies saves governments money but is often ignored when budgets are the smallest.
- The Public’s Problem with Performance Measurements
- The average citizen isn’t interested in government-tracked measurements. But if it’s results-based data that directly affects their lives, they might be.
- Performance Measurement Improves the Quality of Health Care
- Quality measures are transforming everything from billing practices to patient behavior.
- Government Performance Auditors at Risk of Becoming Endangered
- Many governments have shifted into reverse, cutting and even eliminating auditing offices.
- Government Fleets’ Costs Driven Down with Technology Tools
- The technology is there, but many state and local agencies still aren’t using it.
- Is Government Consolidation Always Good?
- In tight times, governments push for more centralization. But it doesn’t always produce the positive results that are hoped for.
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- 'Constraints Management' Breaks Down Barriers to Efficiency
- Government efficiency initiatives come and go. But Utah has had continued success with one in particular.
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Events & Webinars
- It’s A Paperless, Paperless World..... Thinking Outside the Box to Gain Efficiencies through Prepaid Cards
- April 23, 2013
- Public sector organizations are under intense scrutiny to operate as efficiently and effectively as possible and with maximum transparency. An important consideration is the way in which payments are made and managed. Prepaid cards can offer flexibility, security and accountability to governments as a method of dispersing benefits, healthcare and social care payments, child benefits and housing benefits to their constituents.
- GOVERNING - Michigan Leadership Forum 2013
- May 1, 2013
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