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- catalog contributor b12725150.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-244) and index.".
- catalog description "Part I. Introduction. 1. The role of analysis in local government -- 2. A few basics -- Part II. Graphic techniques for planning, monitoring, and evaluating. 3. Demand analysis -- 4. PERT/CPM -- 5. Plotting job travel to diagnose scheduling problems -- Part III. Work flow and work measurement. 6. Process flow charts -- 7. Work-distribution analysis -- 8. Performance measurement and monitoring -- 9. Using performance standards -- Part IV. Simple mathematical computations : analytic building blocks. 10. Basic investment calculations : figuring interest rates and yields -- 11. Simple options for annualizing costs of capital items : usage-rate and straight-line depreciation -- Part V. Making comparisons. 12. Adjusting for inflation when comparing revenues or expenditures -- 13. The time value of money : opportunity costs, discounting, compounding, future value, and present value -- 14. Identifying full costs of a program -- 15. Calculating go-away costs for privatization decisions -- 16. Cost-effectiveness analysis : a truncated version of cost-benefit analysis -- 17. Life-cycle costing -- 18. Lease or buy? -- Part VI. Selected applications of analytic techniques in local government. 19. Smoothing data trends by using floating averages -- 20. Staffing factor calculation : estimating personnel needs for extended-hour or uninterruptable [i.e. uninterruptible] services -- 21. Potential gains through timely invoicing -- 22. Making choices systematically -- from audit targets to capital projects -- 23. Analyzing survey data : revealing graphics and simple statistics -- 24. Correlation coefficients and advanced demand analysis -- 25. Analysis of operations via benchmarking -- Part VII. Wrap up. 26. The role of analysis in a political environment.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 252 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1568026412".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : CQ Press,".
- catalog subject "352.3/7214 21".
- catalog subject "JS78 .A49 2002".
- catalog subject "Local government Decision making.".
- catalog subject "Public administration Decision making.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part I. Introduction. 1. The role of analysis in local government -- 2. A few basics -- Part II. Graphic techniques for planning, monitoring, and evaluating. 3. Demand analysis -- 4. PERT/CPM -- 5. Plotting job travel to diagnose scheduling problems -- Part III. Work flow and work measurement. 6. Process flow charts -- 7. Work-distribution analysis -- 8. Performance measurement and monitoring -- 9. Using performance standards -- Part IV. Simple mathematical computations : analytic building blocks. 10. Basic investment calculations : figuring interest rates and yields -- 11. Simple options for annualizing costs of capital items : usage-rate and straight-line depreciation -- Part V. Making comparisons. 12. Adjusting for inflation when comparing revenues or expenditures -- 13. The time value of money : opportunity costs, discounting, compounding, future value, and present value -- 14. Identifying full costs of a program -- 15. Calculating go-away costs for privatization decisions -- 16. Cost-effectiveness analysis : a truncated version of cost-benefit analysis -- 17. Life-cycle costing -- 18. Lease or buy? -- Part VI. Selected applications of analytic techniques in local government. 19. Smoothing data trends by using floating averages -- 20. Staffing factor calculation : estimating personnel needs for extended-hour or uninterruptable [i.e. uninterruptible] services -- 21. Potential gains through timely invoicing -- 22. Making choices systematically -- from audit targets to capital projects -- 23. Analyzing survey data : revealing graphics and simple statistics -- 24. Correlation coefficients and advanced demand analysis -- 25. Analysis of operations via benchmarking -- Part VII. Wrap up. 26. The role of analysis in a political environment.".
- catalog title "Tools for decision making : a practical guide for local government / David N. Ammons.".
- catalog type "text".