Handbook of Public Management Practice and Reform, Hardcover by Liou, Kuotsai Tom (EDT), ISBN 0824704290, ISBN-13 9780824704292, Brand New, Free shipping in the USContaining 35 articles presented by Liou (public administration, U. of Central Florida), this work examines changes and challenges in major areas of public administration, including budgeting, finance, human resources, and organizational management. Major topics include decentralization and deregulation, institutional arrangement and support, and cooperation between public and nonprofit organizations. The material is organized into eight parts which separately provide information about environmental changes and their impact on administration, focus on public budgeting and financial management, cover major changes in public human resource management, identify important issues and changes that relate to organization and general public management, look at selected policy issues and their impact on management, examine past reform efforts, address new ideas and emerging markets in public management, and explore challenges to public administration education and changes in professional associations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()