PROJECT METHODOLOGIES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Control modes in IT project portfolio management: A multiple case study of four Danish local governments

Personnel Systems in Japanese Local Governments

Personnel systems and policies can have a substantial influence on the quality of local government. This paper shows that Japanese local governments provide stable and well-paid careers. Indeed, pay scales are slightly higher than those of central government staff. As a result, Japanese local governments have attracted good staff into their ranks and built up strong human resource capacity over...

Evolving Performance Measurement in Local Governments

While attention has typically been paid to a few select cities and counties as examples of performance measurement systems, local governments overall have been increasingly active in the development and use of performance measurement processes. This paper reports data from a national survey of city and county administrators from more than 200 local governments across the country. Findings show ...

ranking project risks using madm methodologies

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Political Institutions and Conservation by Local Governments

In this article, the authors develop a political market framework to explain the circumstances under which Florida counties will supply environmental public goods in the form of conservation amendments to county general plans. The framework emphasizes the role of local legislative and executive institutions as mediators of local policy change. Using count models and interaction terms, the analy...