The Financial Management Dimension - Softcover

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Macolm Prowleis Professor of Business Performance at Nottingham Business School and Visiting Professor at the Open University. With over thirty years experience of public sector financial management he has been a visiting consultant to the World health organisation and an advisor to the House of Commons Select Committee.    

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Managing and Reforming Modern Public Services: The Financial Management Dimension

'Financial management is the foundation of recording the right information to allow communities and the economy to thrive. At a time when the world economy is under threat this book provides a valuable reminder of that essential truth'.

Roger Latham. President of CIPFA 2009/10

As government borrowing and debt reaches record levels, public services, for the first time in over 30 years of unprecedented growth in spending, face the prospect of real cuts in their funding.

In these challenging times, Managing and Reforming Modern Public Services; The Financial Management Dimensionshows you how to manage the financial resources of public services most effectively drawing on best practice from both public and private sectors.

Learn to:

• Apply key financial management practice such as budgeting, costing and pricing to the public sector
• Make efficiency improvements
• Understand how Changes in policy, configuration and culture effect financing decisions

Managing and Reforming Modern Public Services; The Financial Management Dimension considers all public service organisations from central government and local government to trusts and charities with a particular focus on health and education

Malcolm Prowle is Professor of Business Performance at Nottingham Business School and Visiting Professor at the Open University. With over thirty years experience of public sector financial management he has been a visiting consultant to the World health organisation and an advisor to the House of Commons Select Committee.