{"product_id":"municipal-management-3e-1","title":"Municipal Management - Serving The People 3rd Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat are the dynamics around the quality and quantity of municipal services in South Africa? What kind of systemic, structural and managerial adjustments should be made to improve local government? Who decides what in municipalities? How could active citizen participation in local affairs be stimulated? These and other questions are addressed in Municipal Management: Serving the people 3e.\u003cbr\u003eThe authors take a bird’s-eye view of issues such as the constitutional dispensation, regulatory frameworks, municipal administrative and managerial systems, community and political dynamics, as well as municipal functions and services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 500;\"\u003eContents Include:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Municipal management: An orientation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 Fostering local democracy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 The statutory and regulatory framework for local government\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 Municipal structures\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 Local government and its external environment\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 Integrated development planning as an approach to sustainable development\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7 Managing municipal performance\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8 Local economic development and municipalities in South Africa\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9 Local government and service delivery\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10 Municipal human resource management\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11 Municipal financial management\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12 Municipal supply chain management\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 500;\"\u003eOf Interest and Benefit to:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis book is written to orientate and capacitate scholars and practitioners in the field of local governance. It is also an essential resource for political representatives, municipal officials, community-based organisations and development agencies\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 500;\"\u003eKey Benefits:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis third edition reflects new features of, and the latest developments in, the local sphere of government, which makes the book even more relevant to –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Contextualise the local sphere of government within a system of co-operative governance and intergovernmental relations\u003cbr\u003e• Appreciate the role and functioning of local, district and metropolitan municipalities in South Africa\u003cbr\u003e• Uncover core municipal policies, strategies and programmes\u003cbr\u003e• Comprehend the significance of municipal capacity for effective resource utilisation and service delivery\u003cbr\u003e• Pinpoint best practice regarding managerial systems, processes and procedures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JUTA PUBLISHERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":18637868761186,"sku":"9781485125600","price":359.8,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1279\/5591\/products\/9781485125600_4ffb0125-cd17-445c-be84-fd73fbc324d7.jpg?v=1546094555","url":"https:\/\/elexacademicbookstore.co.za\/products\/municipal-management-3e-1","provider":"Elex Academic Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}