Cost and Optimization in Government

This book demonstrates that with a careful emphasis on cost accounting, operations management, and quality control, all organizations, including government, can increase efficiency, improve performance, and be better prepared to weather hard times. Part I deals with cost basics, with an emphasis on basic cost concepts, cost behavior, cost analysis, cost accounting, and cost control; Part II examines optimization in costs and operations in government; finally, Part III looks at several special topics in cost and optimization; in particular, those related to network analysis, productivity measurement, and quality control. Simple, accessible language and explanations are integrated throughout, and examples have been drawn from government so that readers can readily relate to them. Cost and Optimization in Government is required reading for practicing public managers and students of public administration in need of a clear, concise guide to maximizing public resource efficiency.