Title Program budgeting and the performance movement : the elusive quest for efficiency in government / William F. West.

Descript 1 online resource (176 pages). Series Public management and change series Public management and change. Note Includes index. Contents A brief history of PPB -- The survival and evolution of program budgeting at DOD -- NOAA's adoption of PPB and matrix management -- Evaluating NOAA's management initiatives -- PPB and the holy grail of performance management -- Administrative doctrine and administrative reality. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Managerial accounting -- United States. Program budgeting -- United States. Total quality management in government -- United States. MEDICAL -- Public Health. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration. Managerial accounting. (OCoLC)fst01007320 Program budgeting. (OCoLC)fst01078657 Total quality management in government. (OCoLC)fst01153035 United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 ISBN 9781589017917 (electronic bk.) 1589017919 (electronic bk.) 1589017773 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9781589017771 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9781589017771 (pbk. ; alk. paper)