(Ebook) The Basics of Public Budgeting and Financial Management: A Handbook for Academics and Practitioners, 4th Edition by Menifield, Charles E ISBN 9780761872115, 0761872116

(Ebook) The Basics of Public Budgeting and Financial Management: A Handbook for Academics and Practitioners, 4th Edition by Menifield, Charles E ISBN 9780761872115, 0761872116

InThe Basics of Public Budgeting and Financial Management: A Handbook for Academics and Practitioners, 4th Edition, Charles E. Menifield carefully examines the key areas that every budgeting and financial management student needs to know in order to be a successful budgeteer in a local government, nonprofit, or state-level budget office. His analysis includes a discussion of: basic budgeting concepts; accounting techniques; a discussion of the budget process; budget techniques and analytical models; capital and personnel budgets; financial management; and budget presentations. Homework assignments reinforce the various subjects with practical applications that allow the students to reflect and engage the material in a realistic manner. This book blends budgetary theory and practice in a volume that is easy to understand by both undergraduate and graduate students alike.