Cost Management and Control in Government

Introduction

Cost Management and Control in Government

This book looks at how government can manage costs better. Specifically, it will document and discuss specific examples of successful cost informed decision making and cost management and control in government. It will also delineate the requirements of such success and explore the special needs of transforming the management culture of government from its well-embedded past practices to a new paradigm of leadership driven management.

Society should be interested in better management in government, a huge component of the gross domestic product. Lower costs of government services mean that more services can be provided. For example, lower costs of national security mean that more security ...