SELECTED ARTICLES

All of the book’s 480 pages are packed with useful, relevant, and essential information for the new public manager. Chapters, sections and graphical page breakers are to make reading easy and referencing coherent and faithful to the guidebook format of this publication.

Introduction
The Philippine Bureaucracy
The Local Government Code of 1991:  Unleashing Local Creativity & Innovations

CHAPTER 1
The Administrator, Other Public Managers, and the Local Sanggunian

      Expectations on the Office of the Administrator
      Qualifications / Term / Duties of the Administrator
      Other LGU Public Managers
      The Local Sanggunian
      Coordination with and the Law Making Process of the Local Sanggunian
     
      The Dos and Don’ts for a Successful Stint  as Little Governor / Little Mayor

CHAPTER 2
Administrative Management and Workplace Organization

      Complete Staff Work (CSW)
      Administrative Ethics / Standards of Public Officials and Employees
      Conducting Effective Meetings
      Issuances of Executive Order and Memorandum
      The 7Cs of Effective Writing
      Workplace Organization Technologies

      Coping with the Dirty Work (Or When People, Papers, Meetings, and Pressures Collide)

CHAPTER 3
Fiscal Administration, Planning, and Budgeting Processes

      Functions of Local Officials in Local Fiscal Administration
      Sources of LGU Funds
      Enhancing LGUs Tax Revenue
      Non-traditional Local Revenue Sources
      Funds Maintained by LGUs
      Joint Planning-Budgeting Process
      New Government Accounting System

      Strategies and Innovations in Increasing Local Government Revenue Generation

CHAPTER 4
Procurement and Flow of Financial Documents in LGUs

      Principles of Government Procurement
      Bids and Award Committee (BAC)
      Alternative Methods of Procurement
      Procurement by Electronic Means and the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System
      Procedures in Procurement
      Common Dubious Procurement Practices
      Processing of Financial Documents
      Process Flow of Financial Documents
      Signing Authorities
      List of Financial Documents for Signature / Initial
                 
CHAPTER 5
Organization Development, Human Resource Development and Performance Management Systems

      OD as a tool for a more Effective and Efficient Organizational Structure
      Effective Human Resource Development and Management Program
      Termination of Employees from the Government Service
      Signing Authorities
      Bulacan’s Performance Management System (PMS)

      Reorganization: Towards a More Dynamic and Responsive Provincial Government Organizational Structure

      The Province That Works:  How Bulacan Reinvented Public Service

CHAPTER 6
The Commission on Audit and Public Accountability

      The Mandate of the COA
      Types of Audit Conducted by COA
      The Risk-Based Audit (RBA) Approach
      RBA Methodology
      Audit Reporting System
      Audit Team Composition
      Compliance with COA’s Audit Observation Memorandum (AOM)
      The Role of COA in the Fight Against Corruption
     
      A Call for Accountability: A Closer Look at the Importance of Creating a Separate
            Internal Audit Service in LGUs

CHAPTER 7
Disaster Risk Management (DRM)

      Disaster Management and DRM
      Rationale behind the DRM Framework of Disaster Management
      Hyogo Framework of Action 2005-2015
      Standards for a Disaster-Prepared LGU under the DRM framework
      Contingency Planning
      Declaration of a State of Calamity
      Allocation and Utilization of the 5% Calamity Fund
      Civil Defense Deputization Program

      GO-NGO Partnership on Disaster Management and The Bulacan Pagoda Tragedy    

CHAPTER 8
Social, Economic and Environmental Concerns

      Health and Nutrition                                                           
      Education                                                                           
      Housing and Basic Utilities                                                  
      Agriculture and Fishery Development                                  
      Entrepreneurship, Business and Industry Promotion              
      National Resource Management                                          
      Waste Management                                                           

      Five Pillars of the Criminal Justice System:  Working Together Works         

CHAPTER 9
Events Management and Relating with the Press

      Organizing Special Events                                                   
      Official Necrological Services                                             
      Philippine Flag Protocols                                                     
      Press Relations                                                                  

      Linggo ng Bulaan Singkaban Fiesta:  Showcase of Bulacan’s Best   

CHAPTER 10
Global Management Practices in the Local Setting

    Jumpstarting eGovernance in the LGUs

    Constituent Responsive Governance: The Technology of Citizens’ Survey

    The Satellite-Based GIS Project: Mapping Taxes,  Services, and People

    People Empowerment Through The Cooperatives: The Legacy of Governor Roberto M. Pagdanganan

    Breakthrough Leadership: Lessons on Dream Team Coaching from Dr. John Maxwell & Governor Josefina M. Dela Cruz

    The Barangay Governance Model of Governor Joselito R. Mendoza 

    The Citizens’ Scorecard Through the Public Governance System (PGS):        The Case of San Fernando City          

    The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University: Lessons Learned

• Leadership: World Perspective Lessons from Linsky and Heifetz
• Against All Odds: The Power of  Effective Persuasion
• Professor Dan Fenn: Keeper of the Flame
• Strategies of Negotiation
• Creating Public Value
• Ecumenism and Transcendence:  Spirituality at the Workplace
• The Outward Bound Experience

     
      Reflections on Writing the Book

ANNEXES

      A.  Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for for Public Officials, and Employees
      B.  Vision, Mission, and Organizational Structure of the Office of the Provincial Administrator of Bulacan
      C.  List of Public Managers in Bulacan (1990 to present)

 REFERENCES

 INDEX