BUDGETS - MORE THAN A LIST OF ITEMS AND FIGURES PLANNING PROGRAM BUDGETING SYSTEM

• NCJ Number: 4191
• Journal: Police Chief Volume: 35 Issue: 7 Dated: (JULY 1968) Pages: 16-18,20-22 & 24-27
• Author(s): F J LEAHY
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: International Assoc of Chiefs of Police
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF SYSTEM AS A DECISION MAKING TOOL TO POLICE ADMINISTRATOR.

Abstract

THE PLANNING-PROGRAMMING-BUDGETING-SYSTEM, IS A TECHNIQUE TO HELP THE POLICE ADMINISTRATOR DO A BETTER JOB. ITS UNIQUENESS LIES IN HOW IT COMBINES PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, AND BUDGETING FUNCTIONS IN A SYSTEMATIC MANNER, AND HOW IT UTILIZES COST/BENEFIT AND COST/EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSES AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH TO IMPROVE THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. IT IS A FOUR-STEP SYSTEM REQUIRING, FIRST, CAREFUL SPECIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVES, SECOND, ANALYSIS OF THE OUTPUT OF A GIVEN PROGRAM IN TERMS OF THE OBJECTIVES, THIRD, MEASUREMENT OF THE TOTAL COSTS OF A GIVEN PROGRAM, NOT JUST FOR ONE YEAR, BUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AHEAD, AND FOURTH, ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES, AND SELECTION OF THE ALTERNATIVE OR COMBINATION OF ALTERNATIVES THAT IS BEST.