ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to grasp the national overview of the idea of the court manager. It differentiates among and between courts by using a number of variables. Modern court managers have developed processes for meeting the objectives of court operations. The difference between plan and office reflects the relative maturity of the city manager plan in the United States that is an even more complex governing plan than that found in the courts—more than an adjustment in a single governmental position. Nothing in court management literature is more obvious than the idea that the office of a court manager is a very flexible plan and that court management is one of those jobs—serving at the pleasure of the appointing authority—with little security. The idea of a court manager fits into some very different geographic and demographic areas. Other organizations represented include state court administrative offices (6.3%), federal courts (2.8%), state appellate courts (1.7%), and none of the above (3.1%).
