ABSTRACT
Every city administration is concerned with current operations of line departments, auxiliary service functions to support the line services, and overall management…. A continuous effort must be made to keep the city on an efficient operational basis…. Planning for the future is equally essential to avoid waste of public funds through lack of research, imagination, and foresight…. No city administration is complete without personnel engaged in research and planning for the future…. If it is to be functional and practical in nature, planning must consider the needs of the line departments and the realities of municipal finance.
Arthur W. Bromage, Introduction to Municipal Government and Administration, 1957.
