Date of Award
12-4-2009
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Educational Leadership, Ed.D.
First Advisor
David Cox
Committee Members
Andrew Sustich; Daniel Cline; George Foldesy; John Beineke; Marilynn Liddell
Call Number
LD 251 .A566d 2009 N65
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of fiscal management tactics public two-year chief financial officers (CFO) selected in the FY 2006-2007 budget cycle to meet budget goals. This study solicited specific effective fiscal management tactics used by two-year public colleges in FY 2006-2007. CFOs or their designee, were asked to rate the effectiveness of the tactics in executing their 2006-2007 budget. The public community college members of the American Association of Community Colleges were polled using web-based service Hosted Survey to conduct the survey. The response of 321 returned surveys meant a return rate to the survey of 31.3 percent. The following research questions were the focus of this research: 1) How were fiscal management tactics, used in FY 2006-2007, rated in terms of effectiveness by public two-year colleges? 2) Is the age of public two-year colleges associated with effectiveness ratings? 3) Is the Fall 2006 credit enrollment associated with effectiveness ratings? 4) Do different organizational structures for public two-year colleges rate the effectiveness of fiscal management tactics differently? 5) Do rural, suburban, and urban public two-year colleges rate the effectiveness of fiscal management tactics differently? 6) Do NACUBO members and non-members rate the effectiveness of fiscal management tactics differently? The independent variables of research questions two through six proved to not be of significance in determining effective fiscal management tactics. Means ranking, One-Way ANOVA, and t-Test calculations were used to determine ratings of the fiscal management tactics. A `short list' of ten of the 44 fiscal management tactics was determined to be the most effective from the survey instrument. This was determined from a frequency-ranked list as well as a means assessment ranking. Survey respondents also offered the researcher 88 additional new fiscal management tactics that the respondents deemed effective.
Rights Management
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Recommended Citation
Novak, Muriel Elaine, "Effectiveness of Fiscal Management Tactics Used at Public Two-Year Colleges" (2009). Student Theses and Dissertations. 1015.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/1015
