CONTENTS OF VOLUME TWO 



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 CHAPTER VIII. THE GENERAL EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION OF A PARK DEPARTMENT 507 



Department composed of governing authority and executive organization Position of govern- 

 mental authority in departmental organization Officer organization, committee organization, by- 

 laws-Examples of by-laws Executive sessions of board or commission Minutes of meetings 

 of board and need of care in recording same Raising and using funds The governing authority 

 in the role of a legislature Accounting to the public Creation and maintenance of an executive 

 organization Important duty of governing authority Diagrammatic outline of an executive organ- 

 ization of a park department General definition of functions of each division of the organization- 

 Examples of some existing executive organization presented in graphic outlines The chief execu- 

 tive needed in modern park systems How and where to secure executives Powers and duties of 

 the chief executive Relation of chief executive to governing authority; to his staff in general; to 

 department or division heads Contacts of the executive with the public General comments 

 concerning executive organization in small communities and large communities Notes on scien- 

 tific management Bibliography. 



CHAPTER IX. OFFICE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT 55 2- 



Sfction I: Purposes and scope of chapter Scope; point of view; need of better office facilities. 

 Section II: Organization and management; organization above office manager Authority respon- 

 sible for keeping records; questions of policy; qualifications of secretary of a park and recreation 

 department; personal qualities; organization in control of the office manager Evolution of the 

 office force; duties of employees; organization charts; individual qualifications; compensation and 

 grades; discipline and office character; the office manual; progress of office work. 

 Section III: Keeping the records; legislative acts establishing park department; official proceed- 

 ingsOf metropolitan boards and commissions; official orders where park department is gov- 

 erned by an individual; inventory of possessions Real estate; inventory of structures and of 

 tools, equipment, merchandise and supplies; financial records of municipal funds Funds; require- 

 ments of park accounting; financial records for management purposes; financial records for the 

 operation of business activities; special fund accounting; plan of park accounting and books of 

 account; methods of accounting entry; complete code of accounts of a park department; perform- 

 ance records and business statistics In general, pertaining to financial records, showing the effects 

 of parks on property values; recreation statistics; social statistics Summary. 

 Section IV: Uniform systems and records Uniform accounting system; uniform park statistics- 

 Annual reports Office libraries Filing and indexing Stock room Balance sheet in park depart- 

 ment accounting Receipts and disbursements Revenue and expense Method of obtaining 

 monthly expenditures on revenue producing activities Appendix Examples of duties of secre- 

 tary as defined in typical park and recreation systems Tabulating machine codes. 



CHAPTER X. THE PARK ENGINEERING DIVISION 618 



Scope of functions of the engineering division Relation of the engineer to other technical experts 

 Methods of handling park engineering in different communities in the United States Organ- 

 ization of the engineering division with illustrations of organizations in different cities Engi- 

 neering records and filing methods Methods of procedure in handling construction work Deci- 

 sion of governing authority; preliminary plans and estimates by engineer; funds; decision of 

 governing authority as to whether work shall be done by day labor or by contract; different kinds 

 of contract Advertisement; the proposal; consideration of bids and awarding of contract; the 

 agreement and contract; samples of contract forms. 



CHAPTER XL MAINTENANCE 646 



Fundamental requisites for effective maintenance Adequate revenues, personnel and equipment- 

 Personnel Examples for cities of various populations; employment; personal relations; reports 

 Maintenance equipment Service areas; structures Dwelling homes; barns; shops; machinery 

 sheds; storehouses; greenhouses. 



