The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the practice of local government management. This course is designed to provide in-depth knowledge about local government system and management from selected countries. In short, this course is country-oriented involving the UK, USA, European countries and Asia. The course will explore the general purposes of local government units involving cities, municipalities, counties, and township. Key issues in several functional areas of local government service will be highlighted either now or recently involve the roles of local government to serves the local citizens. Upon completion of this course, students will able to obtain new knowledge through various perspectives, for example, analysing legislation of different countries in the sphere of local governance, and the practice of delivering good services in local councils.