Contracting for Public Services

Gebonden Engels 2007 9780415356541
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Insightful and comprehensive and covering new subjects like globalization and IT, this text, international in its approach, provides a thorough introduction to the key phases of the contracting process and the skills required by managers in its implementation.

These include:policy for contracting strategic purchasingunderstanding markets communicating the contracting decision designing and drafting the contract the role of the consumerthe regulation of service provision

Illustrated throughout with practitioner case-studies from a range of OECD countries, this book presents an important new theoretical ‘contract management model’ and a ‘mature contract model', and explores the mechanisms, formal rules and informal norms that influence the way governments contract for public services. This book is essential reading for all students of public management and all public service managers.

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ISBN13:9780415356541
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:224
Uitgever:Taylor & Francis Ltd

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Part 1: Introduction 1. Introduction: The Contractual Age in Public Service Delivery 2. Managing Contracts: A Conceptual Model Part 2: Organising for Contracting 3. Contract Management Capacity 4. Using Information Technology in Contract Management 5. Training and Educating Contract Managers Part 3: Contracting and Public Service Delivery Systems 6. Private Providers of Public Services 7. Public-Private Partnerships Part 4: Conclusions 8. Holding Contractors Accountable: The Regulatory Context 9. Conclusions: Contracting for Public Services

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