ROUTLEDGE MASTERS IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

Opis produktu

Insightful and comprehensive and covering new subjects like globalization and IT this text international in approach provides a thorough introduction to the key phases of the contracting process and the skills required by managers in its implementation.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 purchasing understanding markets communicating the contracting decision designing and drafting the contract the role of the consumer the regulation of service provision Illustrated throughout with practitioner casestudies from a range of OECD countries this book presents an important new theoretical ścontract management model and a śmature 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.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. PublicPrivate Partnerships Part 4: Conclusions 8. Holding Contractors Accountable: The Regulatory Context 9. Conclusions: Contracting for Public Services

Data Publikacji: 2007-08-23
Wymiary: 234 mm 156 mm 340 gr