| Contracting for Public Services Contributor(s): Greve, Carsten (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415356547 ISBN-13: 9780415356541 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: P 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. /P P These include: BR /P UL LI policy for contracting /LI LI strategic purchasing /LI LI understanding markets /LI LI communicating the contracting decision /LI LI designing and drafting the contract /LI LI the role of the consumer /LI LI the regulation of service provision BR /LI /UL P Illustrated throughout with practitioner case-studies from a range of OECD countries, the 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. /P P /P P /P |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Management - General - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 352.538 |
| LCCN: 2007003126 |
| Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.07 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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:
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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