Public sector auditing :
Bourn, John,cSir,d1934-
Public sector auditing : is it value for money? / Sir John Bourn. - xiv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references pages 379-390 and index.
Introduction -- Why bureaucracy will never work -- The failure to analyse outcomes -- How effective audit can be secured : the auditor as coach and mentor rather than critic and nark -- Privatisation : the alternative to bureaucracy? -- Public private partnerships : another option -- Regulations : bureaucracy's tentacles -- Meeting citizens' needs : quality of public services -- Risk averse or risk ignorant? -- Vulnerability to fraud, theft and corruption -- Programme and project management : bureaucracies' weakest link? -- Performance measurement : clarity or confusion? -- Organising the audit -- Concluding thoughts.
9780470057223
Finance, Public--Auditing.
ACCOUNTING
657.835 / B775
Public sector auditing : is it value for money? / Sir John Bourn. - xiv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references pages 379-390 and index.
Introduction -- Why bureaucracy will never work -- The failure to analyse outcomes -- How effective audit can be secured : the auditor as coach and mentor rather than critic and nark -- Privatisation : the alternative to bureaucracy? -- Public private partnerships : another option -- Regulations : bureaucracy's tentacles -- Meeting citizens' needs : quality of public services -- Risk averse or risk ignorant? -- Vulnerability to fraud, theft and corruption -- Programme and project management : bureaucracies' weakest link? -- Performance measurement : clarity or confusion? -- Organising the audit -- Concluding thoughts.
9780470057223
Finance, Public--Auditing.
ACCOUNTING
657.835 / B775