Public sector auditing : is it value for money? / Sir John Bourn.
Publisher: Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, [2007]Copyright date: copyright 2007Description: xiv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780470057223
- 657.835 B775
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Print Materials | Graduate School Library Master in Public Administration | 657.835/B775 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0100797 |
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.
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