Public sector auditing : is it value for money?

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bourn, John 1934- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, England : John Wiley & Sons , c2007
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Online Access:Table of contents only

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245 1 0 |a Public sector auditing :   |b is it value for money?   |c John Bourn 
260 |a Chichester, England :   |b John Wiley & Sons ,   |c c2007 
300 |a xiv, 412 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-390) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. Why bureaucracy will never work -- 3. The failure to analyse outcomes -- 4. How effective audit can be secured: the auditor as soach and mentor rather than critic and nark -- 5. Privatisation: the alternative to bureaucracy? -- 6. Public private partnerships: another option -- 7. Regulations: bureaucracy's tentacles -- 8. Meeting citizens' needs: quality of public services -- 9. Risk averse or risk ignorant? -- 10. Vulnerability to fraud, theft and corruption -- 11. Programme and project management: bureaucracies' weakest link? -- 12. Performance measurement: clarity or confusion? -- 13. Organising the audit -- 14. Concluding thoughts 
650 0 |a Finance, Public   |x Auditing   |v Congresses 
856 4 1 |3 Table of contents only   |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007035533-t.html 
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