Public sector auditing : is it value for money? - Bourn, John 1934- (Chichester, England : John Wiley & Sons, 2007)
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
Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-390) and index
Keywords: Finance, Public -- Auditing -- Congresses