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
Table of Contents:
  • 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