UID:
almafu_9959329064902883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 412 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781119208938
,
1119208939
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9780470725344
,
0470725346
Content:
Drawing on 20 years of experience as Comptroller and Auditor General, and head of the United Kingdom National Audit Office, Public Sector Auditing: Is it Value for Money? is Sir John Bourn's own account of the role and influence value for money auditing has in holding governments to account and in helping public bodies improve the ways in which they deliver services. Key features include:.:.; In-depth case studies from UK, US, Canada, China, India and Australia;.; Detailed analysis of complex areas of public expenditure such as health, education, privatisation, regulation, defence and IT;.; Ex.
Note:
Introduction -- Why bureaucracy will never work -- The failure to analyse outcomes -- How effective audit can be secured : the auditor as [c]oach 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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Bourn, John, Sir, 1934- Public sector auditing. Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, ©2007 ISBN 9780470057223
Additional Edition:
ISBN 047005722X
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119208938
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119208938
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119208938
