02749nam 2200529 a 450 991083061950332120230721003737.01-119-20893-91-281-94013-597866119401330-470-72534-6(CKB)1000000000557043(EBL)366752(OCoLC)297117538(SSID)ssj0000230547(PQKBManifestationID)12059971(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230547(PQKBWorkID)10198352(PQKB)10583890(MiAaPQ)EBC366752(EXLCZ)99100000000055704320070830d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPublic sector auditing[electronic resource] is it value for money? /Sir John BournChichester, England ;Hoboken, NJ John Wiley & Sonsc20071 online resource (428 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-470-05722-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-390) and index.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.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, defenceFinance, PublicAuditingFinance, PublicAuditing.657.835657/.835Bourn JohnSir,1934-1713812MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830619503321Public sector auditing4107084UNINA