02840nam 2200577 a 450 991101991140332120200520144314.09786611940133978111920893811192089399781281940131128194013597804707253440470725346(CKB)1000000000557043(EBL)366752(OCoLC)297117538(SSID)ssj0000230547(PQKBManifestationID)12059971(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230547(PQKBWorkID)10198352(PQKB)10583890(MiAaPQ)EBC366752(Perlego)2766684(EXLCZ)99100000000055704320070830d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPublic sector auditing 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.9780470057223 047005722X 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/.835Bourn JohnSir,1934-1839248MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911019911403321Public sector auditing4418415UNINA