Public sector auditing [[electronic resource] ] : is it value for money? / / Sir John Bourn

• Autore: Bourn John, Sir, <1934->
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (428 p.)
• Disciplina: 657.835; 657/.835
• Soggetto topico: Finance, Public - Auditing
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-390) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Public sector auditing
• ISBN: 1-119-20893-9; 1-281-94013-5; 9786611940133; 0-470-72534-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830619503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II