| Description |
xxvi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Public procurement : an introduction / Louise Knight, Christine Harland, Jan Telgen and Nigel Caldwell -- 2. Public procurement in perspective / Jan Telgen, Christine Harland and Louise Knight -- 3. Public procurement reform in Western Australia : a federal-state evaluation / Guy Callender and Paul Schapper -- 4. Procurement in the English National Health Service / Christine Harland, Andrew Rudd, Louise Knight, Samantha Forrest and Elmer Bakker -- 5. Dutch health care organization and financing : recent reform and its impact on purchasing / Jan Telgen and Henk Van Vliet -- 6. Budget and organization reform : impact on public procurement in Belgium / Bert Baeyens and Marc Martel -- 7. US federal government procurement : structure, process and current issues / Khi V. Thai and David A. Drabkin -- 8. Public procurement in Germany : a purchasing cooperative for energy sourcing at the German Aerospace Centre / Michael Essig and Berthold Schaefer -- 9. The features and recent reforms of government procurement in Singapore / David Seth Jones -- 10. Public procurement : a pillar of good governance? / Wendy Phillips, Nigel Caldwell and Guy Callender -- 11. The purchasing process in public procurement / Nigel Caldwell, Elmer Bakker and John J. D. Read -- 12. Procurement in the United Nations system / Johan Van De Gronden, Karsten Bloch, Niels Ramm, Kirsten Ejlskov Jensen, Christine Harland and Helen Walker -- 13. Consortia purchasing for higher education in Canada, the US, the UK and Australia / Mary M. Aylesworth -- 14. Consortia purchasing and logistics in the Kuopio area : lessons learned from a four-year project / Timo Kivisto, Veli-Matti Virolainen and Eija Tella -- 15. The development of procurement education : the Queensland (Australia) experience / Ken Dooley and Christine Tonkin -- 16. E-procurement : a cross-jurisdictional comparison / Christine Tonkin -- 17. The fraud/red tape dilemma in public procurement : a study of US state and local governments / Clifford P. McCue, Kirk W. Buffington and Aaron D. Howell -- 18. A new era : how to improve procurement services to clients presented by Public Works and Government Services Canada / John J. D. Read -- 19. South African provincial government reform : using a shared services model to transform 'back-office' support in Gauteng Province / Karen Van Vuuren and J. A. Badenhorst-Weiss -- 20. E-commerce and information / Michael Essig, Christine Tonkin and Tom McGuffog -- 21. People in public procurement / Guy Callender and Jim McGuire -- 22. Cooperative purchasing in the public sector / Helen Walker, Michael Essig, Fredo Schotanus and Timo Kivisto -- 23. Procurement : a strategic weapon for change / Martin Sykes -- 24. Challenges facing public procurement / Christine Harland, Jan Telgen, Louise Knight, Guy Callender and Khi V. Thai |
| Summary |
Focusing on the important issue of public procurement, this casebook combines cases with editorial commentary and contextualizing chapters. It contains sixteen cases that investigate public procurement on a regional, national and international level. It illustrates strategies and innovations, as well as common problems. G Callendar, Curtin Uni |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Government purchasing -- Case studies.
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Government purchasing.
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Government spending policy -- Case studies.
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Government spending policy.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Knight, Louise, Dr.
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| LC no. |
2006038503 |
| ISBN |
041539404X (cased) |
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0415394058 (paperback) |
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9780415394048 (cased) |
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9780415394055 (paperback) |
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