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Outsourcing management functions for the acquisition of federal facilities / Committee on Outsourcing Design and Construction-related Management Services for Federal Facilities, [and] Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, [and] Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Outsourcing Design and Construction-related Management Services for Federal Facilities.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public buildings--United States--Design and construction--Management.
- Public buildings.
- Contracting out--United States.
- Contracting out.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (149 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this study outsourcing is defined as the organizational practice of contracting for services from an external entity while retaining control over assets and oversight of the services being outsourced. In the 1980s, a number of factors led to a renewed interest in outsourcing. For private sector organizations, outsourcing was identified as a strategic component of business process reengineering-an effort to streamline an organization and increase its profitability. In the public sector, growing concern about the federal budget deficit, the continuing long-term fiscal crisis of some large cities, and other factors accelerated the use of privatization measures (including outsourcing for services) as a means of increasing the efficiency of government.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Outsourcing of Management Functions""; ""3 Ownership Functions and Core Competencies""; ""4 Decision Framework""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B List of Briefings""; ""Appendix C Documents Related to Inherently Governmental Functions""; ""Appendix D Questionnaire""; ""Bibliography""; ""Acronyms""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-134).
- ISBN:
- 9780309171373
- 0309171377
- 9780309512817
- 0309512816
- OCLC:
- 923257039
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