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What a waste : outsourcing and how it goes wrong / Andrew Bowman [and seven others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowman, Andrew, author.
- Series:
- Manchester capitalism.
- Manchester capitalism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Contracting out--Great Britain.
- Contracting out.
- Human services--Contracting out--Great Britain.
- Human services.
- Public contracts--Great Britain.
- Public contracts.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Documents how outsourcing has penetrated every part of the public sector, and balances critique with practical suggestions for policy reform.
- Contents:
- Outsourcing : organised money and disabled government
- Outsourcing, blame-shifting and major fiascos
- Unjustifiable profit-taking on mundane contracts
- Undisciplined outsourcing conglomerates
- Outsourcing specialists and the gaming of limited liability.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2015.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 21, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9781784992408
- 1784992402
- 9781526103949
- 152610394X
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