A Casebook Of Alternative Governance Structures And Organizational Forms
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: April 25, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9780833027719
Subjects: Central government; Political structure & processes; Public Affairs & Administration; Politics - Current Events; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; United States; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Reference / General; Administrative agencies; Privatization
First sentence: As the quotes from Truman, Eisenhower, and Clinton in the Foreword of this report all indicate, our government has been reinventing itself for many years.
Description: This study is a short-term effort examining alternative ways that government can carry out its activities. The study was commissioned by the Defense Reform Initiative Office and should prove useful to government agencies and decisionmakers who are considering options for organizing themselves or their functions in different ways. The report considers governance structures and organizational forms that offer alternatives to the usual in-house provision of services. The alternatives can offer a chance to adopt modern business practices, streamline the organization, and adopt market mechanisms to improve quality, lower costs, and become more responsive to constituencies. As specific illustrations, the report describes several case studies.