Public sector auditing
Subtitle: is it value for money?
By: Sir John Bourn.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chichester, England; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780470057223
Subjects: Finance, Public -- Auditing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-390) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: Why bureaucracy will never work; value: The failure to analyse outcomes; value: How effective audit can be secured : the auditor as [c]oach and mentor rather than critic and nark; value: Privatisation : the alternative to bureaucracy?; value: Public private partnerships : another option; value: Regulations : bureaucracy's tentacles; value: Meeting citizens' needs : quality of public services; value: Risk averse or risk ignorant?; value: Vulnerability to fraud, theft and corruption; value: Programme and project management : bureaucracies' weakest link?; value: Performance measurement : clarity or confusion?; value: Organising the audit; value: Concluding thoughts.