Complex Contracting
Complex Contracting

Author: Trevor L. Brown

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-08-08

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1107292662

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Complex Contracting draws on core social science concepts to provide wide-ranging practical advice on how best to manage complex acquisitions. Using a strong analytical framework, the authors assess contract management practices, suggesting strategies for improvement and ways to avoid the pitfalls of managing contracts for large and sophisticated projects. An in-depth analysis of the US Coast Guard's Deepwater program is included to illustrate ways to respond to real-world contracting challenges. This high-profile and controversial case consisted of a projected 25-year, $24 billion contract through which the US Coast Guard would buy a system of new boats, aircraft, communications, and control architecture to replace its aging fleet. The authors explore the reasons why this program, launched with such promise, turned out so poorly, and apply the lessons learned to similarly complex contracting scenarios. This engaging and accessible book has broad applicability and will appeal to policymakers, practitioners, scholars and students.

Success and Failure in Public Governance
Success and Failure in Public Governance

Author: M. A. P. Bovens

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 709

ISBN-13: 1843762854

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Why do some policies succeed so well while others, in the same sector or country, fail dramatically? The aim of this book is to answer this question and provide systematic research on the nature, sources and consequences of policy failure. The expert contributors analyse and evaluate the success and failure of four policy areas (Steel, Health Care, Finance, HIV and the Blood Supply) in six European countries, namely France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Spain and Sweden. The book is therefore able to compare success and failure across countries as well as policy areas, enabling a test of a variety of theoretical assumptions about policy making and government.

Partnership for Democratic Governance Contracting Out Government Functions and Services Emerging Lessons from Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations
Partnership for Democratic Governance Contracting Out Government Functions and Services Emerging Lessons from Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2009-12-03

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 9264066217

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The second volume of the Partnership for Democratic Governance Series investigates whether ‘contracting out’ core government functions and services has been conducive to capacity development. Case studies discusses the evidence and emerging lessons of contracting out.

Contracting-out Welfare Services
Contracting-out Welfare Services

Author: Siobhan O'Sullivan

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-02-23

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1119016495

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Contracting-out Welfare Services focuses on the design and overhaul of welfare-to-work systems around the world in the light of the radical re-design of the welfare system; internationally based authors utilise a national/program case study, considering employment services policy and activation practices. International contributors bring a global comparative perspective to the subject Contributors are all experts in their field, who also draw on a much longer intellectual legacy Uses employment services as a case study to advance understanding in relation to a host of broader principles and concepts Each paper included within the text uses a national/program case study, and each considers employment services policy in general, and activation practices in particular