Responsible Contract Manager Protecting the Public Interest in an Outsourced World

Name: Responsible Contract Manager Protecting the Public Interest in an Outsourced World
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ISBN: 9781589012141

ISBN-10: 1589012143

ISBN-13: 9781589012141

Edition: 2008

Authors: Steven Cohen, William B. Eimicke, William B. Eimicke

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Contract management is a critical skill for all contemporary public managers. As more government duties are contracted out, managers must learn to coordinate and measure the performance of private contractors, and to write contract requirements and elicit bids that obtain important services and products at the best possible price and quality. They must also learn to work in teams that include both public and private sector partners. The Responsible Contract Manager delves into the issues of how to ensure that the work done by private sector contractors serves the public interest and argues for the necessity of making these organizations act as extensions of the public sector while…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 10/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English




Defining contracting and contract management



What are the public ethics of contracting?



What is network management?



Ensuring accountability and democratic representation in government contracting



When should you and when shouldn't you contract out?



How do you find the right contractor?



Managing contracts : the skills you need and what can go wrong - twenty common problems in contracting



Performance measurement and performance management



When not to contract : the U.S. military and Iraq



When contracting really works : welfare-to-work in Philadelphia



When contracting really doesn't work : Atlanta's water contract



Contracting, representative democracy, and public ethics


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