Public sector performance improvement through private sector management practices: A satisfactory solution?

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-379

  Ghobadian, Abby ^a   Gallear, David ^b   Viney, Howard ^c   O'Regan, Nicholas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCT; Compulsory competitive tendering; Management practices; Modernisation; Performance improvement; Private sector; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648819867     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2007.013360     Document Type: Article

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