Developing best value in a scottish local authority

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 31-38

  Sheffield, James ^a   Coleshill, Paul ^b  

^a Government and Public Services Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Best value; Corporate governance; Local government; Organizational structure; Scotland; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986163932     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040110397266     Document Type: Article

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