Contracting Capacity in UK Law
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Government capacity to contract: health sector experience and lessons
Using case‐study material of contracting for clinical and ancillary services in the health care sector of developing countries, this article examines the capacities required for successful contract...... ... ANNE MILLSHealth Economics and Financing Programme, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UKSUMMARYUsing case-study material of contracting for clinical and ancillary services in the health caresector of developing countries, this article examines the capacities required for ... ...
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The management of human resources in project management‐led organizations
Purpose: The paper examines the operational impact of project management systems on the management of human resources and the practical implications of this for practitioners in two project‐led eng...... ... that in project-led organizations, such as those inengineering contracting, embedded sectoral characteristics such as portfolio training limit the ... ...
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BUREAUCRATS AS PURCHASERS OF HEALTH SERVICES: LIMITATIONS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR FOR CONTRACTING
Contracting out of health services increasingly involves a new role for governments as purchasers of services. To date, emphasis has been on contractual outcomes and the contracting process, which ...... ... Weaknesses were seen in three areas: (i) poor capacity for managing tendering; (ii) weak public sector governance resulting in slow processes, low interest and rent seeking pressures; and (iii) mistrust ... ...
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The practice of performance-based contracting in developing countries' public procurement: the case of ethiopia
Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) is widely accepted as a useful tool. It is believed that the use of PBC can assist the efficient utilization of the public resources. The objective of this resea...... ... This is due partly to lack of clarity in the procurement laws and lack of capacity to use PBC. INTRODUCTION Since the last decade of years, public organizations have developed a long-term view of adding value to ... ...
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An asymmetric learning in complex public-private projects
This paper investigates how symmetrical learning activity is, between the public client and the private contractor in the contracting and operation of complex, long-term infrastructure projects. Dr...... ... , between the public client and the private contractor in the contracting and operation of complex, long-term infrastructure projects. Drawing on ... (PFI) cases, the paper analyses differences in the absorptive capacity and learning capability between parties. It suggests the private ... ...
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Voices from the European Court of Human Rights
The future of the Strasbourg Court, a large and very busy court, has been the subject of much discussion. The capacity of the Court to handle the volume of admissible cases remains a significant ch...... ... e capacity of the Court to handl e the volume of admissible cases remains a signi ... e more di cult by the absence of rati cation by all contracting parties of Protoc ol No. 14. T en years a er the establishment of the ... ...
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Mental health commissioning: master or subject of change?
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to explore change within the commissioning of third sector mental health services in England. Design/methodology/approach: – A case study methodology based ...... ... implemented withthe main focus being on the procurement and contracting elements. There were examples ofcommissioning being an enabler of service ... Barriers included commissioners’ capacity and competence,ineffectual systems within their organisations, and ... ...
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Mentoring school governance and management. An evaluation of support to schools’ boards of trustees
The aim of the research project reported here was to evaluate the process and outcomes of the in‐depth training programme provided to primary and secondary schools’ boards of trustees by the Far No...... ... beusefully replicated through the Ministry of Education's contracting processes.IntroductionThis section describes the initiation and ... employment opportunities, and that many smallcommunities lack the capacity to manage sustainable development.Northland has nearly 150,000 people, ... ...
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The Impact of Local Authority Procurement on Local Economies
Public procurement has a significant impact on economic development in regions and localities. Previous research in the UK has focused on variations in government spending across regions, the effec...... ... Managers’ evaluati on of the advantagesand disadvantages of contracting with the pu blic sector are also anal ysed. The findings sugg est that ... findingsfor the extent to which local authoritieshave retained a capacity to act to supportlocal economic development. Keywords Cumbria, local ... ...
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Business process management and service delivery; a case of Uganda's public entities
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to test empirically a variety of hypotheses related to business process management (BPM) and service delivery within public entities and contracting companie...... ... (BPM) and service delivery within public entities and contracting companiesin Uganda.Design/methodology/approach – A valid research ... management, building high-level innovation, strong human resource capacity, providers expertise in order to provide optimalservice to both service ... ...
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