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| Author: | White, G. Palmer, S. |
| Title: | Contracting out and the cleaning-up question. (!Private contracting) |
| Journal: | Personnel Management
1987 : MAY, VOL. 19:5, p. 44-47 |
| Index terms: | PUBLIC SERVICES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A review of contracting out of public services in central and local government in the U.K., and the related personnel issues. Cuts in manpower achieved by privatisation and contracting out. The retention of in-house services. Direct labour organisations. Cheaper labour costs of contractors. The implications for personnel. Advantages and the disadvantages seen by personnel managers and initial reactions. Redundancies and transfers to new employer. Union views. Transition period. Reluctance of contractors to compete with in-house bids. A separate box reviews savings to National Health Service through competitive tendering. |
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