scholarly journals Kontrahovanie služieb vo verejnom sektore – skúsenosti v Slovenskej a Českej republike

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beáta Mikušová
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Contract Management ◽  
Research Issue ◽  
International Context ◽  
Contracting Out ◽  
The Public ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Innovative Methodology

The monograph responds to the issue of contracting out services in public sector. The aim of the monograph is to develop the theory of contracting out services in public sector and to propose solutions for the contract management in the public sector. To prove the assumption about low quality contract management in public sector in SR and CR as the reason of contracting out failure is the research issue developed from contracting out effectiveness to contract management quality. Original research issue – relationship between contracting out outcomes and quality contract management and innovative methodology testing this relationship brings valuable results in the dimension of contracting out theory in an international context and to define science-based ground for proposing solutions to the contract management in public sector.

scholarly journals Do NPM Strategies Lead to Negative Organizational Behavior? Lessons from the Differential Effects of Contracting Out on Voluntary Turnover

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-389
Author(s):  
Gyeo Reh Lee
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Indirect Costs ◽  
Voluntary Turnover ◽  
Contracting Out ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Workforce ◽  
The Relationship

While public sector organizations have increasingly utilized New Public Management (NPM) strategies as a means of increasing the values of the market, a growing body of literature suggests that market-based reforms may generate indirect costs associated with negative organizational behaviors in the public sector. Focusing on probable consequences of government contracting out for the public workforce, this study examines the relationship between contracting out and voluntary turnover relying on a panel data of U.S. federal agencies from 2010 to 2017. The results present that contracting activity is associated with voluntary quits in the opposite direction depending on the level of job satisfaction. This finding disentangles the previous discussion on the relationship between NPM strategies and employee behavior.

scholarly journals Management of Contracting Public Services and its Quality in Slovakia

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juraj Nemec ◽  
Beáta Mikušová Meričková ◽  
Zuzana Vozárová
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Contract Management ◽  
Individual Choice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Contract Duration ◽  
Quality Of Delivery ◽  
Internal Reason

Abstract Contracting services in the public sector with private for-profit and non-profit firms is one of the most prevalent types of alternative service-delivering arrangements. Concerning the positive potential of contracting, the relevant literature proposes that contracting may, but need not, improve individual choice, cost-effectiveness and the quality of delivery, equity and to some extent also expenditure control. On the other hand, many authors provide important arguments describing weak points of contracting and some risks connected with contracting services in the public sector. The main “internal” reason why contracting does not produce the expected results and even creates perverse effects in the effectiveness and quality of contracted services, is the improper implementation of contract management. This paper seeks to answer the question of what factors account for success in contracting for services in the public sector by testing the relationship between contracting performance and selected factors connected with contract management such as competition, exante evaluation of bidders, contract monitoring, contract duration, contract payment and joint problem solving and communication between the principal and the agent. This study uses a quantitative approach to investigate the research question and to analyze the original collected survey data from our own research.The research was supported by the Czech Grant Agency projects P403 / 12 / 0366 and P403 / 10 / 1892

scholarly journals E-procurement in Contracting-out of Public Goods and Services: Evidence from Slovakia

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Mária Murray Svidroňová ◽  
Beáta Mikušová Meričková ◽  
Lýdia Gondášová
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Contracting Out ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Information And Communication

AbstractRecently growing attention has been paid to the issue of public-sector innovation: scholars have progressively developed a fully-fledged field of study in this direction, since remarkable differences exist between public and private organizations. Perhaps paradoxically, the decline of NPM itself from the 1990s onwards has paved the way to further developments of this field of study, surpassing the existent model through the exploration of innovative tools for stakeholders’ involvement in public decision-making. New Public Management reforms of public administration combined with the use of information and communication technologies have brought many innovations to the public sector, among others also public e-procurement. Our objective is to identify the driver and barriers of e-procurement use in contracting-out of public goods and services based on analysis in one selected region and its four municipalities in Slovakia. This study uses a qualitative and quantitative approach and is based on original data from our own research, including data collected within the LIPSE (Learning from Innovation in Public Sector Environments) research project. The main findings of our analysis are that the use of public e-procurement is an innovative tool for contracting out the public services and as such facilitates modern public-administration reforms based on information and communication technologies.

Integrating contract management practices into the achievement of value for money in tanzania public procurement: Evidence from selected procuring entities in moshi municipality

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alban Mchopa
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Regulatory Authority ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Contract Management ◽  
Value For Money ◽  
The Public ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Important Activity

Contract management is an important activity in public procurement especially on executing development projects while aiming at value for money. On the contrary, reports from the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority show that funds have been wasted due to poor contract management practices hindering value for money achievement. Hence, the study aimed at assessing the contribution contracts management practices towards value for money achievement. Questionnaires and Interviews were used for data collection and findings revealed that contracts contained all the necessary conditions, contracts practices of time management, quality management and costs control were effective and resulted into value for money achievement. Therefore, value for money was achieved above average scale by considering qualitative measures and it was recommended that more efforts are needed to enhance supervision and enforce defect liability clause.

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