What a waste : outsourcing and how it goes wrong /
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| Author / Creator: | Bowman, Andrew, author. |
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| Imprint: | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015. |
| Description: | x, 104 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Manchester capitalism book series Manchester capitalism. |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10390274 |
Table of Contents:
- List of exhibits
- List of abbreviations
- 1. Outsourcing: organised money and disabled government
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. From standard narratives to the charge sheet
- 1.3. The mess we're in: co-dependent government and sham capitalism
- 1.4. What is to be done?
- 2. Outsourcing, blame-shifting and major fiascos
- Charge 1
- 2.1. Fiascos as problems of knowledge/problems in knowledge
- 2.2. 'Designed' fiascos: the case of work capability assessments
- 2.3. Routine cock-ups
- 2.4. Takeaways for the concerned citizen
- 3. Unjustifiable profit-taking on mundane contracts
- Charge 2
- 3.1. Profit without risk
- 3.2. Franchise gaming and walk-away
- 3.3. Contracts levered on labour
- 3.4. Takeaways for the concerned citizen
- Notes to Chapter 3
- 4. Undisciplined outsourcing conglomerates
- Charge 3
- 4.1. Growth and contract roulette
- 4.2. Opacity and balance sheet risk
- 4.3. Corporate reset and ongoing co-dependence
- 4.4. Takeaways for the concerned citizen
- Notes to Chapter 4
- 5. Outsourcing specialists and the gaming of limited liability
- Charge 4
- 5.1. The uses and abuses of limited liability
- 5.2. Veolia
- 5.3. Biffa waste management
- 5.4. Takeaways for the concerned citizen
- Notes to Chapter 5
- References
