... mainly through the policy of compulsory competitive tendering (CCT), whereby many public sector activities that could be undertaken by firms in the private sector were put out to tender. Direct service organizations (DSOs) were required to bid alongside private sector contractors for in‐house operations...

... activities and conclude that “new public management” in Victorian local government is illusory or, at best, incomplete. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Managerialism New public management Local government Compulsory competitive tendering Australia Government efforts to privatise public sector...

...John Day; Paul Reynolds; Geoff Lancaster This article is concerned with entrepreneurial behaviour and the use of marketing by architectural professionals and their business colleagues in building services as a response to the extension of Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CTT) in the UK. CTT...

...John Fenwick; Keith Shaw; Anne Foreman Examines the impact of compulsory competitive tendering on the management of UK local government. The changing managerial skills required under conditions of competition are considered alongside overall changes in the role of local government. Drawing directly...

... significant internal expertise. IT use is inversely related to managerial level, with the majority of users located in the central services and housing functions. The traditional supporting role of information systems and technology (IS/T) is changing as compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) is applied...