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Volume 139, Issue 2
June 2000
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Research Article| June 01 2000

Best value and management practice in local government: a reality check Available to Purchase

N. Wills
N. Wills
Managing Director
The Gryphon Consultancy Limited
 
Salisbury
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1751-7699
Print ISSN: 0965-0903
© 2000 Thomas Telford Ltd
2000
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer (2000) 139 (2): 55–61.
https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2000.139.2.55

This paper is an assessment of best value and how it needs to be implemented. The tools which have been developed to help councils and their heads of service are described. The purpose of this paper is to discuss problems and propose solutions.

Keywords:
local government, management
© 2000 Thomas Telford Ltd
2000
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