Outsourcing in the public sector in the Czech Republic: case studies

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Outsourcing in the public sector in the Czech Republic: case studies

Original language description

The relevant literature suggests that if, and only if, outsourcing is properly implemented, then it may, but might not, improve cost effectiveness and deliver the necessary quality. In this paper, we present two cases describing the processes and results of outsourcing by public sector bodies in the Czech Republic. Data are based on an in-depth audit delivered by students preparing their master’s degree theses under the supervision of one of authors of this paper. Compared to our previous in-depth audits in Slovakia, we did not find very visible cases of inefficiency connected with in-house versus outsourcing decisions. However, our data confirm that the core problematic service in our public administration conditions is transportation. The ‘habit’ of public bodies having company cars or even in-house drivers is usually a very expensive practice. If such cars and the time capacity of the drivers are underutilised, the costs of taxi services can actually be much cheaper. The data also show that even with only a few competing bidders, public organisations can receive very low-cost offers for cleaning and security services, much below the minimum costs of internal production. Suppliers can achieve this by ‘manipulating’ the labour costs or the costs of the quality of the delivered service.

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50600 - Political science

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA16-13119S" target="_blank" >GA16-13119S: Performance management in public administration - theory vs. practices in the Czech Republic and other CEE countries</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

EUROPEAN FINANCIAL SYSTEMS 2017: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE, PT 2

ISBN

9788021086098

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

103-110

Publisher name

Brno: Masaryk University

Place of publication

Brno

Event location

Brno

Event date

Jan 1, 2017

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000418110800012