Research Brief
Finding the Best Way to Get the Job Done: Alternative Structures for Government Organizations
Jan 1, 2001
A Casebook of Alternative Governance Structures and Organizational Forms
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This study is a short-term effort examining alternative ways that government can carry out its activities. The study was commissioned by the Defense Reform Initiative Office and should prove useful to government agencies and decisionmakers who are considering options for organizing themselves or their functions in different ways. The report considers governance structures and organizational forms that offer alternatives to the usual in-house provision of services. The alternatives can offer a chance to adopt modern business practices, streamline the organization, and adopt market mechanisms to improve quality, lower costs, and become more responsive to constituencies. As specific illustrations, the report describes several case studies.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Overview
Chapter Two
Performance-Based Organization
Chapter Three
Government Franchise
Chapter Four
Cooperative Partnership
Chapter Five
Federal Government Corporation
Chapter Six
Government-Owned Contractor-Operated
Chapter Seven
Private Management
Chapter Eight
Public/Private Partnership or Joint Venture
Chapter Nine
Government-Sponsored Enterprise
Chapter Ten
Federally Funded Research and Development Center
Chapter Eleven
Competitive Sourcing
Chapter Twelve
Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Chapter Thirteen
Asset Sale
Appendix
Issues Related to Competitive Sourcing
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