Fostering shared services in local government: A common service model

Dollery, B; Kortt, MA; Drew, J

Fostering shared services in local government: A common service model

Dollery, B Kortt, MA Drew, J

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Citation:: Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 2016, 22 (2), pp. 225 - 242
Issue Date:: 2016-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Dollery, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kortt, MA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Drew, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3579-5758	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 2016, 22 (2), pp. 225 - 242	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1030-7923	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/47065
dc.description.abstract	Structural reform of local government through forced municipal mergers has occurred in a number of countries, including Australia, with mixed success. We argue that shared services arrangements by groups of voluntarily participating councils represent a superior means of securing the advantages of scale and scope in local government, without the heavy costs of the blunt instrument of compulsory council consolidation. However, in practice, the success of shared services has been inhibited in small regional, rural and remote local authorities by the costs of establishing and running shared service entities, which can swamp any savings from shared services. Taking into account the special characteristics of small non-metropolitan councils, we present a Common Service Model tailored to minimise establishment and transactions costs, maximise flexibility, and generate transparency.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australasian Journal of Regional Studies	en_US
dc.title	Fostering shared services in local government: A common service model	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	22	en_US
utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning	en_US
utslib.for	1604 Human Geography	en_US
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/lnstitute for Public Policy and Governance
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - IPPG - Institute for Public Policy and Governance
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Abstract:

Structural reform of local government through forced municipal mergers has occurred in a number of countries, including Australia, with mixed success. We argue that shared services arrangements by groups of voluntarily participating councils represent a superior means of securing the advantages of scale and scope in local government, without the heavy costs of the blunt instrument of compulsory council consolidation. However, in practice, the success of shared services has been inhibited in small regional, rural and remote local authorities by the costs of establishing and running shared service entities, which can swamp any savings from shared services. Taking into account the special characteristics of small non-metropolitan councils, we present a Common Service Model tailored to minimise establishment and transactions costs, maximise flexibility, and generate transparency.

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