Resumen

COHEN, Steven. A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR DEVOLVING RESPONSABILITY AND FUNCTIONS FROM GOVERNMENT TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. Rev.econ.inst. [online]. 2001, vol.3, n.4, pp.13-31. ISSN 0124-5996.

This document presents a conceptual framework and a method for deciding whether or not a function that was considered the responsibility of government should be performed by public organizations or devolved to private for-profit and non-profit organizations. This conceptual framework goes beyond ideology and matches functions to organizational capacity, in a scheme that needs strategic thinking. The method requires that government managers resist bias and simplistic assumptions and answer a number of critical questions that require for the experience and judgment of decision makers, as well as for the political and social context in which the decision takes place.

Palabras clave : privatization; scope of government; private organizations.

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