The Role of Public Employees in the Privatization Process

Abstract

Once a government has made the decision to privatize a service that it is already providing, various considerations need to be given to the public employees who will be affected by this decision These considerations include personnel issues such as selection and termination, wages, benefits, and job security The reference made to them m the Request for Proposal (RFP) significantly impacts the amount of cost savings and the quality of service delivery that are likely to accompany privatization In addition, the ease or difficulty of transitioning these employees to private sector employment is also affected As an illustration, the efforts of the Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority to privatize toll operations in Central Florida are discussed

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Chandler, T. & Feuille, P. (1991). Municipal unions and privatization Public Administration Review, 51 (1), 15-22.

Denhardt, K. , Raffel, J. , Jacobson, E. , Manlove, M. , Auger, D. & Lewis, J. (1995). Employee issues in privatization MIS Report, 27 (10), 1-12.

Dilger, R.J. , Moffett, R.R. & Struyk, L. (1997). Privatization of municipal services in America's largest population cities Public Administration Review , 57 (1), 21-26.

Donahue, J.D. (1989). The privatization decision Public ends, private means New York. Basic Books.

Harney, D. (1992). Service contracting A local government guide Washington, D.C.. International City and County Management Association.

Hartman, J.K. & Denhardt, K.G. (1998). The human side of privatization In J. M. Banovetz (Ed.), Managing local government Cases in decision-making. Washington, D.C.. International City and County Management Association.

Lawther, W. , Denhardt, K.G. , Judd, A. , June, J. & Rosell, E. (1993). Privatization of toll collection Feasibility study Orlando, FL: The University of Central Florida.

Lawther, W. (1997). Privatization of toll operations Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority Documentation and evaluation Orlando, FL. The University of Central Florida.

Martin, L. (1993). Bidding on service delivery: Public-private competition MIS Report, 25 (11), 1-9.

10.

O'Leary, J. & Eggers, W.D. (1993). Privatization and public employees Guidelines for fair treatment Los Angeles, CA: Reason Foundation.

11.

Wisniewski, S.C. (1992). A framework for considering the contracting out of government services Public Personnel Management , 21 (1), 101-117.