public sector UK

1. Contracting outservices (United Kingdom)
• employment contract in the UK is an “open-ended” contract which can be terminated on notice
• The most common employment relationship is that of full time permanent employment.
• Fixed-term/Open-ended Contracts
- contracted to work for a fixed period only or to perform a particular task
Trial Period
Employment contracts often provide that the employee will undergo a trial
Notice Period
contract should state the notice period that either party must give to the other party to terminate the
employment

2. Privatization ( United Kingdom)
• the world face mounting demands on scarce public
resources.
• In developed countries there is a continuing demand for
higher standards in the provision of service
• the resources available to meet them is leading Governments
to look at how infrastructure can be developed, services
provided, and enterprise modernised in partnership with the
private sector.

3. Commercialisation ( United KIngdom)
Example: Education
• tuition fees alongside more credit based frameworks for university programmes and
modules have created a highly quantified and structured approach to higher education.
• There is indeed growing marketisation of education within an international perspective
asstudents or customers could be potentially attracted from around the global.
• Higher education is indeed increasingly viewed as a product with a global
marketplace.

4. Charging ( United Kingdom)
• Trade has long been pivotal to the United Kingdom’s economy.
• The volume of both the exports and the imports of the United Kingdom has
grown steadily in recent years.
• The most remarkable economic development in the United Kingdom has
been the growth of service industries.
• An increasing share of the United Kingdom’s trade is with other developed
countries. Joining the European Economic Community caused a major
reorientation of trade flows.