Preparing for Best Value

Best Value marks a strategic shift in local got government policy making. T his paper analyses holt two oral authorities prepared its implementation. C CT aimed to make authorities More innovative but failed because it was high ly prescriptive. best Value provides the opportunity for authorities to mak e more strategic choices. The two case studies show evidence of greater par tnership, development and examples of political and technical implementatio n problems. The paper also analyses opportunities for organisational learni ng and the role of members and the public. Best Value is seen as an incompl ete idea and therefore has the possibility of resulting in a new form of bu reaucratisation. Alternatively, if the focus is on community problems then it may enable authorities to be more innovative and dynamic.