This hypothetical case is a paradigm of privatization decision facing many jurisdictions, as they struggle with budget pressures. It tells the story of the manager of a small municipality of Texas, who has reason to believe that, if it were to accept the application of a private firm to collect and dispose of garbage, it can balance the city's budget and save enough money to avoid reducing the lonely hours of social workers city. However, privatization would mean releasing two popular long city sanitation employees who also do various maintenance tasks, as soon as they finished the carriage collection. The case encourages students to the role of the city manager and decide after an analysis of the current budget and expenditure, as well as the rate of private garbage collection, or "go private." HKS Case Number 1033.0. "Hide
by John D. Donahue Source: Harvard Business School 6 pages. Publication Date: 01 January 1990. Prod. #: HKS828-PDF-ENG
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