February 2, 2004 Best Practice Guidelines for Contracting Out Government Services February 1997 SECURE TOP MANAGEMENT INVOLVEMENT AND ENCOURAGE RE-ENGINEERING Contracting out should be integrated with the overall corporate strategy of the organisation. It requires the active leadership of top management if it is to achieve its full potential. The ownership and oversight of the contracting out exercise should therefore rest with the very top of the organisation. Contracting out should not involve a mechanistic consideration of contracting out existing tasks or . . .