Public Enterprise Management and Privatisation
Public Enterprise Management and Privatisation

Author: Laxmi Narain

Publisher: S. Chand Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 8121904927

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A number of public enterprise (PE) executives have long felt the need for a book which would provide necessary information and analysis of various dimensions of PE management and privatisation. The book provides at one place, a precise and authoritative account of the concept, policy, and analysis of major issues confronting PEs. Public ownership per se does not make PE performance sub-optimal. The operation of the Government system, of which PE is a sub-system, has not been conducive to performance. During the last six decades, inadequate political will and vested interests have come in the way of freeing PEs from excessive and throttling controls, and demoralising accountability. Not letting the managers manage with the freedom required in the liberalised and globalised set-up is the problem. The multifarious and complex managerial problems of PEs, which get compounded by faltering moves towards privatisation, cannot be wished away. These have been considered in the book at some length. The book, first published in 1980, continues to be a standard work on the subject. This latest edition has been revised by Dr. R.K.Mishra, Director, Institute of Public Enterprise,Hyderabad.

ECONOMIC REFORMS IN ANDHRA PRADESH
ECONOMIC REFORMS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

Author: Dr B. Sarangapani

Publisher: Dr B. Sarangapani

Published: 2006-02-01

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 9354371647

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The development experience of Andhra Pradesh will make a very useful case study in the context of globalization as it launched many initiatives as part of the structural adjustment programme (SAP) through World Bank assistance covering important sectors like power, education, irrigation, and governance. It is probably the only state that had formulated a Vision Document to achieve an overall growth rate of 15 percent by 2020 with a massive investment of 30,000 crores basically to provide people opportunities, both social and economic “to achieve prosperity and wellbeing and enjoy a high quality of life.” An intense scrutiny of these initiatives would be extremely critical for the national economy aside being useful to other States. All this has assumed significance in the context of adopting second generation reforms involving many aspects in the State list. The present volume offers valuable insights about the reform process and experience of Andhra Pradesh.

The Public Service of India
The Public Service of India

Author: Commonwealth Secretariat

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780850927511

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Public sector reform has moved on apace since the first of the Commonwealth Public Service Country Profile Series was launched in 1995 when the principles of New Public Management (NPM) were in an early stage of adoption. Since then, the various civil services described in the series have undergone radical change in scope, organization and approach rendering a revision timely. Now up dated and completely revised, these re-issued Country Profiles continue to be an accessible and valuable source of reference which attempt to both describe and analyze the often tumultuous and controversial public sector reforms which have taken place in contributing countries since 1995. Practicing bureaucrats, diplomats, political and academic audiences will find these new books invaluable in benchmarking best practice in public sector reform across Commonwealth member countries.