Public Enterprise Management And Privatisation

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.

PART A - MANAGEMENT

1. Place and Extent in Indian Economy

2. Rationale, Objectives, and Nationalisation Policy - A Historical Perspective

3. Organisational Patterns at Micro and Macro Levels

4. The Board of Directors and Corporate Governance

5. Measurement of Efficiency

6. Profitability, Performance and Corporate Social Responsibility

7. Public Accountability

8. Relationship with the Government

9. Public Relations and the Consumer

10. Financial Management

11. Pricing Policies and Practices

12. Personnel Management

13. Industrial Relations and Workers' Participation

14. Materials and Production Management

15. Marketing Management

16. Project Appraisal and Management

PART B - PRIVATISATION

17. Privatisation, Liberalisation and Globalisation

18. Privatisation Policy and Practices in India

19. Privatisation Abroad

Appendix - I

The Founding Father of Indian Public Enterprise : Jawaharlal Nehru

Appendix - II

White Paper on Public Enterprise as Finalised by the Committee of Secretaries

Appendix - III

Memorandum of Understanding

Appendix - IV

Corporate Governance and Autonomy of Public Enterprises as visualised