Table of Contents
MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
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INTRODUCTION
- Overview of PE’s
- Scope of PE’s
- Role of PE’s
- Reasons for the Establishment of PE’s
- Classification of PE’s
FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
- Introduction
CONTROL OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
- Introduction
- The Control of PE’s takes various forms
- Control Vs Autonomy in PE’s
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
- Introduction
- The Management of the Public Sector
- Objectives of Public Enterprises
- Public Sector Enterprise Poor Performance
- Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs)
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
- Introduction
- Ways of Tacking the Problems facing the PE’s
MONOPOLIES
- Introduction
- Reasons for Monopoly Power
- Measure to Control Monopoly Power
- Cartels
PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
- Introduction
- Reasons for Privatization
- Modes of Privatization
- Effective Privatization
- Problems Posed by Privatization
LIBERALIZATION OF THE PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
- Introduction
MARKETING BOARDS
- Introduction
- Classification of Boards
- Functions of the Marketing Boards
- Problems Facing Marketing Boards
- The Future of the Marketing Boards in Kenya
- Development Boards
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African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPM) ‘Public Performance and Privatization Debate’ (1987), Vikas Publishing House.
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Killick, T. (1981) Policy Economics: A Text Book of Applied Economics on Developing Countries, Heinmann, Nairobi.
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Privatization as pioneered by British Prime Minister, Mrs. Thatcher, in her Election Manifesto of the Conservative Party, 1979.
Sessional Paper, No. 4 of 1982, on Development, Prospects and Policies, Nairobi.
