Some lessons for the management of public enterprises

Abstract

Based on intensive case studies of four equipment manufacturing enterprises in the Indian public sector, the author has developed models of appropriate management for public enterprises, of their turnaround from sickness, the effective management of operating and regulatory environment by PEs, the management of diversification, the regulating ministry's management of the PE-ministry interface, and the assessment of the investment proposals of PEs. A number of implications of the study are also stated.