Making Public Enterprises Work

Author : William T. Muhairwe
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781843393245

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Making Public Enterprises Work by William T. Muhairwe Pdf

Public enterprises remain the most dominant medium of service provision in both developing and developed countries. During the 1990s and early 2000s, the outcry about poor performance of public enterprises was overwhelming. Nobody at that time and even now has managed to design a ‘blue print’ solution. And yet, the fact that service provision through public enterprises is here to stay is the blunt truth. In Making Public Enterprises Work - From Despair to Promise: A Turn Around Account, Dr. William Muhairwe, the Managing Director of National Water and Sewerage Corporation of Uganda, discusses the approaches used to turnaround an under-performing state enterprise into a remarkable success story. Drawing on decades of experience, taming ‘struggling’ institutions, Dr. Muhairwe enumerates practical steps taken to make a significant difference in service delivery, for the benefit of any form of enterprise. Combined with facts, simplicity and fun, this book presents a unique account of methods used for constructive engagement and dialogue with donors, government officials, workers, suppliers and, indeed, the public/customers. All chapters are interspersed with tested lessons that any enterprise can benchmark to address its service delivery challenges. It is a great handbook for those involved in re-engineering their businesses. Making Public Enterprises Work contains unique home-grown turnaround reform steps that can help to revamp under-performing enterprises. It is the first book to demonstrate that performance contracts combined with incentives can work wonders in public enterprises. The book discusses how incentive rewards can spread to all levels of staff and encourage wholesome teamwork. It also looks at how enterprises can work without industrial unrest in very difficult conditions. In addition the book demonstrates how public enterprises that have been listed for privatisation can provide alternative restructuring steps. Click here to read and share material related to this title on the IWA WaterWiki.

Author : William T. Muhairwe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Government business enterprises
ISBN : 997062380X

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Making Public Enterprises Work by William T. Muhairwe Pdf

Author : William T. Muhairwe
Publisher : Fountain Press, Limited
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Government business enterprises
ISBN : 9970027425

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Making Public Enterprises Work by William T. Muhairwe Pdf

Author : Silver Mugisha
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789060249

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Sustaining High Performing Public Enterprises by Silver Mugisha Pdf

Sustaining High Performing Public Enterprises presents steps taken by National Water and Sewerage Corporation of Uganda, a typical public enterprise, to sustain a high performance momentum after over 15 years of successful utility reforms. Specifically, the author pinpoints key achievements during the period 2013–2018 including growth in geographical coverage from 23 to 240 towns, increase in connections from 310,000 to about 600,000; revenues growing more than three times and network growth improving from 80kms per year to over 2000kms per year. The concept of new public management (NPM) is used to set the scene for a case description of various initiatives and innovations implemented. A balanced scorecard framework is used to characterize the various activities. The book highlights a shift from over-emphasis on positive cash-flows alone to a balanced approach to ‘water for all’ citizens. The need to balance technical work and political aspirations is highlighted. Also featured is the nexus between utility operations and environmental protection to ensure sustainable water supply. The cardinal role of aligning staff needs to organizational needs and working for win-win solutions is also highlighted. Sustaining High Performing Public Enterprises presents strong lessons and conclusions for utility leaders and policy makers intending to reform their utilities to create value for citizens. It is also of value to academicians and researchers for scholarly studies in water and sanitation governance and management.

Author : Banji Oyeniran Adediji
Publisher : Author House
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781491834725

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DEEPER INSIGHT INTO NIGERIA'S PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION by Banji Oyeniran Adediji Pdf

Deeper Insight into Nigeria's Public Administration is a collection of a wider range of Public Administration topics to which scholars and authors have devoted attention in recent time. Here is a lucidly written and presented book, which selective scholars, researchers and readers would find indispensably useful to procure for personal and institutional librarians.

Author : Jan-Erik Lane
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857026163

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Public Sector Reform by Jan-Erik Lane Pdf

Deregulation, privatization and marketization have become the bywords for the reforms and debates surrounding the public sector. This major book is unique in its comparative analysis of the reform experience in Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Leading experts identify a number of key factors to systematically explain the similarities and differences, map common problems and together reflect on the future shape of the public sector, exploring significant themes in a lively and accessible way.

Author : Anthony Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134699261

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How Does Privatization Work? by Anthony Bennett Pdf

Privatization has been one of the most important elements of public policy in the last decade and there have been massive transfers of ownership from the public to the private sector on a national and international level. This book combines thematic papers with country case studies to discuss the mechanisms which have enabled this to occur, and to assess privatization's mixed achievements. The authors, international academics, practitioners and consultants and the process of privatization is discussed in East Germany, Nigeria, Pakistan, Guyana, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and Great Britain.

Author : Datt Gaurav & Mahajan Ashwani
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
Page : 1062 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789352531295

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Indian Economy, 72nd Edition by Datt Gaurav & Mahajan Ashwani Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive survey of the Indian Economy in terms of GDP growth, savings, investment and developments in various sectors such as agriculture, industry and services. A contradiction observed in India is that while the reform process has resulted in boosting GDP growth, it has failed to yield acceleration in the process of poverty reduction and growth of employment.

Author : Mireia Tutusaus
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000034615

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Compliance or Defiance? by Mireia Tutusaus Pdf

Whereas the global water community may have reached consensus on the need for water providers to operate on the basis of commercial principles, staff of water utilities are faced with the challenge of implementing these principles in their everyday work. In the everyday domain, these principles appear to directly conflict with the mandate of water operators to provide water services to all. Moreover, the socio-political, economic and bio-physical context in which these water operate may be ill-suited to implement commercialization. In pursuing commercialization these operators adapt, reinterpret, modify, deflect, alter or betray the original principles of commercialization during implementation. This research takes inspiration from the rich literature on policy implementation and policy translation, which argues that policy models need to be transformed and modified if they are to be successfully adopted or implemented. This research analyzes the alterations visible in the daily implementation of commercial models of water provisioning and, in doing so, present a better understanding of how water operators implement policy prescriptions of commercialization in practice. Based on the analysis of the adaptations and (re)interpretations of the implemented model of commercialization in the different cases, this thesis argues that a new way of speaking about commercialization should be developed.

Author : V. Dagli
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Public Sector in India by V. Dagli Pdf

Author : Philippe Marin,Tom Williams,Jan Janssens,Philip Giantris,Didier Carron
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780405957

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Performance-Based Contracts (PBC) for Improving Utilities Efficiency by Philippe Marin,Tom Williams,Jan Janssens,Philip Giantris,Didier Carron Pdf

Scientific and Technical Report No. 24 Performance-Based Contracts (PBC) for Improving Utilities Efficiency: Experiences and Perspectives is a compendium of articles written by members of the PBC taskforce. It focuses on new approaches without delegated management to private operator i.e. service contracts, consulting contracts, Alliance approach, public-public partnership. It also mentions new design and generation of more traditional PPPs, (MC, lease, concession), where a larger proportion of performance-based design is being applied. List of Contents: Performance Based Contracts – Setting the scene; PBC and Results Based Financing: the inverse approach; PBC and Energy Efficiency; Internal Performance Contracts: A Case of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation in Uganda; Performance-Based Service Contracts in Navi Mumbai; Financial Comparison of PBCs and Conventional Approach; Tegucigalpa PBC Case Study; Performance Based Contracts – Key Design Issues; NRW Reduction Optimization Framework; How to improve water services performance? Performance Based Contracts (PBC) and Regulatory issues; Peer-to-Peer Partnerships Operational for sustainable water services; Performance Based Contracts in Malawi: Teamwork Works; Performance based affermage contracts; Performance based Contracts, The Aroona Integrated Alliance Experience; Experience from Eastern Europe; NRW Performance Contract – Kingdom of Bahrain; The way forward and perspectives/trends

Author : R. Quentin Grafton,Paul Wyrwoll,Chris White,David Allendes
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781925021677

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Global Water by R. Quentin Grafton,Paul Wyrwoll,Chris White,David Allendes Pdf

This book brings together some of the world’s leading water researchers with an especially written collection of chapters on: water economics; transboundary water; water and development; water and energy; and water concepts.

Author : Silver Mugisha
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781843392576

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Utility Benchmarking and Regulation in Developing Countries by Silver Mugisha Pdf

Utility performance, especially in developing countries is still working toward the standard necessary to deliver best practice. Utility Benchmarking and Regulation in Developing Countries examines performance monitoring and regulation as a prominent efficiency enhancement tool and clarifies many of the unknowns regarding the design and approach surrounding the area of utility management. Principles and practices are linked in a way that is informative and accessible, highlighting the challenges facing those who are trying to improve performance in the water sector. Operational settings are complex and unpredictable in developing countries due to inadequate infrastructure planning and this book makes clear which systems work best in these situations. Utility Benchmarking and Regulation in Developing Countries discusses performance monitoring in the critical areas of utility management that achieve sustainable performance goals: Performance development planning Modes of performance monitoring Provocative approaches to incentives creation Monitoring through high incentive plans Customer relations monitoring Pro-poor oriented monitoring Careful use of partial performance indicators Proposed indicators for assessing governance incentives A case study on the National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Uganda is included in the book detailing the difficulties in discerning performance progress based on partial performance indicators. It underlines disparities in basing performance conclusions on partial performance indicators on one hand and aggregate analysis using modern benchmarking toolkits on the other. This is an excellent handbook for utility monitors or regulators whose primary duty is to oversee performance management. It is a valuable resource for decision-makers, analysts, and policy-makers and can be used in capacity-building programs (both in-house and in universities) around the world.

Author : Brian Hunt,Toni Ivergard
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781040053546

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Designing Service Excellence by Brian Hunt,Toni Ivergard Pdf

The moment of truth-that instant when consumers experience and judge service quality-is often a deciding factor in business success. Designing Service Excellence: People and Technology provides practical information on the design, management, and organization of many different types of service industries, such as hotels, restaurants, banks and fina

Author : Manuel Schiffler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319166919

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Water, Politics and Money by Manuel Schiffler Pdf

This book reveals all that can potentially happen when a private company takes over a local water supply system, both the good and the bad. Backed by real life stories of water privatization in action, author Manuel Schiffler presents a nuanced picture free of spin or fear mongering. Inside, readers will find a detailed analysis of the multiple forms of water privatization, from the outright sale of companies to various forms of public-private partnerships. After covering their respective strengths and weaknesses, it then compares them to purely publicly managed water utilities. The book examines the privatization and the public management of water and sewer utilities in twelve countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Philippines, Cambodia, Egypt, Jordan, Uganda, Bolivia, Argentina and Cuba. Readers will come to understand how and why some utilities failed while others succeeded, including some that substantially increased access, became more efficient and improved service quality even in the poorest countries of the world. It is natural that a private company taking over a local water supply system causes both fear and worry for consumers. With the aid of solid empirical evidence, this book argues that who manages the system is only half the story. Rather, it is the corporate culture of the utilities and the political culture of where they operate that more often than not determines performance and how well a community is served.