Administration of Public Enterprises: A Review

Abstract

Public enterprises are known by different names. They are also called public corporation,
state-owned company, state-owned entity, state enterprise, government business enterprise,
crown corporation, government corporation, commercial government agency, or public sector
undertaking. Although there is no universally agreed definition among scholars regarding the
conceptual meaning of public enterprises. Public administration is the sum total of activities
undertaken to implement public policies to produce some services or goods. Today public
administration is often regarded as including also some responsibility for determining the
policies and programs of governments. Administration of public enterprises Therefore
administration of public enterprises involves is the planning, organizing, directing,
coordinating, and controlling of operations government owned enterprises .The factors that
contributed to the emergence of public enterprises.