Topic: PROBLEM OF MANAGEMENT PUBLIC ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA: “A CASE STUDY OF PHCN” OWERRI DISTRICT.

Chapter One

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

A public enterprises like Power Holding Company Nigeria (PHCN) is an organized set up as a cooperate body and as part of the government apparatus for an entrepreneurial or entrepreneurial like objectives (Laleye in Adsamolekun, 2002:28). But the public service represents the institutional framework for administration of the state. It comprises of the civil service, the legislature, Judiciary, the school system. These parastatus and the local government system, the public service provide s the structural framework for the formulation and implementation of government policies and programmes. There it is imperative to note here that the civil service and the public service (Adebayo, 1995:940) the public enterprises combines the features of the public administration with the key of attributes of a private enterprises. The establishment of these enterprises or parastatal results from the desire to infuse more flexibility transparency and more government activities and this has virtually become the feature of every modern state generally speaking the Power Holding Company Nigeria which was established in 1957 for the purpose of providing constant power supply nation wide. But prior to the establishment of PHCN was in existence, the electricity corporation of Nigeria (ECN). The current managing director (MD) of PHCN in the whole federation is Engineer Joseph makoju, while the business manager of power holding company of Nigeria (PHCN) Owerri district is made up of different staff or nonce’s basic on the specific functions they perform. PHCN Owerri district has a total of seven hundred and fifty (750) workers. Power Holding Company of Nigeria being a public enterprises ha hierarchical system of administration like wise upward and downward system of communication.

1.2 Statement of Problem

PHCN is know and regarded as office of the important of public enterprises and as public enterprises, it is posed with many problematic situation on their course of providing constant electricity generation nation wide or within area of district. Most of the problems faced by PHCN department or office in Owerri are as follows 1. problem of monopoly 2. bribery and corruption 3. Abnormality in perpetual billing 4. There is misuse of facilities available to the corporate 5. True are of inefficiency 6. Problems of vanadalization of PHCN’s equipment 7. The collapse of the nation grid system

1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study

The objectives and purpose of the study is a reflection of concern of may workers in public enterprises and student on how effectives and efficient management can be improved in an enterprises. To enable it positively effect organization performance action towards the welfare of enterprise The objective of this project into the management behavior of workers on the subject matter. 1. The objectives of this study is direct towards determining job satisfaction and good understanding between the employee and their management. 2. It is directed towards determing effectiveness and efficiency in public enterprises like wise other enterprises. 3. The objective of this study shows clearly communication in public enterprises and how this communication helps in planning and decision making. 4. It also shows effective communication persuades workers to put more effort o their duties. 5. Finally, the objectives also directed towards applying Fayol’s 14 principles of management in order to achieve organizational goals.

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