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Optimizing Productivity Through Privatization and Entrepreneurial Management |
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| Authors: | Van R Johnston |
| Institution: | Van R. Johnston is professor of Management and Policy at the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, He received his PhD from the University of Southern California in 1976. He has written extensively in the fields of management and public policy. His articles can be found in related journals such as Policy Studies Review, Public Administration Review, Public Productivity and Management Review;, and National Civic Review, among others. His most recent article on privatization and entrepreneurial management is "Caveat Emptor: Customers vs. Citizens," in The Public Manager—the New Bureaucrat. |
| Abstract: | Efficiency and economy have become the forces driving both, public and private organizations in the 1990s. Competition and legal mandates constrict managers' abilities to use their traditional options in delivering goods and services to their citizens and customers. Privatization and entrepreneurial management are being utilized increasingly to improve productivity. This is creating a genuine transformation in the way we manage our organizations, it also changes the nature of the relationship between our organizations and their citizens, clients, and customers. In this article we explore this unfolding transformation and analyze its significance. An entrepreneurial management productivity optimization model is also developed. Productivity is explored in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. The mechanisms for improving productivity, privatization, and entrepreneurial management are then examined. After noting the changing rotes that public policy and competition now play, the more prominent managerial models are explored, including reinventing and reengineering. The article then presents examples of federal, state, and local entrepreneurial strategies and innovations. It concludes by alerting us to endangered public policy priorities and sets forth significant public management caveats to which we increasingly should become sensitive. The entrepreneurial management productivity optimization model has been developed to assist in clarifying and analyzing the issues involved in this article. It should also help those working in this arena to formulate optimal choices when building entrepreneurial management models for their own organizations or for those of their citizens, clients, or customers. |
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