| Abstract [eng] |
The importance of transparent, sound and strategic management of the state enterprises is reflected in national budgets. When Lithuania was striving to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development the actions of reorganization of management of the state enterprises that theretofore was indolent and inefficient were taken. It is sought over the last five years to manage the state enterprises in transparent way, strategically and reasonably in accordance with the principles of good management which are oriented to clear objectives. The situation of activity of AB“Lietuvos geležinkeliai“, one of the biggest and strategically important enterprises, both in terms of provision of services and finances, that is managed by the state, is analysed in the present Master‘s thesis. The thesis is intended to find out how the activity of the enterprise is influenced by reorganization of the enterprises managed by the state and other normative documents, to form the possible trends of improvement of activity of AB “Lietuvos geležinkeliai“. The study consists of three parts. In the first part: the essential theoretical basics of management that are typical for management of enterprises managed by the state have been reviewed (by performing the analysis of conceptions of good management and strategical management, the analysis of principles, by determining the main stages of management process, the methods of management, by revealing the peculiarities of management of the enterprises managed by the state (management of the state enterprises can be ambivalent: management of the state enterprises through the prism of good management and its principles (of international organisations (OECD and similar)) and management of activity of the state enterprises through the prism of strategic management (the State) and by revealing the importance of reorganisation of management of the state enterprises and the policy of its implementation). In the second part: the validity of selection of the methodology of the study revealing the peculiarities of policy of implementation of management of AB Lietuvos geležinkeliai“ and its activity has been revealed. In the third part: the reports of activity of the enterprises managed by the state for the period between 2010-2014 have been analysed; the reports of activity of AB “Lietuvos geležinkeliai“, the directives of the European Union, recommendations of international organisations; the laws of the Republic of Lithuania, the resolutions of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the national programs and other legislation governing the activity of rail transport and studies. In order to reveal the tendencies of strategic management of AB “Lietuvos geležinkeliai“ the analysis of the enterprise's management structure, the analysis of external and internal factors and SWOT analysis have been carried out. The results obtained during the analysis of the documents content revealed the problems of management of activity of AB “Lietuvos geležinkeliai“, they allowed formation of possible main trends of activity improvement and presentation of findings and recommendations. |
