Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2024-25 |
This module provides an opportunity for participants of a practical orientation to enhance their personal growth by stimulating new ideas and developing new skills in public policy, administration and management. The module explores current developments in applied policy analysis and public management; considers how policy problems and programmes are managed in the public sector; evaluates the actions and processes that shape the management of change; and, assesses how policies are managed, implemented, monitored and evaluated.
The module brings together three key inter-related themes: public management theory and practice; the tools of government; and, the role of knowledge in public policy-making. The 'public management theory and practice' theme examines the development of public management reform from an international perspective, the professional and ethical implications of reform, and the development of models of 'joined-up government'. The tools of government and role of knowledge themes explore policy instruments and techniques utilised at the micro-level stages of the policy process, and methods of programme measurement, analysis and evaluation.
By completing this module, students will have
This module will also equip students with a range of key transferable skills:
Modern States and the Problem of Delivery
The New Public Management
Governance and the Pluralisation of the Policy Process
Policy Coordination and Integration
Regulation
New Policy Instruments
Government in the Digital Era
Policy Failure and Success
Governance and State Capacity in Times of Crisis
Conclusion
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
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Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Students will receive written timely feedback on their formative assessment. They will also have the opportunity to discuss their feedback during the module tutor’s feedback and guidance hours.
Students will receive written feedback on their summative assessment no later than 25 working days; and the module tutor will hold a specific session to discuss feedback, which students can also opt to attend. They will also have the opportunity to discuss their feedback during the module tutor’s regular feedback and guidance hours.
Hood, C. (1998) The Art of the State: Culture, Rhetoric and Public Management. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Lane, J.E. (2000) New Public Management. London: Routledge
McLaughlin K et al (eds) (2002) New Public Management: Current Trends and Future Prospects. London: Routledge
Pollitt, C. and Bouckaert, G. (2004) Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press