Providing and Managing Public Services (P02460)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : MSE-P-MPS:EICM

- To consider the key concepts and contexts of public services provision
- To explore and evaluate the trajectories of public management reform and their impact upon public services delivery
- To review the changing balance of the public, private and non-profit sectors in providing public services
- To consider the implications of the above for the provision and management of public services

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Business Studies, (Management School and Economics, Schedule H)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, participants will be able to

- Introduce the key theoretical approaches to public management reform in a global context,
- Understand and explain how public management and public services provision is changing worldwide,
- Evaluate the relative contributions of the public, private and non-profit sectors to the provision of public services, and
- Develop a framework for the evaluation of public management reform

Assessment Information

The module will be assessed by a written assignment. This will address one of a number of broad topics and is intended to be 'customised' to the interests of the student. The maximum length of this paper is 3,000 words.