Public Sector Management (SW0015)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : MSE-P-SW0015

The course is aimed at managers in the public services who wish to learn more about the trajectories of public management reform that will affect their work, private sector managers who wish to improve their familiarity with the workings of public service organizations, and others who wish to understand the particular form and content of the management of public services.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : PGs Only

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) 30 minutes per week for 9 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To consider the key concepts and contexts of public management reform in a global context

To explore and evaluate the trajectories of public management reform in the UK and elsewhere

To review the changing balance of the public, private and non-profit sectors in providing public services

To consider the implications of these trajectories for the governance and management of public services in different global cohorts