Foundations of Public Management - Einzelansicht

The course will provide an advanced introduction to public management and its fundamental functions and issues. Focusing on the specific context of public sector organizations, it will be an overview regarding the particular context, managing resources, leadership, organizing, and the challenges of managing strategy and performance. Therefore, major reform approaches will be mentioned, as well as governance-related issues. Major functions and challenges of managing public organizations will be analyzed and discussed. Both theoretical perspectives and practical tools are taken in account. 

Students should be able to...

• understand key terms, functions and concepts of public management;
• apply academic findings, relevant theories and managerial instruments to practical challenges of the field;
• summarize and interpret positions of academic debates about public sector management;
• set up effective research designs based on the academic state of art in order to better understand the topic.