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Type of Course	Seminar	Number	429811
Hours per week in term	2	Term	WiSe 2019/20
Department	Wirtschaftswissenschaften	Language	englisch
application period	01.10.2019 - 20.11.2019 enrollment

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		Day	Time	Frequency	Duration	Room	Lecturer	Canceled/rescheduled on	Max. participants
	Seminar	Di	08:00 to 10:00	wöchentlich	15.10.2019 to 04.02.2020	3.06.S26	Prof. Dr. Siegel	24.12.2019: Akademische Weihnachtsferien 31.12.2019: Akademische Weihnachtsferien

Description	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. The number of credits you will be able to acquire will depend on your study program and the respective ”ECTS-weight” that is foreseen in the course in your study programme. Queries concerning PULS and ECTS or other administrative questions, please send an e-mail to: hiwi-puma@uni-potsdam.de This course will be taught by Prof. Dr. Siegel (josiegel@uni-potsdam.de).
Literature	Coursebook: Owen Hughes, Public Management and Administration: an Introdcution
Learning Content	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.

Description

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.

The number of credits you will be able to acquire will depend on your study program and the respective ”ECTS-weight” that is foreseen in the course in your study programme.

Queries concerning PULS and ECTS or other administrative questions, please send an e-mail to: hiwi-puma@uni-potsdam.de

This course will be taught by Prof. Dr. Siegel (josiegel@uni-potsdam.de).

Literature

Coursebook: Owen Hughes, Public Management and Administration: an Introdcution

Learning Content

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.

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