- Docente: Luca Mazzara
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/07
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Economics, Politics and Social Sciences (cod. 5819)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Public Policy (cod. 5945)
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from Nov 06, 2023 to Dec 12, 2023
Learning outcomes
In the last decades, the public sector has been involved in a great process of change that has brought to the development of a new research paradigm, the New Public Management. The course will focus on theoretical, operative and critical aspects of the public sector transformation considering the different strands originated by the New Public Management such as New Public Financial Management, New Public Governance, Citizen Engagement and Public Value. At the end of the course, the students should be able to frame, understand and discuss the changes that have recently involved the public sector at national and international level in the grater transformation process of the public administration as a whole.
Course contents
- Introduction to management
- Private versus public management
- Performance Management in the Public Sector
- The New Public Management and the Public Governance
- Citizen engagement
- The Creation and co-creation of Public Value
- Collaborative Governance in times of uncertainty
- Strategic Planning in the Public Sector: processes and tools
- The Strategic Thinking: meaning and underlying variables
- How to create an effective Strategic Plan
- A comparative study on International Strategic Plans
Readings/Bibliography
Van Dooren, W., Bouckaert, G., & Halligan, J. (2015). Performance management in the public sector. Routledge. [chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9]
Bryson, J. M. (2018). Strategic planning for public and nonprofit organizations: A guide to strengthening and sustaining organizational achievement. John Wiley & Sons. [chapters 1-7]
Teaching methods
Lectures, case studies and workshops
Assessment methods
For attendant students the assessment is based on a written exam (marks 50%) and a group project (presented at the end of the entire course).
The group project relies on discussion questions (marks 20%) and case study analysis (marks 30%).
For non-attendant students the assessment is based on a full written exam organized at the end of the entire course.
Teaching tools
The teaching tools are slides, exercises, projector and blackboard
Office hours
See the website of Luca Mazzara
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.