Public Management and Governance (20)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| SOCI4021 | Sociology and Social Policy | 4 | 20 | Spring UK |
- Code
- SOCI4021
- School
- Sociology and Social Policy
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This module will cover models of management and governance in the public sector. It will critically examine comparative and historic trends in managerial practices and theory and contextually relevant ideas about management and governance in the public sector, including specific professional contexts. This will include critically exploring specific debates about the alleged move from public administration to new public management and new public governance, from hierarchical to networked and marketised forms of organisation, and those involving communities in the design and delivery of public services.
Target Students
Available to all PGT and PGR students including subsidiary students from outside the school. Also available to Postgraduate Exchange students. SOCI4021 should not be taken if the student is taking or has taken SOCI4011.
Classes
This module is taught through a combination of lectures and seminars.
Assessment
- 100% Coursework: 4,000 words.
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
The aims of the module are:To equip students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to analyse varieties of governance and management practices in the public sphere. It will draw upon governance and management theories and specific public sector research and trends.To examine a number of key management issues in public sector organisations.To examine specific professional contexts and allow students to draw on their own professional experience to illustrate multi-professional approaches to governance and management.Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module students will have:
Knowledge and Understanding
- Students will gain knowledge and understanding of models of governance and management in the public sector, including debates around the alleged movement from administration to management (new public management) and governance (new public governance), networked forms of organisation, ‘joined up government’.
Intellectual Skills
- Students will learn how to critically appraise governance and management theories and practices and demonstrate the application of the above theories, models and concepts to individual public organisations and contexts.
Professional Practical Skills
- Students will learn how to analyse management problems and issues arising as policies are formulated and implemented through new forms of governance arrangements.
Transferable Skills
- Students will obtain the skills of analysis, evaluation and synthesis applicable to all graduate employment. In addition, presentation and communication skills are similarly valuable.