Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	Public Management and Governance in a Changing World
School	Educational Enterprise
Department	Wiley
Module Code	07 28478
Module Lead	Professor John Raine
Level	Masters Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Exclusions
Description	This module focuses on how public management and governance has been evolving and how it might be expected to develop into the future under different models and in different countries. The module introduces students to both theoretical perspectives on the dynamics of change and empirical experience of public management and governance in international contexts. The content is arranged into eight key themes as follows: 1. The Nature of Change in Public Management and Governance 2. The Roots of Public Management and Governance 3. The Rise of the New Public Management 4. The Advent of Network Governance 5. Towards Public Value 6. The Regulatory State 7. A Trusted and Ethical Public Service? 8. Public Management and Governance into the Future
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Discuss authoritatively, and with constructively critical perspectives, the various ways in which public management and governance has evolved in different international contexts, and the key factors accounting for change in this respect over the past fifty years or so. Feel confident in their ability to research, analyse and present new information, ideas and conceptualisations on aspects of public management and governance to peer audiences. Demonstrate their understanding of the ‘big picture’ issues in public management and governance as well as their skills in interpreting and making sense of the complexities, contradictions and tensions that tend to characterise contemporary public policy because of competing ideologies, values and priorities. Converse and write with imagination and vision as well as expertise on the likely and possible futures for public management and governance over the coming decades and in an increasingly globalized context. Exhibit greater awareness of the diversity of cultures and values that shape and determine practice in public management and governance around the world , and also heightened sensitivity to the issues of ethical standards and conduct in public life, not least their own.
Assessment	28478-03 : DL assessment in canvas : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	2 assessed Blogs (10% each), 2 assessed Group Discussions (5% each), Response to case study (20%), preparation and completion of a 1500 word Essay (50%). Reassessment: Completion of a 3000 word essay. (100%)
Other	None
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