Managing Public Services: emerging international contexts and markets (P02106)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : MSE-P-MPS:EICM

- To consider the key concepts and contexts of public management reform in a global context
- To explore and evaluate the trajectories of public management reform across the world
- To review the changing balance of the public, private and non-profit sectors in providing public services
- To consider the implications of these trajectories for the provision and management of public services in different global cohorts

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Business Studies, (Management School and Economics, Schedule H)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, participants will be able to

- Introduce the key theoretical approaches to public management reform in a global context,
- Understand and explain how public management is changing worldwide,
- Evaluate the relative contributions of the public, private and non-profit sectors to the provision of public services, and
- Develop a framework for the evaluation of public management reform in a global context.