23-37.45.202 Public Management

Lehrende: Dr. Fabian Hattke

Veranstaltungsart: Seminar

Anzeige im Stundenplan: Public Management

Semesterwochenstunden: 2

Credits: 6,0

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 10 | 29

Kommentare/ Inhalte:
This course covers selected topics of public management on a basic and advanced level. It is dominated by, but not restricted to, a behavioral approach to public administration. This requires from all participants, including the lecturer, openness to adjunct disciplines such as psychology, sociology, political science and economics. The list of topics below is non-exhaustive.

• Strategic management and performance management in the public sector.
  
• Public leadership within and between politics and administration.
  
• Legitimacy and accountability of public organizations.
  
• Bureaucratic rules, red tape, and administrative burden.
  
• Public service motivation and human resource management.
  
• Network governance and cross-sector partnerships.
  

Lernziel:
Students …

• can delineate the academic field of public management and have in-depth knowledge on the state-of-the-art of research and practice;
  
• know how to detect, tailor and frame academic and practical problems of public management and can solve them by appropriate means in terms of theories, concepts and methods;
  
• improve their proficiency in academic English (spoken and written).
  

Vorgehen:
This is a digital course. Each session starts with an introduction into the topic by the lecturer (uploaded slides), followed by an in-depth group discussion on a related research paper (on ZOOM), which sheds light on a more specific aspect or problem of the topic. The link for the ZOOM meetings will be distributed via STINE Mail. The sessions end with Q&As and a wrap-up discussion.

Literatur:
The introductory slides of the lecturer contain references to recent literature in public management. This literature is not mandatory but can help students in enhancing their background knowledge. The discussion papers for each week will be announced in the course syllabus at the beginning of the semester.

Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen:
As proof of course participation, students must receive a passing grade on a a paper.