Public Sector Management & Administration
Introduction
Introducing the scope and scale of government, competing approaches to the study of management in the public sector, different forms of service delivery and the major topics in the subject such as strategic management, leadership and performance management,
Public management is often mistakenly believed to be the same as public administration. While there is some overlap, the two disciplines actually make use of different sets of professional duties. Public administration focuses on producing public policies and coordinating public programs. Public management is a sub-discipline of public administration that involves conducting managerial activities in public organizations.
You will be introduced to critical public sector management issues such as finances, accountability and transparency, efficiency and effectiveness.
Course Objectives
- To provide students with critical analysis of developments in public sector management regarding principles, structures and systems within national and international contexts.
- To explain the public sector in general
- To evaluate the skills of fiscal policy that are still being used today in running the economy
- Identify the features of public sectors management
- Describe the patterns of operations of public sectors and their management
- Explain the applications of different measures of efficiency, performance and accountability.
- Explain the challenges facing the development of public sector management.