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Public Management (N1598)

15 credits, Level 5

Spring teaching

On this module, you'll explore management and organisation in the public sector, examining key perspectives, theories, and approaches to public management. You'll also look at how the public sector has transformed over time and across different countries.

You'll cover essential topics related to organising, leading, managing, and governing in the public sector. You'll also learn how various types of public organisations operate and are managed.

Key topics include:

• governance and accountability
• strategy and strategic planning
• public financing and financial management
• leadership and managing people
• technology and new media
• public policy.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.