The student becomes familiar with the current themes and cross cutting issues in public administration reforms and research. Student has a knowledge on the recent research on the current paradigms of public administration and can contextualize the current issues in the frame of administrative reforms and management fads.
Contents
Evolution of public administration values, steering instruments and practices in Nordic countries. Current management and administrative trend. Crosscutting issues of digitalization, globalization, co-creation, network management and public private partnerships.
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Lectures
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
In
English
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
A) Introduction to Public Administration Research, Reforms and Trends 3 ECTS
Reading list:
Public Management reform. A Comparative Analysis. Pollitt, C & Bouckaert G. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004; Chapters 1 ? 5 and 8.
Bryson, J. M., Crosby, B. C., and Bloomberg, L. (2014). Public value governance: Moving beyond traditional public administration and the New Public Management. Public Administration Review, 74(4), 445-456.
Greve C. (2015). Ideas in Public Management Reform for the 2010s: Digitalization, Value Creation and Involvement. Public Organization Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 49-65
Jorgensen, T., and Vrangbæk K. (2011). Value Dynamics: Towards a Framer Work for Analyzing Public Value Change. International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 486-496.
Osborne, S. (2009). Delivering public services. Time for a new theory? Public Management Review, Vol, 12 No. 1, pp 1-10.