Study Programmes 2016-2017
| SPOL2307-2 | |||||||||||
| Contemporary theories of public administration | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Catherine Fallon | |||||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | |||||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | |||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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Learning unit contents :
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| The course will cover recent theories of the on going transformations of the state : - Reforms derived from the New Public Management trend; agencification and contractualisation; strategic management and performance evaluation - Reforms of the public services and professional changes for public servants - Transformation of the politics / administration relationship - Administration in multi-level environment. | |||||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
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| Develop a critical approach of the emerging issues in the domaine of public administration, and the theoretical tools to manage these issues. | |||||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Students have to analyse a question of reform of a public administration (on the basis of a bibliographic research). It will be presented during the lecture (Dec 2014) : the students will have to write a report (no later than 31/12/2016)
Organisational details will be precised during a specific course organised on 13/10/2016 |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| lectures are organised on the basis of a series of articles and texsts (in French and English) and with the participation of external experts. Students have to analyse a question of reform of a public administration on the basis f a bibliogrpahic research | |||||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| A series of articles the slides used during the lectures will be made available via My ULg | |||||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| oral examination : a discussion on an article selected randomly from the reading file; a question on the elements covered during the lectures (restitution) 50% of the final evalution will be based on the personal bibliographic research (quality of the analysis, quality of the oral presentation, quality of the written report) | |||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course is held every even year (2016-2017,2018-2019,...). | |||||||||||
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Contacts :
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| catherine.fallon@ulg.ac.be | |||||||||||
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Items online :
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 | TCAP - Préparation for the lectures -29/9 and 6/10 For the 29/9, the obligatory readings are : Bouckaett G. et Pollit C. (Public management reform : a comparative analysis) Chap. 1-2-3 For the 6/10 the readings are Bouckaett G. et Pollit C. (Public management reform : a comparative analysis) Chap. 1-2-3 M.Petit Jean, 2013, LE RÉGIME DES MANDATS DANS L'ADMINISTRATION WALLONNE, Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP, 2166-2167) |
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| TCAP - Préparation pour les cours du 29/9 et du 6/10(suite) (suite) |
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