Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
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.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Develop a critical approach of the emerging issues in the domaine of public administration, and the theoretical tools to manage these issues.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Students have to analyse a question of reform of a public administration (on the basis of a group field research and bibliographic research). It will be presented during the examen(january 2019) and each group of students will have to write a report (no later than 30/12/2018)
Organisational details will be precised during a specific course
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
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 and field research within a subgroup
Recommended or required readings
A series of articles the slides used during the lectures will be made available via My ULg
Assessment methods and criteria
oral examination : a presentation of the group report and individual questions on this report.
Evaluation : Written document (60%) - group mark
- Presentation (40%) - individual mark:
-20': Individual Q&A session
-10': questions from other students
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course is held every even year (2016-2017,2018-2019,...).
Contacts
damien.piron@uliege.be
catherine.fallon@ulg.ac.be