Course Code: GPM1
Category: Governance and Public Sector Management
Dates, Venues & Fees:
Apr 05-Apr 16|London|$6,500.00
Oct 04-Oct 15|Virginia|$6,500.00
Duration: Two Weeks
Course Overview
The public sector is facing a raft of changes and challenges, with the growing demand for services, top-down reforms, and austerity. The delivery of public services has never been more complex, with an infusion of different sectors and organizations. Public managers and leaders therefore need to be equipped with knowledge and skills to navigate through this challenging environment in the exercise of good governance for the clientele that they service.
This Leadership, Public Management and Governance course will provide delegates with an advanced understanding of the leadership, governance and management of public services and the key trends and debates affecting understanding in this area. Delegates will be equipped with a range of theories, concepts and frameworks that can be used to make sense of the tensions, contradictions and the complexity public organizations face with ample opportunity to practice this learning at their workplace.
Target Audience
The Leadership, Public Management and Governance course will greatly benefit:
- Directors of public sector organizations
- Board members of public sector organizations
- Ministers of State
- Parliamentary Oversite Committee Members
- Presidential Advisors
- Human Resource Executives and Managers
- Heads of Department and Units in public sector organizations
Course Outcome
By the end of this course, delegates will gain knowledge and skills to:
- Explore the traits of great public leaders to determine the traits critical to successful leadership
- Examine the skills that define exemplary leadership and assess a leader you work with on this set of leadership skills
- Understand the theory and practice of public management and governance
- Critically assess the role of the state in relation to the shape of public policy and public services
- Understand and appraise the political and democratic context within which public management and governance operates
- Assess the challenges of public management and governance, in the immediate period and the longer term
- Demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills in relation to complex public management and governance issues
- Analyze the difference between public sector and private sector organizations and develop a list of your organization’s defining characteristics
Key Course Highlights
- Leadership traits and skills in public organizations
- Leadership and management
- Assessing your public sector organization
- Public administration and reform
- Setting goals in public sector organizations
- Strategic management in public sector organizations
- Public governance in a network society
Engaging with citizens and other stakeholders