Centre for Financial & Management Studies (CeFiMS) - University of London

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Management

Structure and Syllabus

 Postgraduate Diploma in Public Management

Four compulsory courses:

Public policy and management: perspectives and issues [C300]

Human resource management and development [C302]

Management information and information systems [C303]

Managing organisational change [C306]

Detailed Syllabus

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Public policy and management: perspectives and issues [C200]
· The state, public policy and management
· Understanding the state: democracy, authoritarianism, clientelism
· The state and economy, the state and welfare
· The construction and deconstruction of ideal types
· Policy analysis and evaluation
· 'New institutional economics'
· 'Public choice theory'
· Policy transfer and management reform

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Human resource management and development [C202]
· Demand and supply forecasting
· Recruitment and selection
· Diversity management
· Retention
· Retraining
· Employment contracts
· Total Quality Management
· Group and team working
· Appraisal
· Training and management development
· Employee relations
· Pay and performance management

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Management information and information systems [C203]
· An introduction to information systems in public sector organisations
· Information in organisations
· Information Technology
· People, management, organisations, environments and information systems
· Types of information systems
· Information systems management
· Information system development
· Information systems and public sector reform

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Managing organisational change [C206]
· Organisations and environments
· Organisational change
· Organisational structure and change
· Organisational culture and change
· Power, politics and change
· Leadership and organisational change
· The manager as change agent
· Strategies for change

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