maphd1301  2018-2019  Bruxelles Saint-Gilles

6 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Dagnies Jérémy; Moyson Stéphane;
Language
French
Content
Introduction
  • Introduction to the course
  • Conceptual and theoretical elements
  • Public administrations and public administration research
Administrative approaches
  • Command & control
  • Public service
  • New public management
  • Open administration
Public policy
  • The actors
  • The resources
  • The institutional rules
  • The policy cycle
  • Policy change processes
Human resources
  • Public service motivation
  • Leadership & team management
  • Street-level bureaucracy
  • Organizational socialization
Strategy & communication
  • Operational plan
  • Issues of actors of policy implementation
  • Process improvement (EFQM & CAF approaches)
  • Communication & marketing in the public sector
Administration & society
  • Legitimacy of public administration
  • Representative bureaucracy
  • Responsibility and transparency
  • Politization of public administration
The final assignment will be related to a contemporary evolution of the public sector. This year, we will focus on administrative simplification. The final assignment will aim at analyzing the issues, modalities, and impacts of administrative simplification in a public organization, based on a grid provided by the teachers.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Case studies
Peer review
Evaluation methods
Individual or collective case study
Peer review of case studies
Presentation of case studies to a jury
Bibliography
  • Les supports de cours seront communiqués sur le Student Corner.
  • The course material will be available on the Student Corner.
Bibliographie en français
Chevalier, J. (2007). Science Administrative (coll. Thémis). Paris, France : Presses Universitaires France.
Ferlie, E., Lynn, L., & Pollitt, C. (2005). The Oxford Handbook of Public Management, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kuhlmann, S., & Wollmann, H. (2014). Introduction to Comparative Public Administration: Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar.
Mercier, J. (2001). L'administration Publique : De l'école Classique au Nouveau Management Public. Laval, Canada: P.U.Laval.
Peters, G. & Pierre, J. (2012). The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration (2nd ed.) Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Pollitt, C. & Bouckaert, G. (2011). Public Management Reform: A comparative Analysis ' New Public Management, Governance, and the Neo-Weberian State (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Pollitt, C. (2012). New Perspectives on Public Services: Place and Technology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Rainey, H. (2014). Understanding and Managing Public Organizations. San Francisco: Wiley.
Rosenbloom, D., Kravchuk, R., & Clerkin, R. (2009). Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Ces ouvrages ne doivent pas obligatoirement être achetés et sont consultables à la bibliothèque de l’UCL.
Bibliography:
Chevalier, J. (2007). Science Administrative (coll. Thémis). Paris, France : Presses Universitaires France.
Ferlie, E., Lynn, L., & Pollitt, C. (2005). The Oxford Handbook of Public Management, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kuhlmann, S., & Wollmann, H. (2014). Introduction to Comparative Public Administration: Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar.
Mercier, J. (2001). L'administration Publique : De l'école Classique au Nouveau Management Public. Laval, Canada: P.U.Laval.
Peters, G. & Pierre, J. (2012). The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration (2nd ed.) Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Pollitt, C. & Bouckaert, G. (2011). Public Management Reform: A comparative Analysis ' New Public Management, Governance, and the Neo-Weberian State (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Pollitt, C. (2012). New Perspectives on Public Services: Place and Technology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Rainey, H. (2014). Understanding and Managing Public Organizations. San Francisco: Wiley.
Rosenbloom, D., Kravchuk, R., & Clerkin, R. (2009). Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Students do not have to buy these books which are available at the university library.
Teaching materials
  • Les supports de cours seront communiqués sur le Student Corner.
  • The course material will be available on the Student Corner.
Faculty or entity
PSAD