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