Innholdsfortegnelse

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

Undervisningsspråk

English.

Anbefalte forkunnskaper

ORG100 eller lignende.

Læringsutbytte

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:

  • Give an account of recent government-led reform efforts and its effects across the public sector
  • Grasp the various ways to conceptualize and theorize change processes across the public sector
  • Explain how the public sector in Norway and beyond (e.g. across the Nordics) is affected by global- reform trends and ideas
  • Discuss the extent to which new, emerging forms of governance, management and collaboration affect dynamics across the public sector, nationally (state) and locally (region)

Innhold

The course introduces students to various concepts and theoretical perspectives to make sense of recent and ongoing dynamics across the public sector at large, with a focus on reform and change processes. Major concepts include; instrumental versus institutional accounts; New Public Management (NPM), New Public Governance, Post- NPM, Hybrid and network organizing, co-production and co-creation; etc. Typical questions include, but are not limited to: What are the main drivers and rationales for reform processes across the public sector? What are the prevalent government/policy logics, ethical considerations and strategic agendas? How and why are local actors responding as they are? What types of reform effects - short (outputs) and long run (outcomes) - are detected, and what key lessons can be learnt?

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Combination of lectures, seminars, group work and presentation of group work.

Eksamen

The exam consists of two parts:

1) Group assignment - group based grading (30% of the final grade).

2) An 4-hour individual written examination (70 % of the final grade)

Both parts must be passed in order to get a final grade. Graded A-F.

Studentevaluering

Emneansvarlig i samråd med studenttillitsvalgt fastsetter evalueringsform og om emnene skal ha midtveis- eller sluttevaluering, jf. kvalitetssystemet kapittel 4.1.

Tilbys som enkeltemne

Ja. Med forbehold om ledig plass/kapasitet.

Tilgang for privatister

No.

Reduksjon i studiepoeng

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