POGO8123 Delivering Public Value

Offered By	Policy & Governance
Academic Career	Graduate Coursework
Course Subject	Policy and Governance
Offered in	First Semester, 2010 and First Semester, 2011
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	This course is only available to students enrolled in the Executive Master of Public Administration. This course examines the theory and application in public sector contexts of organisational structure, purpose and rules; political purposes and institutional arrangements; risk identification and management; operational planning; and interdependencies and connections between policy and service delivery and between policies and programs. Utilising the theoretical perspectives of the management disciplines, the course will be practically oriented towards delivering outcomes for government, applying available resources efficiently and managing people and operations to deliver those outcomes.
Indicative Assessment	1. A brief individual assignment to be written and submitted during the program (1000 words), worth 20% of the total marks. 2. An individual assignment to be submitted by a set date after the program (2000 words), worth 50% of the total marks. 3. A syndicate assignment to be submitted by a set date after the program (4000 words), worth 30% of the total marks.
Course Classification(s)	SpecialistSpecialist courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide for the acquisition of specialist skills; or 'second degree' and higher level of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs; or knowledge associated with professional accreditation.
Areas of Interest	Policy Studies
Prescribed Texts	There will be no prescribed text for the course. Instead, students will receive a comprehensive reading pack.

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