Module POLM007M for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM007M: The New Public Management: Principles, Practice and Prospects
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will include the following topics in the order indicated:
1. the origins of NPM in the UK [Seminar 1]
2. public and private management [Seminar 1]
3. dissemination – the ‘NPM countries’ [Seminar 2]
4. cases – decentralisation and agencification [Seminar 3]
5. cases – performance management [Seminar 5]
6. cases – PFI and contract working with companies [Seminar 4]
7. cases – leadership in administration [Seminar 5]
8. the trajectory of change [Seminar 6]
9. towards a synthesis [Seminar 6]
Seminar 1: The New Public Management: Theoretical and Conceptual Underpinnings + presentations.
Seminar 2: The Worldwide Diffusion of the NPM Approaches: Mechanisms and Driving Forces + students’ presentations.
Seminar 3: Features of the NPM: The Case for Decentralisation and Agencification + students’ presentations.
Seminar 4: Features of the NPM: The Case for PFI and Contract Working With Companies+ students’ presentations
Seminar 5: Features Of the NPM: The Case for Performance-Based Management and Leadership + students’ presentations.
Seminar 6: Does NPM Work? An Evaluation and Future Directions + students’ presentations
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 182 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 18 | 6 x 3 hour seminars |
| Guided independent study | 82 | Reading, thinking and preparing for lectures and workshops |
| Guided independent study | 80 | Planning and completing written assignments |
| Guided independent study | 20 | Researching and devising group presentation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
