OVERVIEW

The course focuses on the management of public administrations with a focus on the economics of public goods on the organizational aspects of budgeting and performance.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course develops the fundamental concepts, the theoretical frameworks and the exemplary cases to integrate different managerial skills in Public Administration and Healthcare. The course aims at providing knowledge to understand the processes and rules of operations in the public administrations and in the healthcare sector, to understand the needs of firms and citizens, to think in a project perspective, to recognize and overcome the traps of bureaucratic organizations, to measure the performances of public and healthcare organizations, to use innovation management tools in the context of public administration and healthcare.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• know and understand the role of public institutions in generating value for society
• know and understand the main managerial theories of public institutions
• apply management control techniques in public institutions
• analyze the performance of public institutions

PREREQUISITES

None

TEACHING METHODS

Teaching will mainly take place through lectures and testimonials from the public companies.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course program includes the presentation and discussion of the following topics:

• Public goods and private goods supplied by the public sector
• Public institutions and companies: purposes, functions and complexity
• The managerial theories of public institutions: from the Weberian bureaucratic model to the new public management and beyond
• Management and control in public institutions
• Performance measurement in public institutions

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

•Mussari R. (2020) ECONOMIA DELLE AMMINISTRAZIONI PUBBLICHE 2/ED McGraw Hill

•Cuccuniello M., Fattore G., Longo F., Ricciuti E., Turrini A., (2024) MANAGEMENT PUBBLICO, Egea

•Azzone G. (2009), Controllo di gestione nelle amministrazioni pubbliche, Etas

•Stiglitz J.E., Rosengard J.K. (2015). Economics of the Public Sector. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARCO RABERTO (President)

SILVIA MASSA

SILVANO CINCOTTI (President Substitute)

LINDA MADDALENA PONTA (President Substitute)

STEFANIA TESTA (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

https://corsi.unige.it/en/corsi/8734/studenti-orario

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Learning assessment takes place through an oral test, which consists of the discussion of a project assigned during the course and one or more questions relating to the topics addressed during the course.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral exam will evaluate the ability to understand the theories underlying the approaches, methods and tools applicable in the context of publich management as well as the student's ability to think critically.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Federico Scarpa (federico.scarpa@unige.it ), the School's disability liaison.