Course: Intergovernmental Management
Course Convenor: Prof. Riccardo Mussari
Course Lecturers: Prof. Prof. Pasquale Ruggiero and Alfredo Ettore Tranfaglia
Department of Business and Law
University of Siena
☎ +39. 0577-235013
@ [email protected] ; [email protected]
Lesson Hours:
Office Hours: after lesson
Course Lecturers: Prof. Prof. Pasquale Ruggiero and Alfredo Ettore Tranfaglia
Department of Business and Law
University of Siena
☎ +39. 0577-235013
@ [email protected] ; [email protected]
Lesson Hours:
Office Hours: after lesson
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Over the last decades, the increasing move towards decentralization arrangements and the wider and more complex set of public needs to satisfy, as such as the shrinking of public budgets have brought out two main issues in the public arena: momentous shifts in public and ongoing adjustments in public management patterns and public services delivery. The combination of governance and management issues cut down both vertical fences (among layers of government) and horizontal ones (between governmental bodies and for-profit and not-for-profit organizations), thus blurring the boundaries of the public sphere. In particular at the local level of government, different kinds of organizations contribute to the same purposes (namely those of public needs satisfaction) by providing different set of resources (power and authority. financial resources, skills and competencies, information).
This course offers a general introduction on theoretical and practical aspects of intergovernmental management in contemporary scenario, stressing the effects of the supranational-national-regional- local chain on local levels of government.
COURSE ORGANIZATION
In order to fulfill the assignments required for this course, students will have to acquire a good knowledge of the European integration processes, and to be (or to become) familiar with the literature on managerial trends and with the notions of efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, inter-organizational relations, intergovernmental management, and public networks.
Grading will be determined by the following:
CLASS MATERIAL
All readings for the sessions, homework assignments, data sets, overhead projector slides used during the lectures, and an assortment of links to other public management research sites will be made available and circulated by the instructors. All students attending class must have a functioning email address and check it regularly.
COURSE SCHEDULE
All readings for the sessions, homework assignments, data sets, overhead projector slides used during the lectures, and an assortment of links to other public management research sites will be made available and circulated by the instructor. All students attending class must have a functioning email address and check it regularly.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Module – Intergovernmental Management
Day 1 (March, 12th) - Tranfaglia
FROM FEDERALISM TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Day 2 (March, 19th) - Tranfaglia
THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Day 3 (March, 26th) - Tranfaglia
MODELS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Day 4 (April, 9th) - Ruggiero
DECENTRALIZATION
Day 5 (April, 16th) - Ruggiero
EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND EVALUATION
Day 6 (April, 23rd) - Tranfaglia
STUDENTS’ PRESENTATIONS AND FINAL COMMENTS
Over the last decades, the increasing move towards decentralization arrangements and the wider and more complex set of public needs to satisfy, as such as the shrinking of public budgets have brought out two main issues in the public arena: momentous shifts in public and ongoing adjustments in public management patterns and public services delivery. The combination of governance and management issues cut down both vertical fences (among layers of government) and horizontal ones (between governmental bodies and for-profit and not-for-profit organizations), thus blurring the boundaries of the public sphere. In particular at the local level of government, different kinds of organizations contribute to the same purposes (namely those of public needs satisfaction) by providing different set of resources (power and authority. financial resources, skills and competencies, information).
This course offers a general introduction on theoretical and practical aspects of intergovernmental management in contemporary scenario, stressing the effects of the supranational-national-regional- local chain on local levels of government.
COURSE ORGANIZATION
In order to fulfill the assignments required for this course, students will have to acquire a good knowledge of the European integration processes, and to be (or to become) familiar with the literature on managerial trends and with the notions of efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, inter-organizational relations, intergovernmental management, and public networks.
Grading will be determined by the following:
- Participation in class and discussion on weekly readings [20% total].
- Short presentations in class of research article. This presentation will be done in turn by all the students and it will warm up the weekly discussion [30% total].
- A term paper to be produced to cover a specific topic within the literature presented during the course or, alternatively, an empirical paper elaborating systematically and interpreting the data on a given aspect of a phenomenon correlated to the arguments discussed in class. This work will be presented in written form. [50% total]
CLASS MATERIAL
All readings for the sessions, homework assignments, data sets, overhead projector slides used during the lectures, and an assortment of links to other public management research sites will be made available and circulated by the instructors. All students attending class must have a functioning email address and check it regularly.
COURSE SCHEDULE
All readings for the sessions, homework assignments, data sets, overhead projector slides used during the lectures, and an assortment of links to other public management research sites will be made available and circulated by the instructor. All students attending class must have a functioning email address and check it regularly.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Module – Intergovernmental Management
Day 1 (March, 12th) - Tranfaglia
FROM FEDERALISM TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Day 2 (March, 19th) - Tranfaglia
THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Day 3 (March, 26th) - Tranfaglia
MODELS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Day 4 (April, 9th) - Ruggiero
DECENTRALIZATION
Day 5 (April, 16th) - Ruggiero
EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND EVALUATION
Day 6 (April, 23rd) - Tranfaglia
STUDENTS’ PRESENTATIONS AND FINAL COMMENTS
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