Admission requirements
Only students from the MPA specialisation Public Management can take this course.
Description
Public organisations face increasingly complex challenges that require solutions that cut across professional, organisational and sectoral boundaries. As a strategic response, public organisations collaborate with public, non-profit and private sector organisations as well as with citizens. The main purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theory, concepts, and skills of collaboration and networks in public management. In this course, students will learn the dynamics of external contexts of public organisations and the importance and roles of networks and collaboration in public management. We will cover various topics pertaining to collaboration in public management, such as: managerial networking, collaborative governance, network governance, and co-production.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, students are able to:
Identify the importance of collaboration and networks in public management;
Distinguish between different modes of collaboration;
Provide a critical reflection on the promises and pitfalls of collaboration in the public sector based on research and theory;
Evaluate in what situations prospective, externally oriented strategies are likely to occur and be effective;
Analyse how management contributes to the success of inter-organisational networks;
Provide strategic recommendations for a collaborative governance arrangement in the public sector.
Timetable
On the right side of programme front page of the E-guide you will find links to the website and timetables, uSis and Brightspace.
Mode of Instruction
Lectures 7x2 hours
Seminars 7x2 hours
Attendance for the seminars is compulsory.
Assessment method
Individual assignment (50%) and group assignment (50%). Each assignment needs to be completed with a grade of 5.5 or higher to pass the course. The final grade for the course is established by determining the weighted average of the partial grades. Compensation of partial grades with other partial grades is not possible. Students are allowed to re-take failed assignments.
Partial grades are only valid in the current academic year; partial grades will not remain valid after the exam and the resit of the course.
Reading list
A selection of articles available through the university network. The literature will be communicated in the syllabus.
Registration
Register for every course and workgroup via uSis. Registration for courses in uSis is possible from 16 July, 13.00h. Some courses and workgroups have a limited number of participants, so register on time (before the course starts). In uSis you can access your personal schedule and view your results.
Leiden University uses Brightspace as its online learning management system. After enrolment for the course in uSis you will be automatically enrolled in the Brightspace environment of this course.
Contact
Office hours are by appointment.
Dr. K. Suzuki k.suzuki@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
Dr. P. van den Bekerom p.e.a.van.den.bekerom@fgga.leidenuniv.nl