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The New Public Management: Principles, Practice and Prospects
Module POLM007M for 2019/0
Module POLM007M for 2019/0
- 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 2019/0 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:
- NPM: origins and introduction
- NPM in non-Western countries
- Regulation and delegation
- Disaggregation and autonomy
- Performance-based management
- Accountability and hybridization
- Contracting-out and for-profit policy implementation
- Plenary discussion: is NPM dead?
Most sessions will integrate student 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 | 0 |
...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/
