Module Title: Comparative Public Administration and Management
Module Code: MPAL11001
CRN: 26259
Academic Year: 2025/26
Credit Points: 30
Module Co-ordinator: Dr. Fatema Jahan
Email: [email protected]
Module Moderator: Dr. Habibe Ilhan
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Module Aims
All over the world government employees do things that affect the lives of their fellow citizens. They run government business by sometimes performing public services, identifying wicked problems, and supporting politicians to craft solutions that translate into public policy. Public administration and management are what government does. This module equips you with the core theoretical underpinnings of Public Administration and Management as a field and a comparative view of how various events and contexts have shaped public administration and management in national and regional settings. You will gain an understanding of bureaucracy, policymaking processes, public services, reforms, regulations, accountability and ethics and the impact of contemporary technologies such as Al and e-government in a comparative fashion. Upon completion of this module, you will be able to identify good governance practices and connect theory to practice through the comparative analysis of contemporary case studies. Public administration as a discipline plays a ‘prominent role’ for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Firstly, because a robust system of governance and public administration is a development goal. Secondly, UN SDGs are attained through policy instruments designed and implemented in public administration organizations and lastly, most UNSDGs are ’embedded and framed’ in public governance. This module aligns with UN SDGs 10, 16 and 17.
