Master in Public Management - MPM

Public Management is about having an impact on real lives, be it in your local environment, through a major international organization, a basic or a complex service, a daily issue or an emergency.
SDA Bocconi Master of Public Management, allows to develop in 12 months a sense of priorities, best practices and hands-on responsibilities, team motivation and substantial managerial capacities to move you towards being a key player in addressing international challenges.

Contents

MPM is an intensive, full time program lasting 9 months plus a compulsory internship period (at least 3 months), beginning on September 2013.

The course structure is comprised of four different residential parts:

PUBLIC COLLOQUIUM (September 2013)

This is an introductory course, which has three objectives:

- to orient incoming students to the MPM program and to Bocconi University;

- to give students a sense of the scope and nature of skills and attributes required of public managers and MPM participants;

- to provide students with effective skills in the art of diversity management, teambuilding and professional document writing through some interactive workshops.

CORE COURSES (September 2013 - May 2014)

Each student is required to take the MPM core courses, which are offered throughout the program.

First Term - Fundamentals of Public Management (September - December 2013)

- Public Sector Basics: Aims, Tasks, Structures and Management

- Quantitative Methods

- Public Economics

- Organizational Behaviour in Public Institutions

- Financial Accounting for Public Institutions

- Strategic Management of Public Institutions

- Linking Human Rights to Development: The Critical Role of Local Governance

Second Term - Management and Governance of Public Services and Policies (January - March 2014)

- Management of NGO's

- Law and Public Management

- Organization and Human Resource Management in Public Institutions

- Performance Measurement and Management of Public and Not for Profit Institutions

- Marketing and Communication in the Public Sector

- E-government Strategies

Third Term - Perspectives (April - May 2014)

- Microeconomics of Competitiveness - in affiliation with Harvard Business School

SPECIALIZATION (April - May 2014)

The Specializations are taken during the third term. Students have to choose one Specialization among the following:

• Cooperation and Development

• International Business-Government Relations

• Management of International Organizations and NGOs

INTERSHIP Min. 3 months from June 2014

After the completion of MPM class activities, students are expected to use their skills in a real setting. As such, students will undertake a field project in a public or public-related organization. Internships give participants the opportunity to tackle actual management problems in a real organization. Students are asked to generate professional value for the hosting institution, receiving in exchange a valuable learning experience.

Internships are carried out over a period of at least 3 months and involve a full-time commitment. During this period, each student is supervised by one MPM faculty member.

Internships may be carried out in any country.

Potential hosting institutions are:

- supranational and international institutions;

- national, regional and local government institutions, agencies and companies involved into the delivery of public services;

- NPOs and NGOs;

- research centers;

- consultancy companies.

Tuition fee details

The total fee for the 2013/2014 edition is € 19,000 to be paid in three installments:

1st installment: € 8,000 on acceptance of your admission to the Master Program

2nd installment: € 7,000 by November 2013

3rd installment: € 4,000 by February 2013