Strategic Management in Public Sector (PPMN90062)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
| Availability | July |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject introduces students to a strategic perspective on the management of change and reform within the contexts of the public, private and non-for-profit sectors in Australia and internationally. In this subject, students will explore strategic management tools and techniques, and how they can be adopted by public managers to enhance the performance and achieve the desired outcomes of their organisations. The subject adopts a multi-dimensional approach to understanding and analysing organisational change and public management reforms, and how strategic planning and thinking could be used as methods to affect change within organizations. Students will first explore the systems that govern public/private and not-for-profit organisations and other macro-level factors that affect their operations. Students will then investigate day-to-day activities of public managers and other micro-level factors shaping the organisational structures and operations, including leadership skills, power dynamics organisational conflict and politics as well as the complexities and factors that affect organisations as they evolve and operate in complex organisational fields. These analytical and practical skills will enable students to design strategic objectives to guide organisational change and reform.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete this subject should be able to:
- Identify real-world strategic management problems in relation to the theoretical debates on strategic management in the public sector and the systems that govern public, private and not-for-profit organisations
- Analyse strategic management problems considering micro and macro factors affecting the day-to-day running of public, private and not-for-profit organisations
- Apply strategic management frameworks, tools and techniques to resolve authentic day-to-day scenarios from the sphere of public management
- Design strategic change or reforms to resolve strategic management problems with a consideration of micro and macro dimensions, theoretical debates and practical implications.
Generic skills
Students who complete this subject should be able to:
- Present critical analysis of sources
- Apply critical thinking and reasoning skills
- Demonstrate effective oral, written and non-verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate organisational skills and ability to work collaboratively.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPMN90006 | The Principles of Public Management |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Strategy problem statement
| Day 3 of the seminar | 25% |
Group presentation on strategic management theory and practice delivered by groups of 5 students.
| 3 weeks after the final day of the seminar | 25% |
Strategic change/reform paper
| 5 weeks after the final day of the seminar | 50% |
| Hurdle requirement: Hurdle requirement: 1. Attendance hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. There is an expectation that students attend lectures. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: Hurdle requirement: 2. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- July
Coordinator Mhamed Biygautane Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours: Four 6-hour seminars delivered over four days. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 July 2025 to 26 July 2025 Last self-enrol date 8 July 2025 Census date 18 July 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 8 August 2025 Assessment period ends 29 August 2025 July contact information
Dr Mhamed Biygautane: mhamed.biygautane@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
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Last updated: 4 March 2025