Public Service Reform and Innovation Unit Reference Number
D/618/0701
Unit Title
Public Service Reform and Innovation
Unit Level
7
Number of Credits
20
Mandatory / Optional
Mandatory
Sector Subject Area (SSA)
01.4 Public Services
Unit Grading type
Pass / Fail
Unit Aims This unit will support learners develop their innovative managing and leadership skills to develop innovation for public service reform. Learner will develop skills and critically analyse strategies to manage change, innovation, issues and challenges for the public sector reform.
Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria Learning Outcomes – the learner will: 1. Be able to examine trends of innovation in the public sector.
Assessment Criteria – the learner can: 1.1. Assess patterns of public sector reforms. 1.2.Identify how collaboration an networking bring innovation in the public sector. 1.3 Describe the common features of innovation in the public sector. 1.4.Examine how to implement innovation in the public sector.
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Indicative contents Public Sector Reform: Modernisation, Paradigms and Patterns Core themes: The influence of Weberian bureaucracy, Employment and pay reforms, Decentralization, Topdown performance monitoring, Bottom-up Monitoring and reforms, Public and Private features of innovation including accelerated technology adoption, support to SMEs, improved market stimulus and improved performance against the wider procurement objectives. A service-influenced approach to public service innovation.
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