Master in Management Delle Pubbliche Amministrazioni - Secondo Livello

This Master's programme aims to provide professional and specialist training for public administration executives and officers. It is mainly geared to:

1) New graduates who intend to serve as public administration officers in different fields (e.g. D-level officers in local authorities). The programme will also prepare students for PA exams;
2) Graduates who intend to take the National School of Administration course and exam in order to be promoted to executive positions;
3) PA officers wishing to have a broader picture of public institutions management, including for the purposes of career advancement;
4) Executives who wish to have a better understanding of PA management, and look at their profession from a broader angle.

The programme is structured as follows:
a. Baseline understanding of public management theories and conceptual foundations;
b. Personal development, aimed at providing learners with interpersonal and problem-solving skills;
c. Specialist ad hoc courses, with a focus on university management and general management.

The general management track has the following learning objectives: management of complex public-sector organisations, creating public value through inter-institutional cooperation, problem-solving, talent management.
More specifically, the main learning objectives include:
- understanding public value creation processes from an economic, legal and political perspective;
- understanding key management tools and room for manoeuvre in the public regulatory framework;
- developing financial and human resources strategic management skills;
- public policy analysis and assessment, public-private and public-public partnership management;
- responsible leadership skills to seize new professional opportunities and become agents of change;
- becoming familiar with public recruitment processes and tools.

The specialist university management track, in addition to PA general management skills, will develop the knowledge and skills required for integrated management of key university processes, namely:
- understanding the production processes of the university system also with a view to development and internationalisation;
- understanding key management tools and room for manoeuvre in resource management and in terms of efficient teaching and research;
- developing financial and human resources strategic management skills;
- responsible leadership skills to seize new professional opportunities and become agents of change;
- becoming familiar with the public recruitment processes and tools.