Public Services Management, PGDip

This course develops essential management practice and knowledge required by managers in the public services. Designed to tackle real issues in public service organisations, the learning outcomes of this course can be directly applied to your own organisation. It is supported by a team of academics, many of whom are experienced practitioners.

Delivered by Nottingham Business School’s International Centre for Public Services Management, this course is designed to enable public services managers to further develop strategic practice and knowledge relevant to developing innovative service delivery, effective organisation and service performance. This will be achieved in collaboration with colleagues from other agencies and professions.

The course emphasises and supports joint development opportunities to facilitate inter-agency working. It also provides an arena to network with like-minded professionals in the public services field who can inform practice through shared experiences.

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Course content
The course content has been developed to provide an up-to-date and relevant insight into specific areas of public service management directly applicable to the work place.

If you have already completed the Certificate in Public Services Management you need only to complete the Diploma modules

Diploma:

• Partnerships, Collaborations and Networks
• Strategic Leadership
• Organisational Change and Development
• Contemporary Issues in Public Management

Study and support
Full support is provided by tutorial staff and electronic media is available for use. To enable you to enhance your performance the courses employ a variety of teaching and learning approaches including workshops, small group learning and set work for personal management development.

Assessment
You will be assessed upon four assignments and two presentations.

At Nottingham Trent University, we provide first-class learning facilities for our students. The transformed Newton building is the home of Nottingham Business School and marks the next phase in the School’s development. In Newton, students have an abundance of teaching space, a range of lecture theatres of different sizes, and masses of space for social learning. With wireless connection throughout, students will be able to work on their laptops in any part of the building.