Understand the fundamentals of public performance management and its role in the public sector.Explore the theories and models of performance measurement and management.Examine the relationship between performance management, strategic planning, and organizational performance.Evaluate the impact of performance management on policy-making and implementation in the public sector.

Lecture, discussion, preparation and presentation of case studies and assignments in the group and on your own.

This course aims to provide an in-depth exploration of the principles, techniques, and tools involved in managing and analyzing the performance of public sector organizations. The course provides knowledge about public sector organizations as service providers and fulfillers of public tasks. Participants learn about the conditions, processes, and challenges of management and control in public sector organizations. The course will cover key concepts such as public budgeting and accounting and related reforms of recent years, as well as performance measurement and management, the type of information available and how it is used.

Active participation and discussion in the course, preparation of assignments and case studies as well as written submission of solutions, attendance, presentation, written final exam

Theory and practice-orientated case studies

Elaboration of assignments and cases in the group as well as in individual work: quality of content, completeness, quality of presentation and presentation of the elaborationThe following rules apply to the use of AI-based applications for the examinations mentioned above:The use of artificial intelligence tools is generally permitted throughout the entire work and writing process. Students are obliged to disclose the use of AI tools in the text product and to mark AI-generated passages accordingly (suggestions for marking will be discussed in the course and made available on Moodle). Students are solely responsible for the text they produce.Attendance, active discussion and participationWritten final exam