Administration Science

Year
3

Academic year
2019-2020

Code
01016524

Subject Area
Management and Administration

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
6.0

Type
Elective

Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Expositive and participative teaching methodologies aiming the trasmission of cognitive contents.

Learning Outcomes

To provide students the set of key concepts and elementary knowledge required to the study of Public Administration. Administrative Science as the field of knowledge specifically devoted to the study of the administrative phenomena and "public affairs" is adressed, highlighting particularly the issue of State functions and missions and its administrative organisation, which are facing today's environment challenges and also addresses specific issues central to public management, including those related to attempts to develop greater organizational rationality (decision models and planning).

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

1. Studying Public Administration

2. Theoretical foundations of Administrative Science

3. The regulatory function of the State, and State Administrative service

4. Missions and Public Administration structures

5. Planning and Evaluation in Public Administration

6. Ethics and values in Public Administration

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 100.0%

Bibliography

1- Bilhim, J. (2009). Gestão Estratégica de Recursos Humanos (4.a ed.). Lisboa: ISCSP.

2 - Bilhim, J. (2013). Ciência da Administração. Lisboa: ISCSP.

3 - Chevallier, J. (1986). Science Administrative. Col. Thémis, Science Politique. Paris: PUF.

4 - Comissão Técnica do PRACE. (2006). Programa de Reestruturação da Administração Central do Estado. Relatório Final da Comissão Técnica. Obtido de http://www.dgaep.gov.pt/media/0701020000/menu_principal.html

5 - Flynn, N. (2012). Public Sector Management (6 th ed.). London: SAGE Publications Ltd.

6 - Matias-Pereira, J. (2010). Curso de administração pública: foco nas instituições e ações governamentais (3.a ed.). São Paulo: Atlas.

7 - Rocha, J. O. (2001). Gestão Pública e Modernização Administrativa. Oeiras: INA.

8 - Secretaria de Estado da Administração Pública. (2011). Plano de Redução e Melhoria da Administração Central (PREMAC). Lisboa: SEAP.