Governance Models Applied

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical-practical classes, alternating the theoretical exposition, with the joint and critical analysis of governance models in the field of Public Administration and, in a second moment, of governance models of public higher education institutions.

Learning Outcomes

The objective of this course is to train students who are able to:

a) Understand the dynamics inherent to the role of the State in the stages of Public Administration Reform.

b) Identify the models that support the Reform, with special focus on the Public Higher Education System.

c) Identify the critical dimensions for the functioning of Public Higher Education Institutions from the various pre-existing models.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.Context of Public Administration Reform

1.1.Paradigms of Reform

1.1.1. New Public Management

1.1.2. Governance

1.1.3.Other emerging approaches

2.Higher education - characterization and evolution

2.1. Legal Regime of higher education institutions

2.2 Quality management systems and evaluation of higher education institutions

2.3 Financing

2.4 Competition versus cooperation

3. Governance Models - Achieving Higher Education

3.1. Paradigms - Signs and Symptoms

3.1.1.New Public Management

3.1.2 Network Governance

3.1.3 Neo-Weberianism.

Head Lecturer(s)

Graça Maria Correia Coelho Martins de Carvalho

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 50.0%
Synthesis work: 50.0%

Bibliography

Bilhim, J. (2017). Nova Governação Pública e Meritocracia. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, n.º 84, 9-25. Lisboa. DOI:10.7458/SPP2017849462.

Canotilho, J. (2000). Paradigmas de Estado e Paradigmas de Administração Pública. Moderna Gestão Pública (pp. 21-34). Lisboa: Instuituto Nacional de Administração.

Carvalho, E. R. (2008). Reforma Administrativa Sob o Mote do New Public Management: Os Casos de Portugal, Espanha e Irlanda. Lisboa: Centro de Administração e Políticas Públicas, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.

Carvalho, G. (27 de março de 2019). Governação do Ensino Superior Universitário Público em Portugal a educação sob a égide da Nova Gestão Pública. Lisboa: ISCSP-Universidade de Lisboa. Obtido de http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/17791.

Pollitt, C., & Bouckaert, G. (2017). Public Management Reform - A Comparative Analysis - Into the Age of Austerity (Fourth Edition ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.