Master of Public Administration

Outcomes

• After the completion of this course, a learner will be able to:

References

• Public Management Reform- A Comparative Analysis
• Mastering Public Administration
• Perspective in Administrative Theory

Outcomes

• familiarize with key development concepts, philosophical debates, and theories on development.
• learn technical concepts, how these are measured and interpreted.
• read and criticize reports on development and poverty, debate on development policies, and give arguments on alternative policy choices.

References

• Handbook of Comparative and Development Public Administration.
• The Social Science Perspective and Method of Public Administration: Public Policy and Development Administration Approach
• Development Administration: Search for Alternatives
• Community empowerment: A reader in participation and development
• Fiscal stress: The new system of local government finance in England. Urban Studies
• Environment, development, social movements

Outcomes

• review the present status of and the initiatives for e-governance in Bangladesh.
• appraise the levels of aptitude, awareness, perception and attitude towards e-governancein the Bangladesh.
• develop policy guidelines for successful e-governance in Bangladesh.

References

• Building the Virtual State: Information Technology and Institutional Change
• Reinventing Government in the Information Age: International Practice in IT-enabled Public Sector Reform

Outcomes

• Comprehend the research process in general.
• From writing down a research proposal to conduct a whole research.
• Collect data, choose appropriate method to analyze these data, and interpret the analysis.

References

• The practice of social research
• Methods of social research
• Practical social research: Project work in the community
• Behavioral Research and Government Policy: Civilian and Military R&D
• Method in Social Science: Revised 2nd Edition
• Qualitative and quantitative approaches.

Outcomes

• • Develop critical and reflective thinking abilities for effective decision making • Exhibit responsible decision-making and personal accountability • Exhibit the ability to work effectively with those different from themselves • Demonstrate an understanding of group dynamics and effective teamwork • Develop a range of leadership skills and abilities such as effectively leading change, resolving conflict, and motivating others.

References

• Organizational Behavior Author: Stephen P Robbins and Judge, 13th edition, Pearson International Edition, London.

Outcomes

• Understand the causes and consequences of different contemporary issues of public administration in Bangladesh.
• Make any recommendation on different contemporary issues of public administration in Bangladesh.

References

• Stewarding Sustainability Transformations: An Emerging Theory and Practice of SDG Implementation
• The New Public Service: Serving, Not Steering
• Total Quality Management (Tqm)

Outcomes

• Compare public policy processes and dynamics under different political systems and culture.
• Understand different types of actors and institutions that shape the policy making process in different contexts.
• Know the administrative systems in developing and developed countries.

References

• Public Sector Management
• Comparative Public Administration
• Public Administration. A Comparative Perspective

Outcomes

• Understand the policy formulating, implementing and evaluating process in general.
• Know about the institutions and actors involved in the public policy.
• Understand important approaches to evaluation and techniques and tools of policy analysis.

References

• Public Policy Making
• Policy Analysis for the Real World,
• Policy Making in Bangladesh: A Study of the Health Policy Process,

Outcomes

• Acquire the knowledge of development of entrepreneurship.
• Understand the stages of entrepreneurial process, conducting opportunity analysis, developing the plan and setting up the company.
• To understand the fundamental theories, rules and regulations and practice of corporate governance in national and international level.

References

• The Companies Act, 1994
• The Companies (Foreign Interest) Act, 1918
• The Undesirable Companies Act, 1958
• International Corporate Governance: A Comparative Approach
• Corporate Governance: Financial Responsibility, Controls and Ethics
• Corporate Governance and Accountability
• Incentives, Control, and Development: Governance in Private and Public Sectors with Special Reference to Bangladesh

Outcomes

• Know the theoretical and practical perspectives of leadership and its linkages with development.
• Learn the concepts and models of how to develop potential and personal skills central to leadership in oneself and others.
• Understand the role of culture, systems, authority and leadership in contemporary organizations.

References

• Leadership: Theory and Practice
• The Sage Handbook of Leadership.
• The Routledge Companion to Leadership

Outcomes

• To learn how to conduct research
• The student is prepared and has the foundations to conduct independent empirical research. Presents and evaluates their results responsibly, critically and objectively.
• Communicates about data and conclusions from research understandably, using adequate indicators, tables, and graphs.
• Understands ethical standards for scientific research, uses them, following principles of scientific integrity. Is aware of and follow the basic principles of behaviour in an academic community
• Has a sense of responsibility for using acquired psychological knowledge in professional settings.
• Follows the psychologist‘s code of ethics in relation to his chosen specialization.
• Recognizes that the complex nature of links between psychological research and other fields of knowledge causes these fields to be in constant development, which as a consequence requires constant learning and updating knowledge.

References

• Supervisor will assign
• Thomas, Gary (2009) Your Research Project. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Outcomes

• To know how to write thesis
• The student is able to find, analyse, evaluate, select and integrate information using various sources, also from fields of knowledge beyond psychology, and from critical judgements on its basis, as an exit point to planning his own studies.
• Can formulate research questions and hypotheses, and operationalize them. Can create a research plan adequate to the research question.
• Presents research questions with statistical concepts and translates them to hypotheses, which he then verifies using appropriate methods of statistical inference.
• Has advanced research skills encompassing construction of research tools and conducting experiments, which allow for solving complex problems in various fields of psychological research.
• Has advanced oral presentation skills, in Polish or a foreign language, on various topics within psychology, and can prepare a presentation in the form of a research report or conference poster.
• Uses computer programs: statistical packages, calculation spreadsheets, text editors, to perform calculations and describe results from empirical studies.
• Can determine the ethical value of his own research and scientific pursuits.
• Can conduct substantive argumentation, utilizing personal views that are based on critical analysis of works from various fields of knowledge, and can create synthetic summaries on their basis.
• Can refer to appropriate psychological theory to explain a specific psychological issue.
• Can critically analyse popular psychological publications and separate views based on common sense from scientific data.

References

• Supervisor will assign
• Thomas, Gary (2009) Your Research Project. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Outcomes

• To learn how to attend viva-voce.
• To learn comprehensive knowledge
• To explore oral skill

References

• All reading materials
• Murray, R. (2003). How to Survive Your Viva. United Kingdom: McGrawHill.