MPM

Master of Public Management

The Master of Public Management (MPM) program aims to nurture students' strategic thinking, leadership, and comprehensive problem-solving abilities so that they can predict and effectively respond to changes in the plural global policy environment. As the demand for administrative skills for public organization management increases, this program intends to teach the necessary competencies for future managers and cultivate high-level personnel with dynamic leadership skills. Based on the leadership and core management capabilities of managers of government and public institutions, comprehensive understanding and communication skills for key stakeholders in policy making (market, NPO/NGO, international relations) are cultivated.

Academic Goals

• Improve comprehensive problem solving skills in public administration and management, with the help of reinforced understanding of global and private policy environment
• Foster high-quality public workforce capable of policy design and execution

Program Characteristics

• The main target is public workforce from government officials and public sector workers
• Interdisciplinary convergence program of public administration, private sector management and global governance

Program Specific Concentrations

Public Administration and Leadership

There is a growing demand for public administration skills for managing public sector organizations, which are characterized by binding missions and mandates, limited internal capacity, resources constraints, and external political environments. This study area is designed to improve comprehensive problem-solving skills in public administration and management, by reinforcing one's understanding of global and private policy environments through case studies, and enhancing one's practical skills in solving real-world problems, including conflict resolution and public sector management.

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Strategic Management

This study area aims to equip students with strategic management and leadership skills required for managers in the public and private sector. Strategic Management and Leadership provides students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of private sector management, and studies policy implications therein. The classes use case studies of private corporations as well as key success factors within the theoretical framework of management. The courses are designed to nurture experts who are able to contribute to the business development and policy making. Target students include government policy makers, public and private sector managers, and future entrepreneurs interested in this dynamic field.

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Global Governance and Political Economy

As the challenges of development and public policy are inexorably connected with the forces of globalization, to study them requires an interdisciplinary approach. This concentration focuses on the reciprocity between politics and economics, investigating how political factors influence economic processes and vice versa. The concentration aims to educate mid-career professionals and future public servants to acquire analytical skills, intellectual depth and high public spiritedness, necessary to play a leading role in the increasingly global, interdependent field of policy making. It utilizes an interdisciplinary approach and methodology to explore the theories and policies in the area of global governance, politics, and economics.

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