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Virtual Program | Motivation and Leadership in Public Management

Start date:

Continuous
Duration: 9 modules (9 hours)
Modality: Asynchronous

Presentation

 

The Motivation and Leadership in Public Management program aims to train leaders of change and state modernization who possess the necessary tools and incentive to recover the motivation that stems from the vocation of public service, in themselves and in their colleagues and subordinates; the legitimate authority that is based on integrity and suitability; and who possess a strategic vision of the challenges involved in modernizing the public sector so that it can respond in quality, coverage and timeliness to the demands of citizens.

 

Approved by resolution FD 22/18

Objectives

➤ Recognize the particularities of the public sector and its central components, and the keys to political and administrative leadership that guarantee a democratic, republican, ethical and effective management when providing public goods in a timely and high-quality manner.

➤ To embody in the participants the foundations and values ​​of the Public Service: the vocation of service, impartiality, integrity, responsibility and social sensitivity, in an environment of equal opportunities and appreciation of knowledge.

➤ To raise awareness among public leaders about their role as leaders, the public and social responsibility of leadership, the expected conduct of political and official leadership, and the mechanisms for improving state administrative command.

➤ Learn about alternative leadership styles, successful experiences, and examples of leaders whose career paths offer concrete roadmaps for improving personal leadership and goal achievement skills.

Course format

The program is 100% online. All classes and supplementary tools (quizzes, surveys, etc.) will be available on the virtual campus. Each module includes videos that constitute the class material; these are the primary source of information. You will also find suggested readings, which are supplementary to the class material and are not provided by the University.

Evaluation method

Multiple choice questionnaire per module.

Certificate

La Universidad Austral The Academic Certificate of program completion will be issued to those who meet the corresponding promotion requirements. This certificate corresponds to the category of university extension for professional development and is not a university degree, title, or diploma.

Extra information

Professor in charge:

  • Gerardo Sanchís Muñoz

Contents:

  • Who rules in the era of Global Integration?
  • Public Leadership and the Institutional Gap
  • Delegative democracy, neopatrimonialism, populism, and neopopulism.
  • Crisis of the State in Latin America and of political representation.
  • From the Washington Consensus to “Institutional Quality”
  • State reform in Latin America, “New Public Management” (NPM) and post-NPM.
  • Current paradigms: “Open Government”, “Digital Government”, etc.

Professor in charge:

  • Gerardo Sanchís Muñoz

Contents:

  • Country, Nation, State and Community
  • Public Interest, General Interest and Common Good
  • State Building, Leadership, Public Goods and Impartiality
  • Public Policy, Public Management and Public Service.
  • Economic and political justifications. Three-Level Theory: Institutionality,
  • Efficiency and Equity. Disclosure and aggregation of preferences.
  • Theory of Public Goods and their financing. The democratic fiscal pact.
  • State versus market – Public and Social Responsibility.

Professor in charge:

  • Gerardo Sanchís Muñoz

Contents:

  • The Civil Service: a building block of the state – FP and BP
  • Vocation for Public Service and Social Recognition
  • Prestige, Remuneration and Political Respect for the Public Service
  • Suitability and Impartiality, Legitimacy, and Authority
  • Merit and Equal Opportunities
  • Dilemmas of the Civil Servant
  • Acquire leadership skills for people and for leading government teams, managing public projects and work groups.
  • Acquire personal and institutional communication skills that make explicit the leader's vision, coherence, and empathy.
  • Learn about alternative leadership styles, successful experiences, and examples of leaders whose career paths offer concrete roadmaps for improving personal leadership and goal achievement skills.

Professor in charge:

  • Gerardo Sanchís Muñoz

Contents:

  • Public Leader with Legitimacy Based on Integrity
  • Hierarchical Power of Public Ethics
  • Leading from Personal, Civic and Professional Ethics
  • Ideal Public Leader through Motivation
  • Vocation for Public Service – Accountability – Sensitivity – Commitment
  • Public vision for leadership: formulating challenging goals
  • Leader from the Competition
  • Leadership Development – ​​Effective Leadership – Merit System
  • Skills, Experience and Expertise in Leadership

Professor in charge:

  • Emilio Camporini

Contents:

  • The phases of strategic planning: diagnosis, development and implementation
  • Strategic plans
  • Operational planning and operational plans
  • Articulation of the budget and the strategic plan
  • Participatory planning
  • Participation and preservation of public value
  • Citizen participation in strategic planning. Participation of Power.
  • Local legislature in strategic planning.

Professor in charge:

  • Gerardo Sanchís Muñoz

Contents:

  • Starting point: defining goals
  • Results-oriented budgeting
  • Contractualization for the achievement of goals
  • The accountability matrix
  • Management Cycle
  • The Incentive System
  • The success of a GxR project

Professor in charge:

  • Gerardo Sanchís Muñoz

Contents:

  • Entrepreneurial Leadership and Continuous Innovation
  • Networked Execution and Continuous Learning
  • Other innovations in platform productivity for Services
  • Social, academic and public policy mobilization for the Services sector
  • Public Service in the Service Era
  • The helpful leader

Professor in charge:

  • Hugo Dalbosco

Contents:

  • Decision-making in the public sphere
  • Analytical perspectives on the decision
  • Organizations as political systems
  • The relationship between politicians and bureaucrats
  • Where are leaders formed?
  • Professional diplomacy, a case study

Professor in charge:

  • Bernardo Bárcena

Contents:

  • A leader with emotional intelligence
  • A visionary leader
  • An innovative leader
  • A consistent leader who inspires confidence
  • A communicative leader
  • A helpful leader
  • A leader who knows how to recognize
  • A leader with generational empathy

Why study with us?

#1 in Argentina Private Management for the Area of ​​Law, according to QS Ranking
University #1 in Latin America under 50 years old

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