Public Administration G (8556.5)

This Unit aims to support public servants, to rise to the challenge of sound public administration and efficiently, effectively and respectfully deliver policies, services, programs and legislation to the benefit of the Australian public. To achieve this outcome, students will be exposed to the evolution of public administration in Australia, our structure of government, and the values, ethics, integrity, accountability, human resource management, leadership skills, performance measurement systems, and legislative issues in the doing of public administration. Throughout this unit, the intentions and realities of the Australian Public Service (APS) reform agenda is a recurring topic. Taken together the 24 sessions constituting this Unit explore the evidence and paths to better practice in public administration.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate that the principles and values underpinning traditional and contemporary models of public administration;
2. Critically analyse the patterns of change across public administration systems over time;
3. Critically evaluate current problems in public administration; and
4. Apply key learnings from the principles of public administration, accountability, performance management, ethics and integrity and apply a knowledge of the public sector reform agenda to team, branch, division, department and whole of government public administration issues and problems.

Graduate attributes

2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

6266 Public Administration G.

Assumed knowledge

None.