Economia e bilancio delle aziende pubbliche e non profit - ENG

BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING IN PUBLIC AND NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Prof. Pasquale Seddio
Course Code: EC0009
Subject code: SECS – P/07
6 ECTS – 48 hours
Location: Novara

Course Objectives
Main purpose of this course is to introduce students to basic principles and recent developments in the field of public management and not for profit organizations. Public and not for profit sector is a crucial component of the business environment, as an economic actor, in terms of impacts on the private sector and in terms of impacts on the citizen daily life. Public management has changed enormously in recent years as result of reform initiatives in many countries. Thereby, this course examines both empirical developments and new theories of public management with an national and international perspective. Through active participation in this course students should gain the theoretical foundation and the managerial skills needed to understand public and not for profit sector organizations.

Course Content Summary
•    Public administration and globalization: emerging themes. Public Management and Governance. Public Management reforms and New Public Management
•    Public and private management: What’s the difference?
•    The public administration system in Italy
•    Business-Government relationships
•    Multi-stakeholder negotiations
•    The role and features of Not For Profit Organizations
•    Government intervention in the economy: reasons for its expansion over time and its current reduction. From government to governance
•    Planning & Control in the public sector
•    Human Resource Management for government: peculiarities of public sector personnel
•    Strategic Public Management
•    Public Management in developing countries
•    Public Accounting

Prerequisites
Business administration

Course Texts
E. Borgonovi, G. Fattore, F. Longo,  Management delle istituzioni pubbliche, EGEA, 2012 This book is available in the library
Slides Instructor

Further informations can be found in the web page of the course at the URL:
https://eco.dir.unipmn.it/

Teaching methods
Frontal lectures, group work, group exercise, case studies will be used during the course.



Examination
Attending students
The final grade reflects the overall performance during the four months and is based on the following:
•    Group work (10%)
•    Group exercise (10%)
•    Assignment (10%)
•    Final written exam (70%)

The final grade is the weighted average of the four evaluations

Non attending students
Written exam