2020/2021

2021/2022

DM270

SECS-P/08 (CORPORATE FINANCE)

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND LAW

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

2nd semester (21/02/2022 - 21/05/2022)

6

44 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

VELO FRANCESCO (titolare) - 9 ECTS

No special prerequisites are required. It is suggested the knowledge of Management (courses: Economia e Gestione delle Imprese and Economia Aziendale)

The course aims at discussing the main issues that concern management of public services enterprises. The course intends to provide skills and tools to understand issues related to governance, public and private partnership, the strategic management of services, the role of public services with regard to the competitiveness of enterprises and economic systems.
The course aims at motivating students to develop autonomous analysis, developing original observations, also applying knowledge deriving from other courses. The course aims also at motivating students at fostering a multidisciplinary analysis, enforcing their cross competences (analysis, communication, discussion), through individual study and the participation to group studies.

The course is divided in two parts and different modules:

First part: the management of public services

- Public institutions: characteristics and aims, government and management

- the theories on public services administration. The traditional bureaucratic model, the New Public Management and Public Governance

- Decision making and governance in public services enterprises

- The relationship between enterprise and internal workers

- The relationship between provider and customer of public services: device quality policies

- Public and private institutions: public private partnerships

Second part: the government of public services.
The secon part of the course is dedicated to the analysis of the evolution of the relationship between public services and the government of economic systems, at local, national and international level. In this part case studies will be presented. The will take place workshops and working groups, aimed at the analysis and deepening of specific themes.

The course foresees lectures, ad hoc seminars and workshops: the contents and calendar of seminars and of the workshops will be defined at the beginning of the course and then published on the page of the course on the KIRO platform (e-learning)

Textbook:
- E. Borgonovi, G. Fattore, F. Longo: Management delle istituzioni pubbliche, Egea, 2015 (4° ed) (capitoli 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9-10-12-13-14-16-20-21-22)


Further readings (non mandatory). The following reading are suggested in order to deepen the knowledge of the course topics:

- H. Wollmann, I. Koprić, G. Marcou (eds) PUBLIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES IN EUROPE: FROM PUBLIC AND MUNICIPAL TO PRIVATE SECTOR PROVISION, SPRINGER, 2016 (one or more chapters, as case studies).
The book is available in free access on the webpage of the university's library, link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057%2F978-1-137-57499-2

- K.H. Ladeur, Public Governance in the Age of GlobaPulization, Ashgate, 2004 (capitoli 1-2-3-5-6-7)
- H. Moore, Creating Public Value: Strategic Management in Government, Harvard Univ. Press, 1994

Further readings might be indicated on the KIRO page of the course (e-learning platform)

Oral exam. Students will be asked to answer theoretical questions and apply the acquired knowledge and to discuss case studes. The aim is to assess the knowledge of the fundamentals and the ability to apply tools acquired during the course. In agreement with the students, in itinere evaluations or workshops can be foreseen.

The detailed programme of the course, slides, materials, further readings and informations are made available during the course on the KIRO platform (e-learning tool), accessible to students through their institutional username and password. Link: https://elearning1.unipv.it/economia/