POLITICS 704
Political Management in Government
Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for POLITICS 704.
Description
Political Management in Government explores how politicians and their staff use management tools to help them achieve their goals within the constraints and challenges of the governing environment and helps prepare you for working in government.
Classes are run in seminar or meeting style, and you take on the role of a particular political manager and offer recommendations for a political leader for how they should use political management to further their goals. You learn how to turn theory and literature into actionable advice and gain experience in workplace writing, writing up advice to the Prime Minister in the form of a memo or report.
The course explores the nature of government and the potential and limitations of branding, PR, market research, public engagement, strategy, government advertising, crisis management, media management and delivery management within the political environment.
Guest speakers such as political and policy advisors and government staff are also invited into class to enhance your insight into the practice of political management.
Student feedback:
- "Using real world examples really added practical knowledge"
- "The aide memoire and report are really new and useful and applicable"
- "Bridged the gap between academia and the real world"
- "Guest lecturers were good for gaining a real life view on problems"
- "The assignments being real increased practical/applicable skills"
- "An excellent course, I learnt a lot and it's inspired me to do more in this area"
External assessor comment:
- "The paper is an excellent example of combining theory with practice; and graduates who have taken this paper (and passed!) will be well-placed in the graduate job market."
See draft 2016 course outline for further information.
Availability 2017
Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer(s) Associate Professor Jennifer Lees-Marshment
Points
POLITICS 704: 15 points
