MSL5900 Master's Thesis in Public Management Course description

The master's thesis is worth 30 credits, which constitutes a part-time workload over two semesters or full-time workload of about five months. The master's thesis is an independent scientific work. Students will choose and elucidate a topic from the subject areas covered by the programme through systematic use of social science methods. The research question may be linked to the student's own experiences.

Enkeltemner har samme opptakskrav som masterprogrammet:

1. Bachelorgrad med minst 45 studiepoeng i organisasjons- og administrasjonsfag og to års relevant yrkespraksis eller:
2. Bachelorgrad med minst 4 års relevant yrkeserfaring, hvorav minst 1 år i ledende stilling på mellomnivå eller høyere. Yrkespraksis skal være etter fullført bachelorgrad.
3. Gjennomsnittskarakter på minst C fra bachelorgraden (eventuelt annet opptaksgrunnlag).

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Insight Knowledge

The student has

• knowledge about different forms of organisation and market contracting in the public sector
• understand the goals of public procurement
• in-depth knowledge about the regulation of public procurement in Norway regarding planning, advertising tenders, how to conduct this process and the conclusion of the process and knowledge on the potential consequences of errors
• insight into what the prohibition against public funding entails and legal problems regarding Public sector entering the market in the sense of the EEA Regulations
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Skills

The student is capable of

• identifying and analysing legal issues and consequences relating to restructuring or market contracting processes
• identifying when different parts of the regulations on public procurement apply
• analysing and handling legal issues when advertising tenders, and how to conduct this process, assess the tenders received and award contracts

Competence

The student is capable of

• working independently on practical and legal issues

The teaching methods used are individual study, group work and plenary sessions. An important element of achieving the learning outcomes for this course will be the use of various case studies. Students are expected to be active in the work on these cases and work with the sources of law available in this field. Literature studies will be an important aspect of this work.

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The students will take an individual home exam over 48 hours.

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A grade scale with grades from A to E for pass and F for fail is used.

All answer papers are assessed by an internal examiner. External examiners are used in cases of doubt about whether a pass grade should be awarded and for spot check assessments of approx. 25% of the answer papers. The grades awarded for the answer papers assessed together with an external sensor form the basis for determining the level for awarding the different grades. The internal examiner shall take the external examiner's assessment into consideration in the grading of all the exams.

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