OASV4000 Virksomhetsstyring i offentlig sektor Emneplan

See programme description. The course is open to exchange students with relevant background upon request.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course the student has obtained the following learning outcome in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has knowledge of key types of development interventions - including official aid; policy coherence for development; advocacy and transnational activism; and corporate social responsibility.
• has knowledge of key tendencies in the organization and aims of current development assistance - including new donors; coordination under the Sustainable Development Goals; the integration of aid with other global concerns (security, environment, and commerce) - and the overarching imperative of ensuring aid effectiveness.
• has knowledge of how the development enterprise, as a field of practice, may be systematically and critically studied

Skills

The student

• has the ability to critically discuss various types of aid development interventions and trends
• understands the ethical challenges in the field of practice and in the study of this field

General competence

The student can

• identify and make use of relevant literature in discussion of topics in the field
• can give both written and oral presentations of a topic in the field, based on sound social sciences method

Studenten skal etter å ha fullført emnet ha følgende totale læringsutbytte definert i kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse

Kunnskap:

Studenten har

• inngående kunnskap om strategisk økonomistyring herunder mål- og resultatstyring i kommune og stat
• inngående kunnskap om utforming, iverksetting, bruk, evaluering og videreutvikling av strategisk økonomistyring i offentlig sektor
• relevant innsikt i fagområdene strategisk økonomistyring i offentlig sektor bygger på.
• innsikt i utilsiktede effekter og etiske problemstillinger i strategisk økonomistyring i offentlig sektor
• innsikt i bruk av digitale ressuser i strategisk økonomistyring i offentlig sektor

Ferdigheter:

Studenten kan

• analysere, kritisk vurdere og anvende informasjon fra ulike kilder i utforming, iverksetting, bruk, evaluering og videreutvikling av strategisk økonomistyring i offentlig sektor
• utforme og evaluere strategisk økonomistyring i offentlig sektor av begrenset omfang
• utføre et mindre selvstendig forsknings- og utviklingsprosjekt med veiledning i tråd med etiske forskningsstandarder og akademiske krav innenfor strategisk økonomistyring i offentlig sektor

Generelle kompetanse

Studenten kan

• bidra til å utvikle strategisk økonomistyring i innovasjoner og reformer i offentlig sektor

ASSESSMENT

30 minutes’ individual oral examination. The student randomly draws 6 assignments from a basket containing all those discussed in seminars, and then selects 3 out of the 6 for examination.

New/postponed exam:

In case of failed exam or absence on legitimate grounds, the student can apply for a new or postponed exam. New/postponed exam is offered within a reasonable time span following the regular exam. The student is responsible for applying for a new/postponed exam as per the regulations set by OsloMet.

A graded scale from A to E for passed, and F for not passed.

The exam is assessed by internal and external examiner/s.

The course is open to third-year Bachelor students in Development Studies at HiOA, and exchange students. Exchange students must have completed at least a one-year introductory course in Development Studies.

CONTENTS

• Main features of the global aid industry: Actors and channels of finance; geographic and thematic destinations of aid; paradigms in and major debates about aid.
• Norwegian aid in perspective: Features of public development policy from the 1980s and up to the present, in comparative perspective; the approach and work of select non-governmental organisations.
• New actors, interventions and partnership types: Developing country donors; policy coherence and coordination including SDGs; advocacy and transnational activism; and corporate social responsibility.
• 21st century trends: «Securitization», «environmentalization» and «commercification» of aid; effectiveness, evaluability and result based management in aid.
• The politics of representation: The ways in which main actors in the development enterprise present development challenges; their own work and contributions; and the debates this gives rise to.

Prosjektoppgaven vil bli senesurert av intern og ekstern sensor. Ekstern sensor vurderer et tilfeldig utvalg på 25% av prosjektoppgavene som så ligger til grunn for vurderingene av alle oppgavene utført av intern sensor. Ekstern sensor vurderer også prosjektoppgaver hvor det er usikkerhet knyttet til hvorvidt oppgavene kvalifiserer for ståkarakter.

Marie Viken

Emnet overlapper med emnet MSLV4300 Økonomi-, budsjett- og resultatstyring som ble tilbudt som valgemne i Master i styring og ledelse til og med våren 2018.