Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management*

• Course structure**

Course code: 1506 * Course abbreviation: GradDipPubPolMgt * Course director: Professor Owen Hughes * Offered on-campus in the Melbourne CBD and by distance education
This eight-subject course is designed to help people understand the conceptual framework of public policy and management in the public sector. The course will analyse the current major challenges in public policy and public management and the range of solutions being canvassed to address these by modern government. The course builds on the core knowledge of the first three subjects to provide more in-depth knowledge of public policy and management and a higher-level qualification.
Applicants require a pass degree or equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution or an executive certificate offered by this faculty with an average grade of credit or above.
This is a fee-paying course. Candidates should consult the Department of Management as to the 2001 course fee. Course fees are set and reviewed annually and are therefore subject to change. Applicants may be eligible for a maximum of four credit exemptions for subjects considered to be equivalent to particular subjects in the course of study. Refer to the course director for further details.
Students who successfully complete the Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management, including successful studies in two masters 5000-level subjects from the Department of Management, will be able to articulate directly into one of the Department of Management's masters programs. To complete a masters program, student will be required to complete a further four masters 5000-level subjects.

Course structure**

The course consists of the following three core subjects.
(a) Core subjects

• MGX9230 Public policy
• MGX9270 Public management
• MGX9300 Governance

(b) Five electives chosen from the following subjects:

• MGX5300 e-government
• MGX5360 Strategic management in the public sector
• MGX5440 Public sector financial management
• MGX5770 Business and government
• MGX5930 Business and government in the Asia-Pacific
• MGX9000 Reading unit
• MGX9260 Public sector human resource management
• MGX9330 Privatisation
• MGX9370 Policy analysis
• MGX9540 Governance for not-for-profit organisations
• MGX9670 International public policy and management
• MGX9710 Financial management in the not-for-profit sector
• NGX9740 Comparative public policy

or graduate subjects taught by the Department of Management, other departments in the Faculty of Business and Economics, or other faculties of Monash University, with approval from the course director. A maximum of two 5000-level subjects may be selected.
* SUBJECT TO FINAL UNIVERSITY APPROVAL
** COURSE STRUCTURE SUBJECT TO FINAL UNIVERSITY APPROVAL.

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