Public Administration and Leadership

Deepen your understanding of the key aspects of public sector management and leadership.

Governments need employees who know how societies and economies work and who care about delivering quality service and advice. They are also seeking people who are potential leaders and who will guide colleagues by their example and expertise. To meet this demand, The Chang School and Ryerson University’s Department of Politics and Public Administration have developed this certificate for individuals who already have a degree from a recognized university.

What You’ll Learn

• Key issues in today’s rapidly evolving public sector.
• The Canadian public policy-making process: formulation, implementation, and evaluation.
• Contemporary social, economic, and environmental policy.
• Public sector leadership in a comparative context (Canadian, other Westminster systems, republican regimes).
• The statutory and regulatory basis of Canadian public administration.
• Institutional and procedural practices of administrative tribunals and judicial reviews.
• Public sector planning and budgetary processes.
• Financial management systems within governmental organizations.
• Mechanisms for ensuring accountability.
• Approaches to organization and bureaucracy in advanced industrial societies.
• The effect of information technologies on the distribution of power and control in the workplace.
• The use of partnerships between government and other agents in the delivery of public goods.
• Planning and evaluation of government programs.
• Deployment of information and communication technologies (ICT) in public administration.
• E-government policy, e-administration, e-service, and e-democracy.
• National unity and regional diversity.