Public Sector Management Essentials

Economics for Public Sector Managers

Economics is the science of decision-making. This program aims to help public sector managers make better decisions in allocating scarce resources, in pricing and delivering public sector goods and services, and in regulating private sector activity. More>

Evaluation for Public Sector Managers

Governments now require greater scrutiny and assessment of public sector programs to determine whether these programs are ‘working’. Evaluation is now seen as an integral part of decision-making, rather than an afterthought. This course covers the conceptual and practical issues involved in evaluating public-sector policies and programs. More>

Evidence for Policy and Decision-Making

The course will provide a high level of practical training that will enable the participants to sharpen their critical skills and make the best use of the many different options available in interpreting evidence and running research projects. More>

Policy and Program Skills

Designed to develop a range of skills in the policy arena, including ‘thinking strategically’; analysis and decision-making in the policy cycle; designing policy for more effective implementation; building strategic capacity for policy-making; and the nature and use of economic tools in policy-making. More>

Working Across Organisational Boundaries

This workshop is an exciting initiative in which managers from departments across a government jurisdiction learn and work together on effective collaboration. Within a public sector management framework, participants explore contending views of value, strategy and service delivery. More>