Economics for Public Sector Managers

25 & 26 September 2008
Adelaide

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This workshop is designed for public sector managers who require a better understanding of the economic basis for the government sector and a framework for making decisions that are in the public interest.

The course introduces participants to a powerful set of analytical tools and a clear way of thinking that will improve their ability to evaluate public sector activities. The approach starts with current, real problems and issues facing public sector managers in Australia. Then participants learn how to apply the economic way of thinking to these problems and issues in order to develop policy options that aim to deliver socially preferred outcomes.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop has been designed for middle and senior managers in the public sector. Candidates are not expected to have had any prior economics education.

Course Leader - Ross Guest

Ross Guest is a Professor of Economics in the Griffith Business School and Adjunct Professor at ANZSOG. He currently teaches Business Economics to MBA students at Griffith and also coordinates the Queensland delivery of the ANZSOG Executive Masters subject, Government in the Market Economy. Ross has a record of high achievement and student satisfaction through his commitment to a student centred approach to learning and teaching. He has 15 years experience in teaching university economics at various levels in Victoria and Queensland and holds formal teaching qualifications.

His current research program is concerned with the economics of population ageing in Australia and other countries, with its associated implications for public policy. He is published widely on this and other topics in national and international journals. In 2005, Ross was awarded a citation for outstanding contribution to student learning from the Carrick Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.