A Master’s Programme in Public Strategy & Entrepreneurship

Master of Public Governance 2016-2017

Let’s start with the why

The state of the state

Today’s problems are

• cross-national (many countries face

the same problems)

• international (they go beyond borders)

• Influenced by a lot of stakeholders and

not only owned by the old institutional

forces

• Therefore only managed / solved by

both public organizations, private

parties and commitment from society

• Following new technologies (which can

also be used to solve them)

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‘The toughest problems are government problems’

Why this Master of Public Governance?

A comparative, cross-national and international perspective

A multi-disciplinary approach

A better fit with the strategic setting you’ll be working in

An interaction with society, private organizations and multiple stakeholders

An innovative approach to public administration

The curriculum represents a three-disciplined angle and a practical approach towards the world you’re going to work in

SECOND SEMESTERFIRST SEMESTER

Governance & Economics (6)

Good Governance (6)Governance & Law (6)

Governance & Politics (6)

Governance Clinic (6) Master Thesis (12)Governance Clinic

Public Strategy (6)

Public Entrepreneurship (6)

Tutorial (6)

Internship (6)

Things to talk about

What’s Tilburg like

What’s Tilburg like

Best specialist University and

quality educationValuable network Leading educational staff

Excellent connection with

potential employers

Understanding SocietyDevelop your strong profile

for the labour market

International community of 90

different countries

Green cosy campus with all

high end facilities you need

The School of Tilburg

International focus

• Problems are cross-national (many countries face the same problems)

• Problems are international (the problems cross borders)

This means

• We should compare different approaches from different countries (hence

the comparative character)

• We should learn how to work with different organizations from different

countries

What an ´International Master´ means

Admission

• A Bachelor in Public Administration,

Political Science, Public Management,

Liberal arts & Sciences, Policy Studies

• A Bachelor with basic knowledge of

policy, politics and governance

• A Bachelor of any other kind which you

would like us to consider

… come from another university

and you have:

• A Bachelor of Public Administration

• A Pre-master of Public Administration

• A Bachelor of Economics

• A Bachelor of Global Law

• A Bachelor of Liberal Arts & Sciences

• A Bachelor of any other kind which you

would like us to consider

… come from Tilburg University

and you have:

You can enter this Master if you…

Career perspectives

So what could you be when you grow up (and have a MSc of Public Governance)?

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Local Government

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Commercial Advisory

Research Institute

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Manager

You have the equipment to aim for a strategic position…

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Curriculum (in depth)

The curriculum represents a three-disciplined angle and a practical approach towards the world you’re going to work in

SECOND SEMESTERFIRST SEMESTER

Governance & Economics (6)

Good Governance (6)Governance & Law (6)

Governance & Politics (6)

Governance Clinic (6) Master Thesis (12)Governance Clinic

Public Strategy (6)

Public Entrepreneurship (6)

Tutorial (6)

Internship (6)

First Block

Course name Content Professor(s) Type* Hours per

week

ECTS

Governance &

Economics

Focuses on Behavioural Economics, and the

implications of knowledge of Behavioural Economics

for governance. The appropriateness of governance

instruments such as nudging, regulation, and

financial instruments is explored in this course.

Arjen van Witteloostuijn HC / WC 4 (2/2) 6

Governance & Law Focuses on (risk) regulation and enforcement. Stavros Zouridis WC 3 6

Governance & Politics Focuses on democracy and innovations in

democracies.

Frank Hendriks HC 2 6

* HC = Lecture (hoorcollege); WC = seminar (werkcollege)

Second Block

Course name Content Professor(s) Type Hours per week ECTS

Good Governance The key characteristics of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ political and governance

institutions will be explored at different levels of governance (from

the local to the international level).

Stavros Zouridis WC 2 6

Governance Clinic

(part 1)

Address a wicked problem (such as migration, tax evasion,

cybersecurity, social cohesion, and so on). During one week the

students are confronted with many different perspectives on this

problem presented by both academics and practitioners. At the end

of the quarter the students are expected to develop strategies for

the problem at hand. Students will present their strategies in front

of a jury of both top-level practitioners and academics.

Julien van Ostaaijen

(and 3 others)

HC 4 (wk 45 &46)

2 (wk 47-51)

6

* HC = Lecture (hoorcollege); WC = seminar (werkcollege)

Third Block

Course

name

Content Professor(s) Type Hours per week ECTS

Governance

Clinic (part 2)

Address a wicked problem (such as migration, tax evasion,

cybersecurity, social cohesion, and so on). During one week

the students are confronted with many different perspectives

on this problem presented by both academics and

practitioners. At the end of the quarter the students are

expected to develop strategies for the problem at hand.

Students will present their strategies in front of a jury of both

top-level practitioners and academics.

Julien van Ostaaijen

(and 3 others)

HC 2 6

Public Strategy Conceptual and practical tools for the development and

innovation of regulatory regimes, public strategies, and

leadership styles– from a public organization point of view.

TBD TBD TBD 6

Public

Entrepreneurship

Conceptual and practical tools for the development and

innovation of regulatory regimes, public strategies, and

leadership styles – from public manager / political leader

point of view

TBD TBD TBD 6

Tutorial A small-scale learning environment (1 to 5 students),

focusing on the preparation of a master thesis. By

connecting with a researcher, students are able to explore

state-of-the-art topics and research questions regarding the

field of their interest

TBD WC 2 6

* HC = Lecture (hoorcollege); WC = seminar (werkcollege)

Fourth Block

Course name Content Professor(s) Type ECTS

Master Thesis On the topic as explored in the tutorial.

Students are free to choose whether they

write their master thesis in English or

Dutch.

Depending on the topic Self Study 12

* HC = Lecture (hoorcollege); WC = seminar (werkcollege)

Possible Misunderstandings

1. Although it’s in English, you will pass this Master

2. This master is not a new master’s programme: it is a redesign of the current Master Bestuurskunde

3. It will not become a mathematical studies. Economic literature is predominantly about institutional economy

4. You don’t have to write your thesis in English if you prefer not to (but most likely you want to do it in English anyway )

5. It’s definitely possible to do an internship (instead of the ‘Thesis Tutorial’)

6. This Master does fit a regional approach (with the international comparison, you’ll be better in applying best practices to your regional job)

Six possible misunderstandings with concern to the redesign of the Master