Master's courses (outline)

The module, "Modernization in the Public Sector," covers selected topics related to the management and steering of public organizations and their service provision. Seminars in this module focus on comprehensively analyzing reform movements and patterns, as well as management issues at the organizational interface between administration and cross-organizational topics.

Strategic Management in the Public Sector (English)

This course examines the impact of strategies on the performance of public sector organizations. A particular focus is placed on organizational capabilities as mediators between strategy and performance. Both theoretical/conceptual aspects and practical methods and examples are covered. The following questions play a prominent role: What is strategy? Does strategy make a difference in performance? How is it influenced by the capabilities of organizations? And how can strategies be applied differently in the public sector?

Organizational Change in the Public Sector: Theories and Practice (English)

The starting point for the seminar “Organizational Change in the Public Sector: Theories and Practice” is an in-depth examination of key organizational theory approaches. The key concepts and core statements of the respective theories are then applied to aspects of public management, both to illustrate the theories and to discuss their explanatory power with regard to change in public organizations. The aim is to understand the meaning and purpose of theories in the context of research work and to become familiar with possible theories for your own master's thesis.

In the colloquium, students whose theses are or will be supervised at the chair are given the opportunity to present their projects. The aim is to discuss the topic, question, methodology and, if applicable, results of the respective project through feedback from fellow students and supervisors, to clarify open questions and thus to accompany the writing of the thesis or the corresponding research process. In addition, the knowledge of the students on topics of scientific work, such as citation and plagiarism, and on methodology, such as formulation of a research question, conception of a research design, or various survey methods will be refreshed.

Seminare im Sommersemester 2025

• Organizational Change in the Public Sector
• Strategic Management in the public sector
• New Work: Neues Arbeiten und Führen in digitalisierten Arbeitsstrukturen

Seminare im Wintersemester 24/25

• Foundations of Public Management
• Ressourcenmanagement in der öffentlichen Verwaltung
• Projektkurs Public Management: Grundlagen und Methoden des Prozessmanagements im öffentlichen Sektor 

Seminare im Sommersemester 2024

• Modernisierung im öffentlichen Sektor - Organisationstheorien
• Modernization in the public sector - Strategic Management
• New Work: Neues Arbeiten und Führen in digitalisierten Arbeitsstrukturen

Seminare im Wintersemester 23/24

• Foundations of Public Management
• Projektkurs Public Management mit der Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg
• New Work: Neues Arbeiten und Führen in digitalisierten Arbeitsstrukturen
• Research Project Public Management: Digital transformation in local government
• Ressourcenmanagement in der öffentlichen Verwaltung

Seminare im Sommersemester 2023

• Experiments in Public Administration and Management
• Modernisierung im öffentlichen Sektor - Organisationstheorien
• New Work: Neues Arbeiten und Führen in digitalisierten Arbeitsstrukturen
• Projektkurs Public Management mit der Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg

Seminare im Wintersemester 22/23

• Foundations of Public Management
• Ressourcenmanagement in der öffentlichen Verwaltung
• New Work: Neues Arbeiten und Führen
• Projekt Public Management: Zukunftsszenarien der digitalen Verwaltungseinheit
• Public Management Research Project: Looking Behind the Curtain of Big Data Buzzwording

Seminare im Sommersemester 2022

• Modernisierung im öffentlichen Sektor - Organisationstheorien
• Modernization in the public sector - Strategic Management
• Projektkurs Public Management: Prozessmanagement in der öffentlichen Verwaltung
• Public Management Project: Positive Management Challenges
• Public Management Research Project: Beyond the usual suspects

Seminare im Wintersemester 21/22

• Foundations of Public Management
• Ressourcenmanagement in der öffentlichen Verwaltung
• Verwaltungsportale
• Projektkurs Public Management: Positive Management
• Lehrforschungsprojekt Public Management: Datenerhebung

Seminare im Sommersemester 2021

• Modernization in the public sector - Strategic Management
• Projektkurs Public Management

Seminare im Wintersemester 20/21

• Foundations of Public Management
• Ressourcenmanagement in der öffentlichen Verwaltung
• Projektkurs Public Management
• Lehrforschungsprojekt Public Management

Seminare im Sommersemester 2020

• Modernisierung im öffentlichen Sektor - Organisationstheorien
• Modernization in the public sector - Strategic Management
• Projektkurs Public Management

Seminare im Wintersemester 19/20

• Foundations of Public Management
• Ressourcenmanagement in der öffentlichen Verwaltung
• Projektkurs Public Management: Wissensmanagement
• Lehrforschungsprojekt Public Management: Public Encounter

Seminare im Sommersemester 2019

• Modernisierung im öffentlichen Sektor - Management der digitalen Transformation
• Modernization in the public sector - Strategic Management
• Projektkurs Public Management
• Lehrforschungsprojekt Public Management: Innovations in Public Services Design and Delivery