Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
50606:Multi-level Governance Ⅳ (P) 2025 Fall Tue2 College　Of　Policy　Science KISHI MICHIO 2

Campus

OIC

Class Venue

AS358

Language

English

Course Outline and Method

　　This lecture primarily examines administrative and financial reforms in governments based on the concept of public management in Japan and foreign countries. Public management has been developed around the Anglo-Saxon countries such as New Zealand and the United Kingdom since the 1980s, and it has been greatly affected by the philosophy and approaches of, so-called the New Public Management (NPM). Various public sector reforms based on the NPM have also been implemented in Japan. Those include the introduction of performance measurement and evaluation system, contracting-out, PFI (Private Finance Initiative), designated manager system, and the application of accrual accounting.
　　In this class, the ideas of NPM, the cases of public sector reforms in foreign countries and Japan, and the current situation and issues of public management will be analyzed.

Student Attainment Objectives

You can explain the following things:
(1) concepts and theories
(2) methods
(3) cases
(4) problems
of public management.

Recommended Preparatory Course

Microeconomics and public economics are desirable, but not prerequisite.

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
1

What is public management?

public sector, private sector, market, public services, economics, management
【+R-Jugyo】For the details, refer to manaba +R
Face to face class

2

Fundamental concepts of public management

New Public Management, performance, discretion, principle of competition
Face to face class

3

Theories of NPM

Agency theory, Transaction cost theory
Face to face class

4

Specific methods in public management

Privatization, performance measurement, contracting-out, market testing, PFI(Private Finance Initiative)
Face to face class

5

Contracting-out, Market Testing

United Kingdom, Public Service Reform Law, compulsory competitive tendering, competitive tendering by public sector and private sector
Face to face class

6

Designated Manager System in Japan

Local Autonomy Act, public facilities
Face to face class

7

Specific meachanisms and structures of PFI

Value for Money (VFM), Public Sector Comparator (PSC), transfer of risks, tangible fixed assets, life-cycle costs
Face to face class

8

Backgrounds and history of PFI in the United Kingdom

Conservative Party, Labour Party
Face to face class

9

Issues of PFI

VFM assessment, PFI report by the U.K. House of Commons Treasury Committee
Live-streamed class

10

Public Contract Ordinance(Law) in Japan and issues of public contract ordinances

City of Noda, labour clauses, ILO Convention 94, living wage, London Living Wage, fairness among workers
Live-streamed class

11

Performance Measurement and Evaluation in Public Sector -fundamental concepts

Input, output, outcome, logic model
Live-streamed class

12

Issues of Performance Measurement in Public Sector

Causal relationships between outputs and outcomes, Target-setting
Live-streamed class

13

Use of performance information

Performance-based budgeting, Performance budget of the U.S. federal government
Live-streamed class

14

Public sector accounting reform

Fundamental concepts of private financial accounting and public sector accounting
Live-streamed class

  

Class Format

From the 1st class to the 8th class, classes are given on a face to face basis in the classroom.
From the 9th class to the 14th class, live-streamed classes are given by Zoom.

Recommendations for Private Study

Reviewing the contents in each lecture by yourself after the class is very important.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written) 0

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)		 0

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

Students will be evaluated on continuous assessment. The continuous assessment consists of attendance and two reports.
Grades will only be given to students who have attended at least 10 classes and submitted all required reports.

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Attendance and reviewing the contents of each lecture by yourself is very important.

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Public Management and Governance, Third Edition Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler Routledge 978-0-415-50186-6

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

Materials, reports, and websites regarding each topic will be shown on the manaba. The textbook can be used as a reference book. However, purchasing the textbook is not necessary.

Reference Books

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Web Pages for Reference

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Learning Management System （manaba+R）,Talk with Students

Other Comments

英語基準学生以外の受講条件：TOEFL530（PBT)またはTOEIC660以上
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