Strategic Management Programme

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The programme is designed for senior civil servants at Assistant Secretary level who are nominated by their Departments. The programme recruits 12 students on a two-year cycle.

The next programme commences in September 2010. The first year of the programme consists of three taught modules relevant to the strategic management of public sector organisations; these are examined at the end of each module. In the second year students complete a group project based on analysis of carefully targeted public sector organisations overseas.

Each student also completes an individual project concerning a strategic issue within his or her department.

The Public Sector Programme includes eight modules over two years

Year 1:

Module I: Understanding Change in Public Sector Organisations
Module II: Shaping the Building Blocks of Organisational Change
Module III: Managing Reform and Modernisation in the Public Sector

(Modules I-III: 8 weeks per module, each beginning with a three-day introduction, followed by one day per week.)

Year 2:

Module IV-VIII: International Benchmarking Project
Personal Dissertation on Management of Change

(Modules IV-VII: Two-day meeting per month, plus individual and group project work, and international field research.)

Applicants will need to hold: * at least a 2.1 honors degree from an Irish university or equivalent result from a university in another country * a fluent command of the English languageEnglish language requirements: * IELTS: Grade 6.5 * TOEFL: 88 iBT, 230-computer based, 570 paper based * Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English: Grade C * Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English: Grade C English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 CAE score: (read more) Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) is part of the Cambridge English suite and is targeted at a high level (IETLS 6.5-8.0). It is an international English language exam set at the right level for academic and professional success. Developed by Cambridge English Language Assessment - part of the University of Cambridge - it helps you stand out from the crowd as a high achiever. 80 (Grade A) TOEFL paper-based test score : 570 TOEFL iBT® test: 88