Name of the course: Efficient Public Management and Leadership
Credits’ number: 3
Type (ea. / szem. / gyak. / konz.) and numbers of lectures: 30 lecture (26 ea, 4 gy)
Method of assessment: (koll. / gyj. / egyéb): koll.
Place of the course in the curriculum (which semester): Semester 1
Prerequisites (if any): Description of the course: the brief but informative description of the knowledge that the students
should get familiar with and the competencies to be developed:
These case-based sessions focus on selected concepts and methods of managing an organization. The
overall objective is to identify, apply, and evaluate techniques for structuring and resolving
managerial problems in public (and private) organizations. The main educational tool used in the
course is the analysis and class discussion of case studies complemented by readings and short
lectures. Readings are meant to provide theory and frameworks to assist in case analysis. Case
questions to assist with case analysis will be provided later.
Topics
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Motivation and Incentives
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Organizational structure
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What does an ideal organization structure look like, in your opinion?
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Why do we need managers?
Performance evaluation
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Incentive systems
360 degree feedback for performance evaluations
Leadership
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Contrasting Patton and Gandhi
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The four Ms of mission statements
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Groups and Teams
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Dysfunctions of a team
The list of 3-5 most important required and recommended pieces of literature with bibliographical
data (author, title, data of publishing, pages, ISBN)
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Womack J., and Jones, D., 1996, Lean Thinking, Simon and Schuster, New York, NY
Case: SAS Institute (A) (HBS HR6)
Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (HBS 9-498-054)
“What Exactly is Charisma?” by Patricia Sellers, “Fortune Magazine”, January 15, 1996.
Howard Schultz: Building Starbucks Community (A) (HBS 406127)
Howard Schultz: Building Starbucks Community (B) (HBS 407127)
Medisys Corp.: The IntensCare Product Development Team (HBS 4059)
“Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail” by John Kotter (HBS 95204)
Responsible lecturer of the course (name, title, academic degree):
Gyula VASTAG, Professor, DSc
Lecturer(s) involved in teaching the subject, if any (name, title, academic degree):