| CODE | PPL1011 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Policy for Business | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Public Policy | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit is an overall introduction to public policy, politics and governing institutions and their importance to businesses, the economy, society and the environment. It examines the fundamental issues with which policy-makers grapple and the philosophical ideas that have emerged in response to these issues; it also reviews attempts to build ‘the good society’ by making policies on issues such as welfare, the economy and the environment. This study-unit concludes by examining the institutions and processes through which policies are made and implemented. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to: - Provide a grounding in the issues, ideas, institutions and processes through which public affairs are managed, and to demonstrate the effect of these upon commerce, enterprise, the economy, markets and financial institutions; this is essential to Business students as public policy shapes the context in which economic activity and social relationships operate; - Provide a strong foundation in the core interests and methodologies of the inter-disciplinary field of public policy. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify what constitutes ‘public affairs’ and ‘public policy’; - Distinguish the origin, meaning and inter-relationship of core terms in political science such as constitutionalism, the state, governance and the rule of law and institutions; - Explain the roles and functions of key public institutions and how they interact with business enterprise - Apply the theory of the policy cycle to news items on specific issues or policy initiatives - Comment critically on short case studies dealing with business-oriented policies. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Review public policy concepts and statistics and how they assist businesses and society - Critically analyse and appraise public policies and their effects on businesses and society - Assess a key note speech or debate and comment intelligently about the position taken by the speaker/s. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: The following three standard, popular textbooks have been selected for the study-unit. They will be supplemented as necessary and appropriate by journal articles, newspaper articles and news bulletins, film clips and case studies, which will be utilised principally in tutorials. - BIRKLAND, Thomas A. 2011. An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts and Models of Public Policy Making. New York: M E Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-2532-8 (This textbook will be used mostly in the third term.) - COCHRAN Charles L & Eloise F MALONE. 2010. Public Policy: Perspectives and Choices. London: Lynne Rienner. ISBN 978-1-58826-674-3. (This textbook will be used mostly in the second and third terms.) - HAGUE, Rod & Martin HARROP. 2010 (Eighth Edition). Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-69335-3 (This textbook will be used mostly in the first and second terms.) |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Co-requisite Study-unit: EMA1001 | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Tutorial and Visit | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Kurt Borg Mario Thomas Vassallo (Co-ord.) |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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