The 2nd cycle degree course in Science of complex administrations and organisations aims at providing students with advanced knowledge and adequate multidisciplinary methodological competences in institutional political-social, economic, juridical and managerial subjects, training them to be professionals with high planning, organisational abilities and capable of developing qualified activities in public and private services, and namely in the field of business administration and management, work and human resources organisation, deviance, safety, prevention, defence and social control, as well as of trade union polices, equal opportunities and consumers protection. The course aims at training not only executives and senior managers of public administration as well as of private agencies, companies and SMEs, but also professionals and manager capable of relating and mediating both with the public administration and with privates. Graduates of this course will also be able to operate at high levels, in accordance with legality and ethicality principles, both in public and private administration. They should be able to promote and implement activities and initiatives of public and private intervention through the good operation of administrations and the improvement of services quality, for the economic and social development of the area, not only at local and regional level, but also in an European and international perspective, in accordance with the principles of efficiency, effectiveness and economy. The acquired competences will enable graduates to interpret, plan and manage current change processes in public administrations as well as in service and resource organisations.
To achieve these objectives, the course entails specific teachings aiming at the acquisition of specialist competences in important areas of administration and at a critical, comparative and practical in-depth study of issues related to public and private administration.
In particular, the course provides for contents such as statistical data analysis, political economics (microeconomics for business), European administrative law, current governance models, public administration criminal law, general and economic sociology, labour law. Their positioning in a comparative perspective and the use of the most recent international literature characterise and unify the formulation of various teachings. Graduates of this course should also be able to use, in written and spoken form, at least one European Union language, with respect also to subject-related vocabularies (not only through specific language training, but also through the use of books, texts, documents and teaching materials in foreign language). To improve practical learning and to facilitate the entrance in the labour market, the course provides for specific external educational activities in public and private, national and foreign organisations, through specific agreements with public bodies and with the relevant professional organisations. It is worth pointing out the cooperation with local public authorities and with the organisations, companies and business of this sector, aiming also at the definition of specific training and educational programmes. The educational programme ends with the preparation and discussion of an original dissertation, written under the guidance of a supervising Professor belonging to the Faculty, at the end of a guided project, or research or case study, demonstrating the command of subjects, the knowledge of at least a foreign language, the capability of autonomous work and good communication skills
