The degree course aims at providing the advanced level of knowledge and multidisciplinary methodological skills in the socio-political institutional, economic, legal, managerial disciplines which are adequate for the training of professionals with skills for high level planning, organization and business development of qualified public and private services, in particular in the fields of business administration and management, work organization and human resources, deviance, security, prevention, defence and social control, as well as trade union policies. The course therefore aims to train the senior management of both the Public Administration bodies, companies, and private SMEs as well as professionals and managers who act in the field and are able to relate to and to mediate with the public administration as well as with privates. Graduates will also be able to operate at a high level within the public and private administration according to the principles of legality and impartiality. They will be able to promote and implement activities and initiatives of public and private intervention through the proper functioning of administrations and improving the quality of services aimed at economic and social development of the territory at regional and local level, but also within a European and international perspective, according to criteria of effectiveness, efficiency, and economy. The knowledge gained will enable graduates of the course to interpret, plan, manage the processes of change taking place in public administrations and in the services and resources organizations.
To achieve these objectives, the course provides, through specific teachings, the acquisition of specialist skills in key areas of administration and also a critical comparative and practical analysis of issues related to the administration in the public and private sectors. The course provides contents such as computer science, political economy, emerging governance models, criminal law of public administration, general and economic sociology, labour law.
During the first year, students acquire the legal and business knowledge constituting the conceptual framework within which the other knowledge in the fields of criminological research, corporate sociology, and economics of compliance is built. This knowledge will be further strengthened during the second year, during which students can acquire the main tools for risk prevention and governance in public and private organizations, also from the point of view of occupational safety, privacy, and environmental issues. The second semester of the last year is dedicated exclusively to external training activities and internships at national or foreign companies, public and/or private bodies, public and private organizations, on the basis of University agreements with the interested bodies and professional organisations. From this point of view, it is worth mentioning the collaboration with local and national public bodies and organizations, companies, and businesses in the sector, both locally and nationally, also for the purpose of identifying specific training programmes. The educational programme, with the aim of enabling students to apply, refine and further develop the knowledge acquired, culminates in the elaboration and discussion of an original written thesis prepared under the guidance of a supervisor among the professors of the course, at the conclusion of a guided planning or research or case analysis path, which may possibly also refer to the activity carried out during the internships, demonstrating the ability to operate independently and a good level of communication. Graduates in Administration and Complex Organization Sciences must be able to use, in written and oral form, at least one of the reference languages of the European Union, also in relation to disciplinary lexicons (using manuals, texts, documents and materials in a foreign language). These language skills are an access requirement, and in particular it is necessary to have knowledge of the English language of at least B2 level.
