Strategic Administration and Quality of Living

Training of professionals for the “economic block” of federal, regional and local bodies, as well as for work in leadership positions in state-owned companies and development institutions.

Advantages:

• The program is aimed at training qualified professionals engaged in the processes of preparation, adoption, implementation, evaluation and expert support of strategic management decisions at the level of the Federation, federal units and municipalities
• Leading professionals from the relevant management field are involved as lecturers
• Use of active teaching methods (cases, business games), handouts for lectures, electronic textbooks, videos, presentations
• Convenient training schedule for working students
• Hands-on learning approach: five types of internships and the opportunity to prepare coursework and thesis using practical cases; it allows students to test the acquired knowledge on specific cases, learn to complete current and future management tasks, and make forecasts for organizational, industry and territorial development

CURRICULUM

Main courses:

• Economics of Public Sector
• Theory and Mechanisms of Modern Public Administration
• Information and Analytical Technologies in Public and Municipal Administration
• Information Resources in Strategic and Operational Management
• Concepts of Strategic Management
• Organization of Strategic Management for the Federal Units and Large Cities of the Russian Federation
• Standard and Quality of Life of the Population in the Processes of Strategizing
• Strategic Management of Projects in Public Administration
• Strategy for Ensuring Sustainable Economic and Social Development of a Region
• Management of Public and Municipal Bodies Performance
• Strategic Management
• Strategy for Modernization of Public and Municipal Administration System
• Strategic Development of Municipal Territories
• Strategic and Project Management in Public Administration

Learning outcomes

Competences in:

• Development, justification and adoption of strategic management decisions, including in crisis situations
• Effective management in social sphere and public sector economy
• Organization of strategic management in the federal units and large cities of the Russian Federation; strategic management of municipal territories
• Strategic planning of the activities and organization of a public body activity, development of its organizational structure and management strategy, adoption and implementation of management decisions
• Ensuring the implementation of control and supervisory activities in a public body
• Development of regulatory and legal support for the relevant area of ​​professional activity, conducting an expertise of regulatory legal acts, identifying sources of funding, implementing a socio-economic forecast of their application impact and monitoring law enforcement practices
• Carrying out expert-analytical and scientific research work in public administration and social management
• Defining the basic principles of changing public body activities in the field of the digital economy and information society and ensuring their implementation
• Strategic management of organizations and institutions
• Ensuring effective interdepartmental communication, interaction of public bodies and local governments with citizens, commercial organizations, civil society institutions, and the media
• Managing projects of various levels and scales at all stages of their life cycle
• Organizing team work, developing a team strategy to achieve the set goal; using HR technology, developing and implementing HR policies, conducting HR audits

Digital skills:

• Proficiency in English in a digital environment
• Interaction with subjects of socio-economic and professional relations in a digital environment
• Project management
• Performing professional duties using specialized software
• Conducting negotiations in a digital environment
• Communication skills
• Working with specialized databases

Research:

• Information resources in strategic and operational management
• Organization of strategic management in the federal units and large cities of the Russian Federation
• The standard and quality of life of the population in the strategizing processes
• Strategic project management in public administration
• Quality management of public and municipal services
• Strategy for ensuring sustainable economic and social development of a region
• Strategic development of municipal territories
• Strategic project management in the public and municipal sectors

Career opportunities:

• Public and municipal bodies
• Organizations authorized to implement functions and powers of public and municipal bodies
• Legislative bodies
• Analytical and expert agencies
• Public entities
• Scientific and educational organizations

Admission requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree