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Introduction to the Master's Program in Public Management

The Master's program in Public Management, with a focus on Law and Public Management of Territorial Communities, is a first-level degree program created in 1984. It has undergone several title changes, always incorporating the notion of territorial communities. The program has regularly adapted to the requirements of professionalization and the needs of permanent modernization of public action, taking into account both the challenges and new tools, as well as the reflections carried by the doctrine on territorial issues and their evolution.

Presentation of the Formation

This Master's program is part of a logic of building skills over two years. Based on a first year that covers the theoretical, legal, and technical elements of public administration, the second year provides a dual competence in management and law. This transdisciplinarity responds to the needs of territorial communities and their groupings, as well as organisms, institutions, and enterprises in relation with them. These various institutions demand executives who know how to envision the exercise of competences conferred by the legislator to territorial communities in a global and prospective manner. In parallel with a dominant specialty, the executive must be able to apprehend the question to be resolved in its different aspects.

Public Targeted

• In initial training: Candidates having validated a diploma of License level, mainly in management, economics, or also in law, political sciences, or social sciences, or having a diploma equivalent to a License.
• In continuous training: Professionals of the public sector wishing to acquire or consolidate managerial, managerial, and legal skills, professionals in professional reconversion or job seekers.

Competences

In accordance with the objectives pursued by the training, 5 blocks of knowledge and skills are proposed:

• In Master 1:
  • Appropriating the environment of public and non-market organizations
  • Managing public policies in a context of societal transition
  • Managing in public, non-market, and collective interest organizations
  • Applying a scientific method in the framework of public and territorial management
  • Preparing/reflection on professional activity and societal commitment in a changing world
• In Master 2:
  • Appropriating the legal environment of territorial communities and territories
  • Deepening the legal culture of territorial communities and territories
  • Managing territorial communities and territories
  • Conceiving and/or piloting management solutions adapted to territorial communities and territories
  • Preparing for professional integration
  • Conducting a research project according to a scientific approach

Organization of the Training

• Master 1: The first year is common to several courses. It allows students to develop the skills indispensable to future public managers. In the second semester, an option system (by block) allows the student to design their professional project and orient themselves towards the "Law and Public Management of Territorial Communities" domain.
• Master 2: The second year of the Master provides a complementary and updated reading through courses borrowing from public management and public law, essential disciplines for a public manager wishing to apprehend a territory in all its facets.

Content of the Training

• Master 1 - semesters 1 and 2: Courses mutualized with the 8 courses of the Master in Public Management, including:
  • Appropriating the environment of public and non-market organizations
  • Managing public policies in a context of societal transition
  • Managing in public, non-market, and collective interest organizations
  • Applying a scientific method in the framework of public and territorial management
  • Preparing/reflection on professional activity and societal commitment in a changing world
• Master 2 - semesters 3 and 4: Including courses such as:
  • Appropriating the legal environment of territorial communities and territories
  • Deepening the legal culture of territorial communities and territories
  • Managing territorial communities and territories
  • Conceiving and/or piloting management solutions adapted to territorial communities and territories
  • Preparing for professional integration
  • Conducting a research project according to a scientific approach

Pursuit of Studies and Career Outcomes

• Pursuit of Studies: At the end of the 1st year of Master's, students can pursue in the 2nd year of Master's in Public Management, or in one of the 8 other courses of this Master proposed at IMPGT, or in the different mentions of Masters in law, economics, and management.
• Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in the public sector (administrations, territorial communities), the private sector (councils, law firms, study offices, mixed economy companies, associations, financial institutions, and real estate companies in relation with territorial communities), or as executives in various fields such as public administration, territorial management, or consulting.

Conditions of Admission

• Admission is subject to application.
• For Master 1: Candidates having validated a diploma of License level, mainly in management, economics, or also in law, or having a diploma equivalent to a License.
• For Master 2: Candidates having validated a first year of Master's in Public Management or Public Law, or coming from other university formations (law, economics, management, political sciences). Knowledge in management and management sciences, in public law, and a territorial culture can be an asset for admission in the second year of Master's.

Conclusion

The Master's program in Public Management, with a focus on Law and Public Management of Territorial Communities, offers a comprehensive education in public administration, law, and management, preparing students for careers in the public and private sectors. With its emphasis on transdisciplinarity and professionalization, this program equips future executives with the skills necessary to manage territorial communities and territories effectively.