The Executive Master of Public Governance program in Copenhagen Carsten Greve Professor and Academic Director

Introduction to the Copenhagen MPG program Background Structure and content of the program Profile of the public managers taking the MPG modules Activities at the MPG program

Background: “The Quality Reform” in Government’s “Quality Reform” Tripartite negotiations 2007 resulted in agreement between central government, local government and public sector trade unions “Management reform” within the “Quality Reform” 75 million DKK (= 15 million USD) earmarked for new flexible master in public governance Approved in Parliament March 2008 as part of budget agreement = Biggest initiative for executive public management education in the history of the Danish public sector

Two consortia: CBS is part of the “Copenhagen program” Government decision to have different consortia bidding for the program Two consortia established 2009: “West consortium”: University of Aarhus and University of Southern Denmark “East consortium”: University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen Business School Aalborg University in the north of Denmark joined the East consortium Program began in August 2009 – fintake 125 public managers in first semester The name “The Executive Master of Public Governance” adopted for the Copenhagen program (“MPG “ for short”) = an innovative collaboration between government and universities Collaboration between Copenhagen Business School, University of Copenhagen – and Aalborg University

CBS portfolio MPG fitted in well with existing executive master program portfolio Focus on flexibility, not a cohort model. CBS has the administrative responsibility and the secretariat ( CBS has the post of the academic director (Carsten Greve). University of Copenhagen has the post of the vice-academic director. (Jacob Vase) CBS has other executive master programs, including the Master of Public Administration (MPA), and MBAs The MPA is the longest running executive master program in Denmark (1994) CBS is the biggest operator of executive programs in Denmark and Scandinavia

Funding Government funding of subsidies for tuition fees Currently 2000 DKK per ECTS point Average price per ECTS is 3400 DKK Subsidies are administered by the Danish Ministry of Finance Usually, the remaining amount is paid by the employer ECTS: European Transfer Credit and Accumulation System – EU measure of workload

Master of Public Governance key features Combining theory and practice Include personal development for public managers intro program Flexibility In a social science context

MPG has had a successful beginning Public managers from all sectors and levels of government (central, regional, local) are applying to get into the MPG program Public managers have been enthusiastic participants in the first two years Faculty drawn from departments at CBS and departments at the University o f Copenhagen plus external lecturers & international guestspeakers Evaluations have been good Vision: We aim to make good public managers better, and to help further develop the welfare society in Denmark

Number of applicants per semester * F = spring semester E = autumn semester

Where do the public managers come from?

The MPG program – an overview Introduction to management in the public sectorPersonal development module (2 semesters)Core modulesElective modulesMaster thesis capstone project

Core modules (students choose 4 out of 6) CoachingStrategic Human Resource ManagementCommunication and managementLeading reform and changePublic governanceStrategic management in a governance perspective

MPG elective modules - examples Trust-based management Organizational theory for public mangers Existens and management Innovation management Motivation of knowledge employees Evaluation and evidence based management The Danish public sector model and globalization Tracking public sector leadership after the financial crisis Methods in social science Stakeholder relations, lobbyism and public affairs Risk communication

Distribution of applicants *LFG +PUF = introductory modules OLM = core modulesvalgfag = electives

Distribution for government levels

Educational background

Distribution by sector

MPG student in the media

International perspective MPG has an active cooperation with the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin Students from Berlin has attended elective modules in Copenhagen (“Strategic Change Management”) Danish public managers have gone to Berlin for modules on f.ex. “Performance Management” and “Cutback Management” Cooperation with Warwick University (UK) International summer school arranged by the MPA program Internationale guest speakers, f.ex. Beryl Radin (USA ), Janet Newman (UK), and Erik-Hans Klijn (Netherlands), Brad Jackson (New Zealand)

Other activities Advisory board with top executives from local government, regions and central government Annual faculty seminar in November Intro event each semester with 100+ participants Information meetings each semester including briefing from current students

Applicant profile Education: Candidate 51%, Bachelor 30%, Diploma 7%, Defence and Police 2%, Ph.d. 3%, Other 8 % Distribution of sector: Health 19%, Child care 11%, Education 13%, Social 13%, Economics and law 8%, Culture 7%, Environment 6%, Defence/police 5%, Private 1%, Other 16% Distribution for government levels: Local government 47%, Regions 17%, Central government 32%, Private 2%, Other 1%

Contact information The Executive Master of Public Governance program – Copenhagen Business School – Dalgas Have 15, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark A cooperation between University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen Business School – and Aalborg University provides the program in Northern Jutland Website: Contact for academic director: