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Dissertation You will complete a 60-credit dissertation over the summer, and an appropriate dissertation supervisor will oversee your progress. Previous topics have included: Managing people in the public sector: recruitment and staff training Impact of privatisation in the NHS on quality of care Public procurement and corruption in Philippines Central and local government interaction in budgetary process in Kazakhstan Electoral systems/democracy in Hong Kong and Taiwan China's monitoring system to deal with corruption of civil servants Modules Course structure Core modules Leadership, Strategy and Performance in the Public Sector Managing People Policy Analysis: Concepts and Theories Public Management and Governance Public Sector Financial Management Research Methods and Research Management Dissertation in Public Administration (MPA only) Optional modules China Beyond the Headlines Dynamics of International Social Policy Economics and Policy Analysis Globalisation, Europeanisation and Public Policy Theoretical Frontiers in Criminology Welfare Policy