Executive Master of Business Administration in Public Management

Overview

Executive Master of Business Administration in Public Management  at the University of Malta  combines those elements of the MBA which are considered of most direct relevance to public managers with study-units pertaining directly to public policy-making and public management.

It includes study-units on topics such as managing information systems, managerial accounting, human resource management and cost benefit analysis which are of direct relevance to public managers since public management practice in these areas draws, or would benefit from drawing, on private-sector best practices.

The MBA (Public Management) aims to prepare managers in the Public Service. It will complement the MA in Public Policy Leadership, which is also provided by the Department of Public Policy, and which represents good preparation for senior staff in the Public Service whose work is oriented towards policy development as opposed to general management.

Career opportunities

MBA (Public Management) students are expected to be mostly mid-career Public Service employees who have attained or who are aspiring to a senior management position, and who wish to equip themselves to better meet the demands of such positions or to gain a competitive edge in the selection process for such positions.

In the case of some employees, such a career move may also represent a switch from a specialised professional field (nursing, architecture, engineering etc.) to a managerial role in which the emphasis shifts from the application of specialised knowledge to the management of people and processes and the assumption of responsibility for organisational performance and the delivery of services.