Master in Management
of Local Authorities

Executive Master
Language: italian
Mode: Synchronous

Designed and organized by the Ri.For.Ma group. – Research and Training for Management of the Department of Economic and Business Sciences of the University of Parma, the Master in Management of Local Authorities is an advanced training course during which you will acquire managerial skills and specific skills that will allow you to take on a managerial role , at intermediate or top level, within local authorities or in other organizations that operate in close relationship with local authorities.

Skills and objectives

The Master in Management of Local Authorities is divided into modules that aim to develop managerial skills in the main areas of local authorities: organizational planning, planning, control and budgeting, administrative law, transparency and anti-corruption, quality and communication.

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At the end of the Master in Management of Local Authorities you will be able to:

  • Manage structures and areas of intervention of the local authority
    knowing how to plan, manage and coordinate the development of financial, human, structural and technological resources;
  • Improve your managerial skills
    and more precisely: analyze the different organizational variables; interpret the key elements of the organization by identifying strengths, weaknesses and knowing how to change the balance to improve the organization; plan and manage change by acting on the structure, operating systems and coordination methods;
  • Evaluate the type, quantity, quality and costs
    of the services offered and knowing how to build and manage a staff evaluation system;
  • Draw a project
     in the various fields of action of the local authority, and guide it until the result is fully achieved;
  • Design management tools,
    such as criteria for quality assessment, cost analysis, organizational impact assessment;
  • Analyze policies
    and understand the phenomena of demand and supply of public services.

Who is it aimed at?

The Master in Management of Local Authorities is aimed at those who want to deepen and systematise the issues of organization and management of local authority services to offer the labor market a set of skills capable of coordinating services and managing complex activities oriented towards objectives defined by strategic directions.

How to apply

Anyone who meets the requirements indicated in the announcement at the time of submitting the application can apply for admission to the Master in Management of Local Authorities.bando.

Applications can be submitted from 25 June 2024 to 21 February 2025.

The selection interviews will be held on Friday 28 February 2025 starting from 9:00 am at the Department of Economic and Business Sciences – Via Kennedy, 6 – Parma.

Mode

The one-year Master in Management of Local Authorities will start in March 2025 and end in February 2026.

Classes will be held every Friday, from March 2025, to February 2026 (with a summer break from mid-July to mid-September).

The lessons will take place online.

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    Registration fee

    The total cost of the Master in Management of Local Authorities is 3,516.00 euros, which can be paid in 5 installments as follows:

    • 1st instalment
      €1,516.00 upon enrollment
    • 2nd instalment
      €500.00 by 06/30/2025
    • 3rd instalment
      €500.00 by 08/31/2025
    • 4th instalment
      €500.00 by 10/31/2025
    • 5th instalment
      €500.00 by 12/31/2025

    A reduction in fees is available if they are paid by external entities (both public and private) on behalf of their employees; specifically:

    1. If there are two participants from the same entity, both participants will receive a 15% reduction on the total fee.

    2. If there are three or more participants from the same entity, each participant will receive a 20% reduction on the total fee.

    The organizers are exploring the possibility of accrediting the Master’s program with the Ministry of Public Administration for the PA 110 e lode project, which would allow public employees to benefit from a discount on the registration fee. Additionally, complete scholarships may be made available by INPS for employees of Public Administrations. Unfortunately, no further detailed information is currently available.

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