Online Meeting “USQE for Masters in Subject Area 0413 “Management and Administration”: Problems and Prospects”
General Information
As part of the “Guest Professor” series, an online meeting was held on April 29, 2024 on the topic “USQE for Masters in Subject Area 0413 “Management and Administration”: Problems and Prospects”. The speaker of the event was Taras Kitsak – PhD in Public Administration, Associate Professor, Deputy Director for Scientific and Pedagogical Work of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Administration, State Administration and Professional Development; Associate Professor of the Department of Public Administration and Public Service of the National University “Lviv Polytechnic”.
The active discussion of the guest, teachers and students of SUTE made it possible to determine the key points:
1. The Unified State Qualification Exam (hereinafter – USQE) in Subject Area 0413 “Management and Administration” at the second (Master’s) level of higher education is mandatory a component of the attestation of students of higher education majoring in “Public Administration”.
2. The purpose of USQE is to assess the readiness of a graduate of a higher education institution to independently solve complex tasks and problems in the field of public administration, in accordance with the requirements of the standard of learning outcomes achieved by a higher education graduate.
3. The USQE program contains a list of issues related to: policy formation and implementation; governance; policy analysis; spheres and directions of policy; principles and regularities of the functioning of the system of public administration; strategic management and change management; public finance management; communications in public administration; digital development and electronic democracy; basic concepts and essential features of public service; organizational and legal foundations of public service in Ukraine; management of the personnel process in public authorities; personnel management in the public service; team building and effective leadership.
4. The USQE conducted according to the following principles: academic integrity; objectivity; transparency and publicity; independence; intolerance to manifestations of corruption and bribery; integration into the international educational and scientific space; the unity of the method of evaluation of results.
This year the USQE will be held on October 31, 2024, rescheduled – on November 14, 2024.
An important stage of the meeting was the analysis of examples of test tasks and recommendations for successful preparation for the test.
The Department of Public Administration is sincerely grateful to Mr. Taras for the useful and meaningful communication and time spent, and wishes the applicants success in the preparation and preparation of the USQE.
Yuliia Holovnia
PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Public Administration
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