Typical compulsory course units include: Governance in the 21st century; personal and professional practice; reforming public management: international trends and issues; politics, power and policy making; managing strategic resources in an international context: people and information; and financial analysis; optional courses in: partnership, intersectoral working and networks; new infrastructure development; users, consumers and citizens: public involvement in public services; creating public value: performance management and improvement; governance and ethics, capacity building; and democracy: theory and practice.