Key details
Mode of delivery: Classroom-based
Course code: PS11B
Duration: 1 day
Fee: £925.00 + VAT
CPD Hours: 6
Course Overview
This session examines the political environment in which public-sector strategy and finance operate. Participants consider conflicting priorities, Minister–civil service relationships, stakeholder engagement, political economy and fiscal transparency.
Agenda
Politics and the Public Sector
- Aligning political objectives and conflicting priorities
- Civil servants working with Ministers
- Engaging with stakeholders
- Political economy of public finance
- Fiscal transparency and accountability
Course Review
- Summary and recap of key learning objectives
- Action Planning
Target Audience
This course is suitable for:
- Senior and middle managers in government ministries, departments and public agencies.
- Public-sector strategy, policy and planning professionals.
- Finance, budgeting and public financial management professionals.
- Programme, transformation and service-delivery managers.
- Governance, risk, audit and performance-management professionals.
- Officials responsible for procurement, investment, partnerships or major public programmes.
- Professionals working with Ministers, elected representatives and public-sector stakeholders.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to implement a successful strategy that enables you to:
- Assess competing political and organisational priorities and identify practical ways to reconcile them with strategic and financial constraints.
- Evaluate how officials can provide evidence-based advice, maintain professional integrity and support effective Ministerial decision-making.
- Design stakeholder-engagement approaches that build legitimacy, surface competing interests and strengthen policy implementation.
- Analyse how incentives, institutions, negotiation and power relationships influence fiscal choices, resource allocation and reform.
- Apply principles of fiscal transparency and accountability to strengthen reporting credibility, scrutiny, institutional trust and responsible financial management.
Course dates
Feb 16, 2027
Jun 29, 2027
Oct 12, 2027
