Public Administration

Department of Public Administration

The Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management at the University of Ghana Business School is a vibrant and innovative department at the forefront of offering distinctive graduate, undergraduate and diploma programmes that assure development of the next generation of managers, leaders and researchers. The department has two units, Public Administration and Health Services Management.

The department is a major player in the training of public managers. It offers quality academic, professional and community outreach programmes that not only dovetails with national/local governance and human development, but also reflects the general developmental priorities of the Ghanaian state as enshrined in the 1992 Constitution.

Through its academic programmes and research activities, the Department of Public Administration and Health Service Management has over the years been committed to the development of a new generation of competent, professional, effective and efficient managers critical to the transformation of the Ghanaian public, private, non-profit and non-governmental sectors. Members of faculty also conduct research, consultancy and provide support in the fields of public and development policy management.

The Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management offers programmes which prepare graduating students with the skills, knowledge and background to enable them function effectively as administrators and managers in private, non-government and non-profit organisations.