Universität Wien

040703 KU Advanced Quantitative Assessment of Public and Non-Profit Strategies II (MA) (2022S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Digital class via Zoom. The Zoom codes are available on Moodle and are sent by email on 28.02.2022

http://pnpm.univie.ac.at/minormajor-pnpm/

  • Thursday 03.03. 08:00 - 12:30 Digital
  • Thursday 17.03. 08:00 - 12:30 Digital
  • Thursday 31.03. 08:00 - 12:30 Digital
  • Thursday 07.04. 08:00 - 12:30 Digital
  • Thursday 28.04. 08:00 - 12:30 Digital
  • Thursday 09.06. 08:00 - 12:30 Digital
  • Thursday 09.06. 14:00 - 17:00 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The module deals with the evaluation of technologies in public and non-profit management (PNPM). Special attention is given to the economic evaluation of technologies as an instrument of strategic management. The following topics of technology assessment will be covered: Early identification and analysis, strategic planning, implementation, and strategic control activities. Quantitative methods used here include utility analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and cost-benefit analysis, which are often embedded in operations research models such as optimization and simulation models. Students are introduced to technology assessment in a selected sector of public and non-profit management, the health care sector. The students will apply the knowledge they have gained in group work (4 workshops) to a self-selected sample case from one of the six central sectors of public & non-profit management (education, environment, energy, health, disaster management, sports). In addition, a group homework from the above six central PNPM areas will analyze and present a current issue.

In order to establish the practical relevance of the course in PNPM, an excursion into practice/politics/science is carried out every semester (e.g. Main Association of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions, hospitals/nursing homes, Hospital Association, rescue and disaster control facilities, pharmaceutical companies, MTD Forum, Karl Landsteiner Society: various events, Health Policy Forum, planned: United Nations Vienna).

Furthermore, external practitioners and scientists are invited to give guest lectures (e.g. Dr. Claudia Wild from the Academy of Sciences/the Ludwig Bolzmann Institute, Prof. Dr. Sally Brailsford from the University of Southampton, Prof. Steffen Flessa from the University of Heidelberg, Prof. Ruth Davies from the University of Warwick, Prof. Dr. Liam O'Neill from Cornell University, Mag. Nina Pfeffer from the Main Association of Social Security Institutions, Prof. Zilla Sinuany-Stern from Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva (Israel), Prof. Margaret Brandeau from Stanford University, planned: Nuclear Defense Expert). In the summer semester of 2002, the course was awarded a prize for interdisciplinary, innovative teaching by the University of Vienna.

Assessment and permitted materials

Presentation slide sets:
Consideration of guidelines for literature research, slide sets, written papers (see: https:\\pnpm.univie.ac.at).
Submission of the workshop/thesis (presentation part - one-page printout with 1st slide per page in transparent cover & email with files pdf as well as doc & Moodle submission of files pdf as well as doc).
The elaboration will be included in the assessment.
Attention, all written elaborations are subject to plagiarism check (software etc.).

Oral presentation:
The presentation of a topic should last max. 30 minutes (short topics approx. 5 minutes).
The presentation is followed by a discussion (max. 15 minutes) with the auditorium.
Use of the overhead beamer (possibly also bring your own laptop).
The impression of the presentation is part of the assessment.

Attention, all possible outstanding performances in SS have to be done up to and including June 15.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Prerequisite for earning a passing course grade:
- Attendance & positive participation in the blocked exercise units (max. 15%).
- 2 workshop homeworks (max. 30%)
- 4 x Kahoot quizzes (max. 20%)
- Major homework: set of slides (max. 25%) and presentation (max. 10%)
- Two absences from block units are allowed, otherwise the course cannot be completed positively!
- Attention, all written assignments are subject to plagiarism check (software etc.).

Very good 90%-100%
Good 80%-89.75%
Satisfactory 66%-79.75%
Sufficient 50%-65.75%
Not Sufficient: less than 49.75% or absent more than twice or plagiarism on major homework assignment.

Examination topics

see literature

Homework Topics:

Education
Sanders, R., & Zhang, S. (2020). Effective resource utilization in Arkansas public schools. International Journal of Educational Management. 35(1), 131-141.

Energy
Watabe, A., Leaver, J., Shafiei, E., & Ishida, H. (2020). Life cycle emissions assessment of transition to low-carbon vehicles in Japan: combined effects of banning fossil-fueled vehicles and enhancing green hydrogen and electricity. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 22(9), 1775-1793.

Environment
Jarvis, T., Clough, J., Cox, J., Petersen, K., Sailsbery, M., Robertson, C., ... & Lund, D. (2021). Using Survey Data and Mathematical Modeling to Prioritize Water Interventions in Developing Countries. Water Resources Management, 35(2), 745-756.

Health
Correa-Galendi, J. S., Diz, M. D. P. E., Stock, S., & Müller, D. (2021). Economic modelling of screen-and-treat strategies for brazilian women at risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 19(1), 97-109.

Disaster
Tang, J., Li, W., Fang, J., Zhang, Z., Du, S., Wu, Y., & Wen, J. (2021). Scenario-based economic and societal risk assessment of storm flooding in Shanghai. International Journal of Climate Change Strate-gies and Management, 13(4-5), 529-545.

Sports
Edmunds, K., Reeves, P., Scuffham, P., Galvão, D. A., Newton, R. U., Jones, M., ... & Tuffaha, H. (2020). Cost-effectiveness analysis of supervised exercise training in men with prostate Cancer previ-ously treated with radiation therapy and androgen-deprivation therapy. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 18(5), 727-737.

Reading list

All essential material is provided on the e-Learning platform moodle.

• Levin, H. M., McEwan, P. J. (2000) Cost-effectiveness Analysis: Methods and Applications (Vol. 4). Sage.
• Atkinson, G., Braathen, N.A., Groom, B., Mourato, S. (2018) Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment: Further Developments and Policy Use, OECD Publishing.
• Hallegatte, S. (2014) Natural Disasters and Climate Change, An Economic Perspective, Springer.
• Hunink, M. M., Weinstein, M. C., Wittenberg, E., Drummond, M. F., Pliskin, J. S., Wong, J. B., Glasziou, P. P. (2014) Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and Values, Cambridge University Press.
• Gold, M.R. et al. (1996) Cost-effectiveness in Health and Medicine, Oxford University Press, New York/Oxford. (Bibliothek)
• Geisler, E., Heller, O. (1998) Management of Medical Technology, Theory, Practice and Cases, Kluwer.

Association in the course directory

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