Coincidencias y diferencias de la oferta y la demanda en la formación de directivos públicos: una mirada al caso chileno

The training of public managers is a challenge for the reform and modernization of public affairs. In Chile, until 2009, just under half of the 58 existing universities offered master's programs related to public administration, public management, public policy and other similar topics. This work shows a study that reviews the correspondence between the supply of master's programs in the mentioned areas with the demand of different proposals, from both, the Latin American Centre for Development Administration (CLAD) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), as well as the theory of governance. This document focuses in the analysis of the training programs of Chilean universities and its consistency with public institutionalism expressed by the High Public Management System (SADP) of Chile. The study concludes by recognizing a clear line between these two dimensions, which may be due to the high linkage of both the supply and demand with the model of New Public Management (NPM).