26:790:512Ethical Issues in Public Policy and Administration (3) Consideration of selected ethical problems and dilemmas facing policy makers and public administrators. These issues include conflict of interest, confidentiality, deception, official disobedience, whistle-blowing, and record keeping, as well as questions of distributive justice in health care and employment opportunities. Special attention given to conflicts between expedience and principle in policy making and policy implementation. Readings in political theory and political ethics, as well as cases and commentary. |
26:834:501Introduction to Public Administration (3) Concepts and methods for analyzing significant factors and relationships in governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations as they function in their environments. Students identify and diagnose the principal types of problems encountered at levels of high administrative responsibility in government and the nonprofit sector. |
26:834:503,504Topics in Public Administration (3,3) Examination of selected issues and problems in public sector administration and management. The specific area within which issues are presented varies, but it may include health, public policy, human resources, and specialized topics. Students should check with the department to determine the precise curriculum to be offered in a given term. |
26:834:505Intergovernmental Management (3) Management issues associated with administrative relationships among the levels of government in the United States, including fiscal and regulatory relations. |
26:834:507Leadership (3) Leadership versus management; leadership qualities and characteristics; leadership skills, such as conflict management and team building; leadership tasks, including vision, agenda setting, and mobilizing resources; leadership in organizational and political settings; role of followership; and impact of diversity upon leaders and leadership. |
26:834:508Public Accountability (3) Examines role of accountability in public and nonprofit agencies, with special attention to legal, professional, bureaucratic, and political accountability systems. Stress placed on managerial, behavioral, and ethical issues of various accountability mechanisms. |
26:834:575Grant Writing and Grants Management (3) Grant writing and management for public and nonprofit agencies: proposal writing, promotional and support materials, budget development, fund-raising sources, grants-management system. |
26:834:576Resource Development for Nonprofit Organizations (Fund-Raising) (3) Emphasizes best practices and provides practical experience in the methods that nonprofits use to ensure that their objectives are financed by means other than grants. The study of fund-raising encompasses strategic planning for annual giving, major gifts, and planned giving. Attention given to specific fund-raising techniques: stewardship training, case statements, direct mail, telephone solicitation, special events, lapsed donors, taxation and bequests, and capital campaigns. |
26:834:703Internship in Public Administration (3) Participation in activities of an agency or institution under supervision of a faculty member and supervisor in the agency. Requires reports and analyses of activities. |
