26:834:601The Study of Public Organizations (3) Basic approaches that underlie a wide variety of explanations of structure and behavior in complex organizations, particularly public organizations. |
26:834:602Decision Making and Policy Analysis (3) Logic, form, use, and critical assessment of decision making and policy analysis in public administration. Development of a practical yet critical perspective on policy analysis and its role in public administrative decision making and behavior. |
26:834:603Public Administration in a Democratic Society (3) Seminar on issues surrounding the role of public sector institutions in modern societies, with special attention to the relationship between administrative and democratic institutions. |
26:834:604Performance Improvement in Public Administration (3) Assessment and improvement of organizational performance. Topics include the specification of goals and objectives; the identification of outputs and outcomes; and impact analysis, including unintended consequences of public programs. Emphasis placed on management improvement strategies. |
26:834:605Government Budgeting and Resource Acquisition (3) Literature on budgeting and budget, both operating and capital, in federal, state, and local governments. Particular attention to the individual and organizational factors that intertwine to influence budget making in a political environment. |
26:834:606Administrative Law (3) Administrative aspects of law making and interpretation, with particular attention to the relevant functions of public agencies. Emphasizes contemporary issues of the workplace, of products, and of environmental standards. Examines due-process rights within many contexts, rights and responsibilities toward anyone in a public or quasi-public role, and personal responsibilities as professionals. |
26:834:607,608Quantitative Methods I,II (3,3) Basic research skills, including research design, data collection procedures, and statistical methods. Logic and philosophy of social science research, with special attention to current methodological issues and controversies. |
26:834:609Qualitative Methods in Public Administration (3) Qualitative approaches to social science inquiry, including concepts of research epistemology, interpretive research design, and specific nonquantitative techniques, such as interviewing and case studies. Complements a structured format (assigned reading and class activities) with a field-based research project. |
26:834:610Logic of Inquiry in Public Administration (3) Introductory class in the Ph.D. programs methods sequence, designed to provide students with a critical appreciation and understanding of various approaches to the study of public administration and public affairs. Initial focus on foundations of social science inquiry, with special attention to influence of empirical, positivist, behavioral, and rational-choice approaches; application of each approach in quantitative and qualitative research designs. |
26:834:611Administrative Politics (3) Bureaucratic power as a function of expertise, information, and coalition building. The importance of administrative discretion, political sensitivity, and skill. Political relationships among individuals, work groups, agencies, and other entities. American political institutions and processes. |
26:834:612Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation (3) The assessment of organizational performance, with particular attention to concepts of efficiency, effectiveness, outputs, and outcomes. Evaluation design, data collection procedures, data analyses. |
26:834:613Citizen Participation and Productive Management (3) Analyzes various approaches to the relationship between citizen participation and productive public management. It explores factors influencing citizen involvement. It examines potential benefits and dysfunctions of an active citizenry. An important focus is on the role of public administrators in creating structures and networks to encourage citizens to work with officials in policy development and implementation. |
26:834:698Independent Study in Public Administration (3) Independent research on a topic related to public administration under the guidance of an adviser. |
26:834:701Dissertation Research in Public Administration (3) Develop and complete a Ph.D. dissertation in public administration. |
