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20:831:501
Introduction 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.
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20:831:507
Leadership and Diversity (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.
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20:831:523
Human Resources Administration (3)
Human resources administration in public and nonprofit settings,
including human resource planning, staffing, development, and compensation.
Behavioral and environmental determinants are examined, including production
technology, market factors, service delivery, and government regulations.
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20:831:524
Strategic Planning (3)
Strategic planning and management in the public and nonprofit
sectors, including methods that facilitate achieving organizational goals in a
changing environment. Attention paid to forecasting, goal and objective
setting, strategy building, and resource mobilization.
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20:831:529
Performance Measurement and Reporting for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3)
The
processes of public and nonprofit performance measurement and management are
explored in depth. Theories of public and nonprofit performance are reviewed
with a clear focus on application in the management setting. Types of measures
are reviewed and their relationships are explored through program logic models.
Selection of key performance indicators and proximate measures is discussed.
Tools and methods of performance measurement, including benchmarking and trend
analysis, are introduced. Data collection, analysis, and reporting are
reviewed. Students learn how to align performance measurement with strategic
organizational goals and objectives in order to facilitate learning and
improved effectiveness.
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20:831:541
Economic Issues in Public Administration (3)
Explores economic aspects of current
public administration and policy issues and approaches to the public sector. The course employs various perspectives including economic analysis, case studies, and critiques to explain and understand issues and problems impacting
the public and nonprofit sectors.
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20:831:543
Public Financial Management (3)
Surveys all major activities that concern the allocation, investment, and control of public
funds. Activities include financial analysis, cash and pension fund investing,
accounting, auditing, and financial reporting. Touches upon questions of
budgeting and revenues in the context of fiscal policymaking.
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20:831:561
Applied Statistics (3)
Statistical tools and techniques used to
inform policy analysis and management decision making. Covers descriptive
statistics, graphing data, confidence intervals, significance testing,
correlation, cross-tabulation, and regression, including an introduction to
multiple regression. Encourages hands-on work with real data, use of
statistical software, and the effective presentation of statistical
information.
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20:831:563
Capstone (3)
Provides students with an opportunity to integrate learning from
various courses in analysis of real-world issues. Making use of the classroom
setting and encouraging teamwork, the capstone project consists of a project
design, action plan, and implementation. Students, under guidance of a faculty
member, carry out data collection and analysis, evaluate their findings, and
provide conclusions and recommendations. The outputs are a project report and
PowerPoint presentation before fellow students, faculty members, and invited
guests.
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