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Introduction to concepts, issues, problems, theories, and processes in the field of public administration and/or public management.

Analyzes organizational dynamics and management in all organizations, emphasizing the public sector. Highlights organizational processes and behavior, focusing on change management strategies. Students apply knowledge of organizational theories to actual case studies to enhance critical thinking skills.

This course focuses on the use of statistics to conduct quantitative research in political science and public administration. The course emphasizes hands-on data work. Students will learn how to perform political analyses – and present findings in an appropriate manner – using SPSS statistical software.

Role of the budget in shaping public policy from managing public revenues, budgetary theory, politics, and fiscal management. Examples from state, municipal, and federal governments.

Examines government-business-society relations with emphasis on the social, economic, political, technological, ethical, and ecological environment.

Personal, professional, organizational, and societal levels of ethical analysis. Ethical theories will be reviewed and applied to actual cases that focus on public policy and/or the officials who create and implement it. Profiles of moral exemplars in public life will be examined.

Topics include human resource management in public service: Job analysis and design, evaluation and appraisal, recruitment and interviewing, training and development, wages and benefits, and health and safety. Unionization, regulation of wages, hours, and working conditions, financial security for workers, manpower planning, and job anti-discrimination legislation are considered.

Examination of public policy issue areas including education, health, welfare, and urban mass transit. Limits to effectiveness of federal, state, and local governments in providing services. Techniques for analyzing the effectiveness of public policies; research techniques for the assessment of future policy alternatives.

A seminar in public policy, administration, and law; designed to give the student a greater degree of insight and knowledge of a particular subject and to develop ability in the techniques of individual research, group discussion, and analysis.

This seminar explores the transition from electronic government (e-gov) to digital (d-governance), emphasizing political participation, citizen-centric public administration, and the proliferation of global information technologies and social media.

Definitions and measures of productivity. Evaluation of government programs, and methods of productivity improvement.

A seminar in political theory and methods; designed to give the student a greater degree of insight and knowledge of a particular subject and to develop ability in the techniques of individual research, group discussion, and analysis.