MPA 665: PUBLIC ORGANIZATION & MANAGEMENT

This course covers the major topics, issues, and contributions in public administration on organizations and management, with emphasis on applications to government and nonprofit organizations. Students will analyze concepts, methods, and procedures involved in organizing, planning, decision making, performance evaluation, managing personnel, and building organizational culture. This course will examine case studies where organizations at the federal, state, and local level as well as within the nonprofit sector have encountered and successfully overcome management problems and reforms.