PUB-ADM 5506      Management in Context
This course introduces students to the context of management in business, public, and nonprofit organizations with a specific emphasis on the political, regulatory, social, natural and global environment of management. Students who successfully complete this course gain an understanding of organizations and management that can be utilized in day-to-day work environments, apply theories and concepts to identify organizational issues, problems, and/or ethical considerations, and strengthen their ability to integrate and understand course content in a graduate program within the Bloch School of Management. Working individually and in groups, students will be asked to ex[lain in written and oral formats, and in general and specific terms, what an organization is, how it works, and how it relates to them, to other organizations, and the environment.
Credits: 1.5 hours
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PUB-ADM 5510      Research Methods In Public Administration
This introductory course focuses on quantitative empirical research design and statistical analyses in relation to public administration issues and concerns.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5523      Public Policy Context for Business Decisions
This course is designed to provide intensive exposure to the forces and personailities in Washington, D.C. that shape America's business policy. EMBA participants learn how to understand and anticipate the impact of public policy on their businesses and how to become more effective participants in the national decision-making process. Prerequisites:Admission to the Executive MBA program.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5525      Financial Accountability And Policy Development
Modern fiscal policy and its administrative implications to planning, budgeting, revenue administration, accounting and appraisal, and the process for assuring accountability in the development, timing, and execution of public programs. Prerequisite: PUB-ADM 5510 or equivalent.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5526      The Politics Of Administration
This course will introduce the subject of public administration from a political perspective. Special attention will be given to an examination of the administrative branch of government. More specifically, the course will focus on the demands directed to administrators from various sectors of the political system, ways in which administrators respond to those demands, and methods available for the analysis of public policies that help us assess the impacts that flow from administrators' actions.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5530      Capstone Seminar In Public Administration
This course examines theories of public organizational design, structure and change, including various issues in the administration of public organizations. Questions of professional ethics and management in the public interest are also considered. This is the final course in the MPA core curriculum. Prerequisites: PUB-ADM 5525, PUB-ADM 5526, PUB-ADM 5544, PUB-ADM 5548 (or equivalents), or concurrent enrollment. Note: Health-services students can substitute HLTH-ADM 5571 for PUB-ADM 5525, and HLTH-ADMN 5578 for PUB-ADM 5544.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5535      Urban Policy And Administration
An examination of the formulation and administration of policies by urban governments. The course examines (a) the historical and intergovernmental contexts for decision making by urban governments, (b) the governmental forms and political processes employed in making these decisions, and (c) the various urban problems and service delivery issues which require decisions in the contemporary city.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5536      Managing Urban Economic Development
This course explores what managers in the public, nonprofit and private sectors need to know about urban economic development. Topics include (a) theories of urban economic development, (b) varying forms of development (e.g., attraction of new industries, central business district development, neighborhood economic development), (c) policy managerial tools for stimulating development, and (d) issues of equity in economic development.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5538      Comparative Urban Administration
An analysis of urban administration and planning in different comparative political, economic, and cultural settings. Analytical techniques will be applied to case studies of selected urban administrative processes involving American and other cities.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5539      Urban And Regional Planning For Urban Administrators
This course is designed to provide students in urban administration with a comprehensive overview of the planning process. Course topics include a review of planning and the problems of effective planning implementation.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5544      Public Policy Evaluation and Analysis
Survey of the tools and procedures for evaluating and analyzing policies and programs in the public sector, including nonprofit and human services organizations. Consideration of such topics as definition of goals, developing measures of effectiveness, evaluation research designs, benefit-cost analysis, and the special problems of rational analysis in a political environment. Prerequisite: PUB-ADM 5510 or equivalent.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5548      Leadership For Public Service
The two core purposes of this course are for students to learn about effective and ethical leadership, and for students to understand and develop their own capacity for leadership. The course is organized around three general themes: 1) leadership as relations with subordinates, including issues of work motivation; 2) leadership as lateral relations, including organizational politics and conflict management and resolution; and 3) leadership as influence in the organization's environment.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5551      Strategic Management In Nonprofit Organizations
This is an advanced course in the nonprofit management emphasis. Following review of the legal and economic uniqueness of private, nonprofit organizations, the course helps students develop a strategic framework and apply the key concepts to the management of nonprofit enities. Recommended prerequisites: PUB-ADM 495 and PUB-ADM 5548 or equivalent.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5552      Community Organizations And Public Policy
This course includes examination of both neighborhood organizations and organizations intended to promote other communities of interest. In relation to neighborhood organizations, topics considered include the varieties of neighborhoods, the role of neighborhood organizations in local politics, the use of neighborhoods in administrative and political decentralization, and federal policy toward neighborhood issues. In relation to other community organizations, topics considered include the basis of such organizations, their roles in public affairs and their effects on policy processes.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5553      Legal Framework & Financial Management Of Nonprofit Organizations
Utilizing a comparative approach the course examines the legal basis and tax treatment of private, nonprofit organizations in the U.S. Related topics also considered include concepts of fund and cost accounting, budgeting processes, earned income strategies, employee compensation and benefits practices, laws and regulations affecting lobbying, competition with business and unrelated business income tax.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5555      Topics In Nonprofit Fundraising
In order to flexibly treat the variety of strategies and techniques of charitable fundraising, these courses will usually be offered in variable credit hour segments, covering traditional and emerging fundraising topics. Each semester, two two-credit-hour segments and two one credit-hour segments will be offered. The two credit hour courses - Organizing for Successful Fund Raising"" and ""Creating and Implementing the Annual Development Plan"" - cover the basics of fund raising. The one-credit hour courses allow students to explore several different issues related to fund raising such as direct marketing and planned giving. These courses are recommended for nonprofit management students.
Credits: 1,3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5556      Innovation In Nonprofit Management And Leadership
This course provides an opportunity for students in the nonprofit management specialization to examine ""breaking"" innovations in nonprofit management and leadership. Intra- and inter-sectoral collaborative strategies and total quality management are illustrative examples. Other topics will be considered as warranted. This course is recommended for students who have completed PUB-ADM 5525, PUB-ADM 5548 (or equivalents), and at least six hours of nonprofit management coursework.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5565      Topics In Urban Administration
To flexibly treat the variety of strategies, information, and techniques in urban administration and leadership, these courses will be offered in variable credit hour segments. Each semester, courses will be offered around traditional and emerging topics. An initial ""basics"" series will be offered on community development organizations, urban economic development and community development strategies.
Credits: 1,3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5570      Diversity In The Workplace
This course explores the many issues raised by the growing diversity of backgrounds (e.g., race, gender, culture) employees bring to the workplace. The course will examine diversity issues including demographics, relevant legislation, values questions, demands on management, and effects on service delivery to clients. To better illustrate the issues, some class sessions will feature guest lecturers representing a diversity of backgrounds and work settings.
Credits: 3 hours
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PUB-ADM 5581      Seminar In Urban Administration
Advanced work on special topics in urban administration. Topics will vary. Prerequisite: PUB-ADM 5535.
Credits: 3 hours
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