Roles of personnel management, recruitment, placement, wage and salary management, training, retirement, and other personnel functions. The study which requires a scholarly paper, must contribute directly to the student s program. A specialized study may be substituted for a required course only once in a students program. PA 625 may substitute for a required core course only if taken for 3 semester hours. The process of preparing operation plans in the public sector.
Emphasis is placed on application of decision-making tools and evaluation of results.
Skills are developed in designing and conducting need assessments, outcome evaluations, surveys, program outcome evaluations and program impact evaluations. The legal environment in which the Public Administrator functions. The powers and procedures of administrative agencies including administrative discretion, rule-making, investigations, prosecuting, negotiating, and settling. Constitutional law, statutory law, common law, and agency-made law. Liability of governments and their officers.