Conceptual and methodological foundations in selected areas of public administration research are also given attention. Emphasis is placed on structural design, redesign, and reorganization. Design and management of information systems to improve problem solving, management decision-making, and performance evaluation. Various levels of government design and structure receive emphasis, in part, from a comparative basis. Attention to environmental pressure, alternative leadership roles, organizational climate, and policy management.
Emphasis is on developing managerial decision-making skills.
Design and management of information systems to improve problem solving, management decision-making, and performance evaluation. Role of the individual in conflict and ways the manager can use conflict to advance the organization. This course explored the nature and scope of public administration as an academic discipline and as organizational activity. Discussions of the administrative environment and the problems of administrative action in a public setting. The course also helped students develop an understanding of public administration of both the theoretical and practical nature of the field.