Examines public budgeting processes and budgetary decision making. Provides students with an overview of the social context of public administration with an emphasis on political issues, political history, and ethics. Course investigates major concepts that make up the legal environment of public administration. The accepted uses and procedures of the field, relationships among courts, agencies, the legislature, and basic legal research are examined. Explores knowledge of organization theory and administrative behavior to understand and diagnose organizational problems and dynamics in the public sector.
Emphasis is placed on organization-environment relationships.
The socialization process sensitizes students to the norms and expectations they will face as public managers by bringing them in touch with practitioners. This is critical for students lacking in administrative experience, a condition typical of most of the internship-option students. We make a concerted effort to promote cross-generational interaction. Often the contacts formed at these early stages provide important support through tough time in professional futures. Open only to pre-career students with internships, this intensive seminar is designed around issues interns confront in their working relationships.