T U traditional public management techniques, and applied theories to assess change in Georgia laws. It also ddresses public management leadership, decision-making, analytical models, budgeting, and selected public issues. An analysis of the governmental function in urban areas.
Emphasis is placed on the management role in a political context.
A study of federal, state, and local governmental inter-actions, with an emphasis on the implications of these interactions for public management. An examination of governors and other state and local officials, including both elected and appointed executives. The interactions of these officials with the leg is la tive and executive branches of government will be studied. The political na ture of these interactions will receive emphasis, including the governor s partisan deal ings with the state legislature. An examination of the key current issues in public administration.