Students evaluate and design systems and procedures that promote efficient and effective organizational and system outcomes, review current literature regarding theories and issues relevant to public sector human resources management, and analyze the practices of employer organizations. The course examines common budgeting practices in the first three weeks of the semester. The remainder of the course explores key issues in the management and planning of organizational and system physical and fiscal resources. The course employs the use of spreadsheet data analysis and entails the reading of current literature in the field. Recognizing the important role played by grants in funding public safety activities, students learn to identify public and private sources for grant funding.
Exercises assist students to assess grant announcements and prepare grant proposals.
Computer applications are employed to assist in the identification of funding sources and the preparation of proposals. Proposed course descriptions are subject to change and may differ from approved catalog description. An examination of the movement to create an integrated model of services delivery among all components of the justice system. Community oriented justice is an outgrowth of community-based policing and incorporates fundamental concepts of proactivity, community coalitions and decentralization into all areas of public safety. Students explore opportunities to improve the delivery of public safety services and reduce costly duplication of effort by marshaling existing community resources.