Discussion of the effect of gender and ethnicity on life circumstances, values, and policy preferences. The course will draw primarily on South Texas for data and examples. Offered on sufficient demand. A course designed to develop an understanding about public sector organizations, their environments, and the political subsystems in which they exist. The course explores organization theory and administrative behavior to understand and diagnose organizational problems and dynamics in the public sector.
Emphasis is placed on organization-environment relationships.
Examination of analytical methods, research techniques, and models of inquiry in the social and administrative sciences. Assumes computer literacy and completion of an introductory statistics course, or equivalent, prior to student's entry in to the class. A case-oriented course for examining and understanding governmental action in given policy areas. Emphasis will be given to instruments for controlling organizations such as structure, resources-allocation, personnel systems and information systems. Offered on sufficient demand.