PADM 533, Human Resources Administration 3 hrs. This course emphasizes the development of public personnel patronage and merit systems, their structure, staffing, effectiveness and current problems related to the staffing of public agencies. PADM 637, Organization Development 3 hrs. Building on behavioral and humanistic theories of organizations, OD is concerned with human relations in the work group. The strategy is to make the organization work more effectively through having individuals become aware of what motivates others and through reduced tensions in the workplace.
Public policy is examined as a process extending from policy formulation through implementation.
Attention is directed both to strategic planning and to the political environment within which such planning occurs. This course reviews alternative models seeking to describe and explain planning and public policy making, and explores the role of agency leadership in making critical decisions. PADM 673, Quantitative Public Policy Analysis 3 hrs. This course examines the principal quantitative methods employed in public policy analysis. PADM 674, Human Behavior in Public Organizations 3 hrs.