The use of incentives and techniques of coordination and personnel management are reviewed. Methods of interpersonal communication and conflict management, and the concept and functions of leadership and crisis management are studied. The Politics of Presidential Power From Kennedy to Clinton See course description on page 5. A hands-on intensive training seminar in campaign skills. Classes are conducted in a highly interactive and participatory manner.
Students learn how to plan, manage, and execute the major elements of a modern campaign.
By completion of the course students learn to write a campaign plan, structure a fundraising effort, hire and work with consultants, plan a media campaign, research and target a district, build volunteer organizations, structure individual voter contact, use survey data, and write press releases. An overview of strategies that address issues of financial difficulty which have proven to be useful in turning around public agencies. The course will identify the various types of financial distress and explain the likely causes of each type. The course then critiques these by studying other approaches which understand the facts produced by policy analysis and the resources generated by politics to be intrinsically related. Public Affairs U6227 Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas in Public Policy Examination of the formulation and standards set by ethics within the government and public sectors.