Significant attention will be directed toward an understanding of the constraints placed on environmental policy-making by conventional understandings of property rights, risk assessment, and economic analysis. This is a graduate seminar course and an elective course in the MPA program. The primary goal of this class is to give students a basic understanding of program evaluation and grant writing methods and management, and a set of skills to assist in practical program management, and project assessment. Special emphasis will be placed on obtaining funding from private foundations and federal government agencies. This is a graduate seminar and elective course in the MPA program.
Students develop an understanding of the dynamics of complex organizations.
The role of bureaucracy and the use of alternative organizational models are discussed. Various theories of organizations are presented and applied in a public sector setting. Human interaction, theories of leadership, and organizational communication patterns are explored. This is a graduate seminar and elective course in the MPA program. This is a capstone research course, which addresses the meaning and methods of program evaluation and the role evaluation plays in public policy and administration with emphasis on utilization.