MPA 632E - Strategic Planning, Needs Assessment and Program Design

Institution:

California State University-Northridge

Subject:

Master of Public Administration

Description:

Examines the critical interconnection among strategic goals and objectives; community needs assessment, program design and evaluation to the organization’s mission. Students will gain knowledge of the strategic planning process through an experiential approach that creates the mission, identifies long-range goals, develops objectives and action plans. Provides students exposure to the full cycle of organizational activities to examine organizational effectiveness by exploring approaches to community needs assessment and building a program and evaluation process based on the needs assessment.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.csun.edu

Phone Number:

(818) 677-1200

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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