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1.50 - 3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Provides students with the requisite understanding to exercise leverage in both the award and administration phases of the acquisition cycle. How to influence outcomes that further programmatic goals in support of public policy objectives. Basic rules, regulations, laws, and directives and ethical considerations are covered with respect to both competitive and sole source acquisitions. Usually offered every term. Note: 3-credit offering requires more in-depth study and provides for more class contact time. Prerequisite: admission to Executive MPA program.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Economic and fiscal analysis as applied to capital projects. Assessing economic and social benefits of projects with multi-year costs and benefits, structuring project financing, capital market considerations, cost-benefit analysis, financial and fiscal impact analysis, project planning and siting, and analysis of actual projects. Offered irregularly. Prerequisite: PUAD-630 and PUAD-633.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate How to analyze the financial health of state and local governments and other public organizations and develop remedies for financial problems. Financial condition is related to expenditure, revenue, and borrowing decisions; the economic base and needs of the community; capital markets; public employees; and the overall economic system. Offered irregularly. Note: a course in financial management is recommended.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate An introduction to macroeconomic theory and applications as a basis for understanding the financial environment of public management. Basic models for short- and long-run forecasting of revenue and expenditures. The business cycle and political theories for explaining fiscal patterns at the federal, state, and local levels. Credit markets, interest rates, and debt management. Offered irregularly. Prerequisite: PUAD-630 or equivalent.
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1.50 Credits
Course Level: Graduate How executives exercise discretion in the application of human resource policy to enhance organizational effectiveness. Subjects covered include labor/management relations, merit-based staffing, performance management, employee selection, EEO, employee relations, and other workplace issues. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite: admission to Executive MPA program.
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1.50 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Explores ethical philosophy and its implications for executive action and decision making. Includes conceptions of the public trust, conflicting interests, ends and means, deception, personal integrity, work place civility, and the need for government to keep its promises. Using case studies, students examine the ethical implications of alternative courses of action. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite: admission to Executive MPA program.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate This course deals with significant theories of leadership and human motivation that have shaped current applications in human resources. Emphasis is on those aspects of humanistic psychology most applicable to individual and group behavior in management. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: admission to the M.S. in Organization Development program.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate An introduction to quantitative methods of analysis and problem solving. Students learn about different applications to training and organization development such as assessing training needs, evaluation designs, and survey techniques. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: admission to the M.S. in Organization Development program.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate This course focuses on the structure and dynamics of organizations as complex systems. It emphasizes the interaction of social, technological, and environmental factors such as economics, politics, and market dynamics with an organization's operational functions. Includes organizations as dynamic open systems, organizational design and structure, contingency theories of organization, conflict and coordination in organizations, and the relationship of the individual and the organization. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: admission to the M.S. in Organization Development program.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate This course looks at a number of theories of change, including resistance to change. The course provides opportunities to understand and to experience large system interventions, which help to facilitate transformative change. Students work with the latest technologies to help bring about change in organizations and communities. Usually offered every spring and summer. Prerequisite: admission to the M.S. in Organization Development program.
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