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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The study and practice of human resource management to build effective organizations. This course reviews the process of staffing an organization, motivating and managing employees from the initial steps of describing a position and determining compensation to recruiting qualified and diverse applicants, screening and selecting good employees, hiring, training, motivating, developing and providing feedback to employees; and layoffs and promotions. Contemporary issues concerning managerial flexibility and merit pay will be reviewed. Prereq: PUAD 7002 or PUAD 5002. Cross-listed with PUAD 5220.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the basic literature of intergovernmental management and examines the interactive role of managers at federal, state, regional, and local levels of government. Emphasis is placed on current intergovernmental issues. Cross-listed with PUAD 5250.
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3.00 Credits
Using a systems approach, diversity within organizations is examined through the construction and review of theories in private, public, and nonprofit organizations. Existing models of managing diversity are examined and analyzed. Cross-listed with PUAD 5260.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the process of change in organizations, communities, and society, and conflicts that arise. Through the use of relevant case studies and role playing exercises, students are provided a practical framework for looking at change and managing conflict associated with change. Cross-listed with PUAD 5271.
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3.00 Credits
Building on PUAD 5005, students learn how policy is developed and implemented in several levels of government - local, state, federal - and within organizations themselves. The course makes use of the case studies to explore the intricacies of developing and implementing policy and the political, economic, and institutional contexts that affect these two states of policy development. Students also consider the different criteria that can be used to judge the effectiveness of programs and policies. Prereq: PUAD 5005 or 7005. Cross-listed with PUAD 5310.
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3.00 Credits
Provides training in the systematic analysis of policy and program initiatives using an economics orientation and employing a case method. The course covers benefit-cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, present values, and the treatment of multiple criteria in public sector program analysis. Prereq: PUAD 7003/5003, 7004/5004 and 7005/5005. Cross-listed with PUAD 5320.
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3.00 Credits
Follows PUAD 5003/7003 and is focused on more advanced statistical techniques to be used in research. These techniques include the use of regression in time series analysis; binary response; nonlinear, logistic, and profit models; and factor and path analysis. Evaluating potential problems with model specification and the remedies are included. Students are required to test hypotheses using these models with a data set. Prereq: PUAD 7003 or 5003. Cross-listed with PUAD 5330.
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3.00 Credits
Describes the theory and methodology for the design of social research and demonstration projects and the application of analytic and statistical methods for evaluating public programs. Focus is on the application of evaluation methods and techniques of data interpretation. Report preparation is emphasized. Prereq: PUAD 7003 or PUAD 5003 and PUAD 7005 or PUAD 5005. Cross-listed with PUAD 5350.
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3.00 Credits
In this seminar, students demonstrate their mastery of the knowledge and skills acquired in core courses, through the conduct of a client-based project. Students in a concentration must undertake a project related to that concentration. Students also make a juried oral presentation of the professional paper which reports project findings. This is the cumulative opportunity for students to apply concepts, theories, and research skills gained in the program to professional practice. (Successful completion of this course is an M.P.A. degree program requirement.) Cross-listed with PUAD 5361.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the conventions and practices of the print and electronic media in the United States. The course enables students to better understand the place of the media in society, the way the media look at themselves and how journalists confront conflicting values in the performance of their roles. Cross-listed with PUAD 5370.
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