PAdm 710

PAdm 710: Public Sector Organizational Theory and Behavior

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:
None

Course Objectives:

• To develop an understanding of public management theories, behavior, processes and problems.
• To gain an understanding of administrative behavior and the impacts of the political environment on public administration.
• To develop analytic skills through experiential learning opportunities including case analyses, simulations, research assignments, short papers, oral presentations, debates, flowcharting, and the use of video media.
• To develop your analytic skills finding, assessing and utilizing materials in journal and Internet sources
• To develop your written and oral communications skills.

Course Description:

• Reviews the scope of the field of public administration, including a survey of key concepts and schools of thought underlying the field, and examines issues shaping the future development of the field.

Major Topics Covered:

• Overview and History of Public Administration in the United States
• Classical Administrative Theory and Organization Structure
• Neoclassical Organization Theory/Hawthorne Studies: Impacts and Critique
• Motivation Theories and Critique
• Groups, Group Processes, and Group Behavior
• Leadership
• Organizational Communication
• Power/Influence and Organizational Politics
• Values, Professionalism and Ethics, New Public Administration/New Public Management
• Analytic Use of Information: Work Processes and Flowcharting
• E-Government
• IT Management Issues
• In Defense of Bureaucracy