ISEM 561 - Public Administration

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: MGMT 511
Description: This course introduces the concepts of public administration with emphasis on key building blocks such as business processes, leadership, personnel management, budgeting, law enforcement and social welfare. The objective is to examine how public sector organizations work and how administrators can operate in such environments. The course covers the most important functions and processes of government agencies and non-profit organizations. The leadership strategies for increased public-sector effectiveness through the typical management processes of planning, organizing, monitoring, control and governance are discussed. The sources of public and non-profit revenue and expenditures are examined in the context of budget management. The topics of law enforcement management with public and non-profit managers are briefly reviewed with an emphasis on human resource accounting and personnel management. Public administrators are invited as guest speakers for local and global perspectives on these topics and to compare/contrast public agencies with their private sector counterparts.