PAD 5146
The Nonprofit Profession
Graduate
3 Credits |
Overview of the field of nonprofit organizations from a management perspective. Human resource management (including working with volunteers and professionals), public relations, board relations, daily operations, financial matters, and ethics. |
PAD 5434
Leadership in Sustainability
Graduate
3 Credits |
Explores the essential components of front-line leadership in sustainability, including integrating sustainability into an organization, executing organizational strategy, and committing to it for a lifetime. Students are provided with tools to analyze various leadership styles in public service organizations. Topics include administrative and sustainable leadership roles within organizations and with policyholders. |
PAD 6335 Strategic Management for
Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Graduate
3 Credits |
Examination and exploration of planning, targets, goal setting, and strategic sustainable management in public sector organizations. Topics include strategic planning, strategic management, and strategies deployed in sustainable and resilient public service organizations. |
PAD 3003
Public Administration in American Society
Graduate
3 Credits |
Effective administration of government agencies, nonprofit organizations and other civil institutions is necessary if American democracy is to thrive. Addresses that challenge by examining the administration of governmental and nonprofit organizations using both traditional concepts (e.g. administrative theory, civil service systems, human relations movement) and more contemporary concepts (the new public administration, reinventing government). |
PAD 5855 Contract Planning and Formulation
Graduate
3 Credits |
Provides an overview of the role of acquisitions/procurement in government and the nonprofit sector, highlighting foundational concepts of Federal procurement as outlined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other sources, and purchasing systems at other levels of government. A survey of government contracting policies and procedures from acquisition planning through solicitation of government contracts; emphasizes the importance of the statement of work and development of the solicitation. |
PAD 6053 Public Administration: Theory and Practice
Graduate
3 Credits |
Examines public administration theory and practice. Considers the role of administrators in government and the nonprofit sector, in increasingly complex political, social and economic contexts, through a survey of foundational texts in public administration. Topics include the theoretical framework and trends in public administration. |
PAD 6417 Public Service Human Resource Management
Graduate
3 Credits |
An examination of the theories, practices and issues central to contemporary human resource management in public service and nonprofit organizations. This course focuses on leadership issues in public service HRM. |
