PADM_3345 Personnel Administration (3 Credits)
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Personnel Administration is examined for public, not-for-profit, and private sector organizations. The functions and operations of personnel systems are studied through the use of case studies, lectures, and contemporary events. |
PADM_3346 Leadership in Critical Times
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
A study of the strategies and techniques of effective leadership employed in political, military, and corporate environments during times of crisis and stress; examples will include responses to major situations like terror attacks and international military activity, to more localized ones like civic emergencies and corporate reaction to general economic uncertainty and change. |
PADM_3400 Administrative Law
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Administrative law examines the laws and legal principles governing the administration and regulation of government agencies. Focus is upon the administrative rules, regulations and procedures of government agencies and bodies, and the scope of agency authority. Emphasis is upon how administrative agencies implement legislative policy through rulemaking and enforcement as well as judicial review of administative agency action; legislative and executive control of administrative action; and the forms and organization of administrative agencies. |
PADM_3410 Leadshp/Change/Lifestyle Mod
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course will provide the students the opportunity to explore areas that will assist the individual with balancing the workforce demands with beneficial lifestyle choices. Topics will include; leadership qualities, personal and global sustainability habits, community responsibilities, personal and professional goal setting, nutrition and exercise, self care, and stress management techniques. |
PADM_3850 Globl Culture for Public Servc
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The course delineates the aspects of global culture, including linguistics which are relevant to and assist in, the dimensions and responsibilities of the areas of public service. Emphasis is placed also on the effects of globalization on public service and its various components |
PADM_4400 Sem on Leadership Development
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
In this seminar, participants will study leadership theories and their application in the public sector setting with a view toward developing their individual leadership skills. |
PADM_4412 Building Personal Leadership
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course explores situational leadership from a theoretical and practical view. Students apply the situational leadership model to instances with which the students are familiar to improve their skills for diagnosing readiness of the followers. Case studies, group projects, and role playing will be used in the course. |
PADM_4563 Violence & Culture
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
A thought-provoking look at the complexity and contradiction involved in violence within society through examination of global societies. The course will examine the contrasts between violent and non-violent societies around the globe. |
PADM_4580 Public-Private Partnerships
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Environmental changes involve more than technology changes, regulations, and awareness campaigns. Effective change of a large magnitude requires individuals with aligned goals to work in concert to make change happen. This course will explore the skills needed to develop effective partnerships as well as how processes can be developed through a partnership when organizations have similar goals. |
PADM_4597 Global Iss Not-for-Profit Adm
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Changing demographics, globalization, technology, and economics are a few of the areas that are impacting not-for-profits as they attempt to provide services. Changes in how the public and private sectors provide services impact the not-for-profit sector. This course is designed to explore the issues that are impacting the not-for-profit sector and how the sector is addressing them. |
PADM_4598 Pub Policy Not-for-Profit Org
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Not-for-profit organizations provide essential services to a large part of the population. The role of the not-for-profit sector is influenced by public policy as government moves to either provide less direct services or at times, more services. This course will explore the relationship between public policy and the not-for-profit organizations. |
PADM_6749 Managing Social Media
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Presents the critical tasks of social media management and marketin through social media to distribute information, correct misinformation, manage online responses, and influence public perception1 |
PADM_6606 Analytic Meth/Mgrl Dec Making
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The course provides an overview of the decision making tools employed in program management and evaluation. The course begins with an overview of the principles of research design focusing on the basic methods of problem diagnosis and measurement (interviews, surveys, focus groups, archival analysis). The second part of the course emphasizes the principles and tools of program evaluation. The course develops the analytical and critical thinking skills of students to solve common management problems. |
PADM_6604 Human Resources Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course presents students with an overview of the tools and techniques of human resources management and the major personnel policy issues. The course emphasizes the application of specific knowledge, skills and abilities to solve management problems. Topics covered include recruitment, examination, job classifica- tion, salary and wage administration, performance management, employee development, supervision, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. |
PADM_6603 Public Policy Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The goal of this course is to introduce managers to the public policy-making process. This introduction exposes students to the economic and moral justification for public policies and teaches the policy analytic tools that support informed policy. The course addresses policy-making at all levels of government with an emphasis on skills that can be used by managers on a daily basis. |
PADM_6602 Budgeting and Finance
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course presents an overview of the major principles and concepts associated with public expenditure budgeting and the resource allocation decision making process. The first part of the course focuses on the centrality of the budget process and examines the logic and process of budgeting, fund accounting and financial statement analysis. The second part of the course focuses on revenue structures and examines basic principles of taxation and the nature and diversity of public sector revenues. |
PADM_6600 Public & Nonprofit Mgmt
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The course provides an overview of the macro and micro forces that are influencing public and non-profit management. These factors include fiscal and resource scarcity, rapid technologi- cal change and obsolencence, organizational downsizing/restruct- uring, information management technology, and shifting employee demographics. The course will focus on the methods and strategies for efficiently and effectively managing public organizations in the face of the endemic internal and external problems and challenges. |
PADM_4640 Strategic Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Formulas and strategies to allow institutions, in both the corporate and public sectors, to adapt to inevitable changes in social, economic, and technological landscapes. Specific techniques include forecasting the evaluation of trends and goal setting, with the object of making the institution more viable and productive in ever-changing environments. |
PADM_7720 Survey: Jewish Non-Profit Envir
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The synagogue remains a central institution of the Jewish commu- nity; nearly all of the community comes in contact with it at some point. The course will provide familiarity with how the syna gogue and other Jewish non-profit groups function, both formally and informally, as factors in the Jewish work at large. Students will study how life cycle events, content, meaning and method of classical Judaism are applied in a modern administrative context. Differences between institutions in various sectors of the com- munity and a survey of othr Jewish organizations and administra- tive elements will also be presented. |
PADM_7713 Org Performance Assessment
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course, directed to public and nonprofit organizations, assesses organizational effectiveness, examining it in terms of different levels of the organization, from the individual, to the programmatic, to the institutional. The focus is on the identification of criteria assessing organizational effectiveness and on techniques available to measure effectiveness in terms of operational efficiency, outcome effectiveness and consumer/client satisfaction. |
PADM_7712 Managing Organizational Change
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course provides a conceptual framework for analyzing the dynamics and process of planned organizational change in public and nonprofit organizations. The focus is on effective techniques for diagnosing organization problems, identifying intervention strategies and implementing planned change efforts. Each student is given an opportunity to prepare an action plan to implement a significant change in his or her organization. |
PADM_7747 Public Sector Communications
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Study of effective communication practices, with focus on communication within public sector organizations and between organizations and their external environments; small group and inter-personal communications; and individual professional presentations. Includes problem solving, decision making, media relations, crisis management and conflict resolution exercises and case problems. |
PADM_7812 Ethics/Public Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The course presents and analyzes the foundational and essential aspect of ethics & ethical principles in the realm of public administration. Applicable ethical concepts are identified and related to the various components of the public sector, with their significance and implication being related especially to contemporary institutions. |
PADM_7811 Grant Writing & Evaluation
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The major objective of this course is to prepare students who are planning careers in public or non-profit organizations to attain grants for their organizations' projects. For success in this area, students will lean planning attractive proposals, attaining research funding, actual proposal writing, and management of the final grant. The course combines theory and practice, with emphasis on the practical. |
PADM_7824 Environment & Public Admin
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This is an introduction on how public administrators handle environmental concerns and the effects of global warming on local, state, and federal levels. The class structure will include: 1) What are environmental problems and concerns 2) Differences on a local, state and federal level 3) How environmental issues can influence local, state and national politics. |
PADM_6600 Public & Nonprofit Mgmt
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The course provides an overview of the macro and micro forces that are influencing public and non-profit management. These factors include fiscal and resource scarcity, rapid technologi- cal change and obsolencence, organizational downsizing/restruct- uring, information management technology, and shifting employee demographics. The course will focus on the methods and strategies for efficiently and effectively managing public organizations in the face of the endemic internal and external problems and challenges. |
PADM_6601 Organization Theory
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
An analysis of the role of organizational theory, discussion of the major orientations in explaining organizational and administrative activities and their impact upon those who work within or are affected by organizational action. Fall, Spring |
MADS_6600 Theory & Practice Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Introduction to issues of administration of public, private and not-for-profit organizations. Cases are used to analyze the relation of theory to practice and to illustrate the direct practical relevance of theoretical models to administrative action. This course is waived for graduates of the New Jersey Certified Public Manager (CPM) program. |
MADS_6602 Personnel Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course provides an overview of personnel administration focusing on a unified human resources management program, including the integration of human resources planning, job analysis, employee selection, training, performance evaluation, and compensation administration. This course is waived for graduates of the New Jersey Public Manager (CPM) Program. |
MADS_6603 Law & Administrative Practice
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Exploration and analysis of the function of law in a democratic society. Emphasis is placed on understanding the law as a legal and moral force guiding and constraining public decision making and action. |
MADS_6604 Ethics & Public Values
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course focuses on the ethical dimensions of the personal and professional judgments of public sector managers. Cases are used to examine the ethos of public service organizations and the moral foundation of public policy. |
MADS_6606 Admin Leadership Complex Organizations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Analysis of leadership behavior and administrative activities. Examination of major theories of leadership and motivation, including trait, behavioral, situational and power-influence leadership theories and acognitive and cognitive motivational principles for various levels of the formal organization. |
MADS_6607 Collect Bargain/Contract Admin
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Analysis of federal and state employee relations laws and regulations. Topics include the bargaining environment, contract negotiations, wage and benefit issues in arbitration, grievance arbitration, and employee relations in non-union organizations. |
MADS_6608 Organizational Communication/Conflict Resolution
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Theories and models of communications and communications media: barriers to effective communication and techniques for improving interpersonal, group and organizational communications. Sources of conflict at the individual, group and organizational levels: methods of conflict management and resolution. |
MADS_6613 Mktg Public/Private/Notfor profit Organizations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Course examines marketing concepts relevant to public, private and not-for-profit organizations that will enable administrators to match goals, strengths and resources of an organization with the needs, wants and opportunities in the public sector. |
MADS_6614 Comparative Public/Private/Not for Profit Systems
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
A global examination of alternative government and legal systems, public policy formulation and implementation and conflict resolution. Organization and operational characteristics of public providers, private organizations and not-for-profit providers in global settings are analyzed with particular reference to different approaches to leading political and social issues as advanced by the US, UK and European Union. This course begins with a mandatory orientation at FDU's Teaneck/Hackensack campus. We will discuss course format, research paper requirements, books and other practical concerns of the trip. Each student must make their own travel arrangements. The cost of this program is tuition, room and board/TBA. |
MADS_6616 Grant Writing & Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course provides students with an understanding of the process of writing successful grant proposals, including responding to the Request for Proposal, letter proposals, defining needs, methodology, time lines and budget. Learn the elements of preparing a winning proposal that can secure funding for major public sector initiatives. Students will prepare and submit a full grant proposal relevant to their organizations. |
MADS_6617 Emergency Mgmt & Safety Admin
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course will provide an in-depth analysis of planning and administration for emergency management in both the public and not-for-profit sectors, the need for emergency planning, recovering losses from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and state agencies due to catastrophic events, identification and allocation of resources, incident command procedure, safety in the working environment and federal Occupational Safety and Health Organization (OSHA) and state Public Employee Occupational Safety and Health Act (PEOSHA) regulations. Students evaluate their environment and prepare a safety plan that is presented to the class. |
MADS_6618 Leadership Plus
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Master the best principles practiced by great leaders of past and present. Topics include creative and innovative thinking, super-conscious mental laws, the constant pursuit of professionalism, craftsman-like dedication to quality, building effective self-directed teams, creating an energized workplace, the characteristics of effective learning organizations, capitalizing on leverage and the art of identifying and designing a shared destiny. |
MADS_6629 Planning & Program Development
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Effective program development requires a clearly stated purpose of what your organization is trying to achieve, compelling evidence that demonstrates the importance of that need, and a well-reasoned plan that outlines how an organization will meet this need in a cost-effective manner. This course will explore how to turn an idea into a feasible project that merits funding. Students will learn the skills and strategies needed to assess need, plan for and design programs and services that solve problems and improve the community by evaluating internal and external readiness, identifying trends and organizing and managing information. Valuable on-line resources will be explored, zeroing in on the top Internet sites for research, reference, and continued learning. |
MADS_6631 Advanced Fundraising Practices
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course is designed to provide an in-depth study of comprehensive fundraising planning. The course will focus on management issues including assessing organizational readiness, strategic approaches to the development process and evaluating results. The course will also provide students the opportunity to broaden their knowledge with regard to prospect research and cultivation, planned giving, corporate philanthropy and cause related marketing. |
MADS_6633 GIS & Emergency Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Course will provide an overview of GIS applications at the administrative level of emergency management. Topics covered will include uses of GIS within the planning and mitigation phases, along with response and recovery assessments. Students will gain a valuable perspective on planning for and administering resources. A final course project will be assigned to include GIS budget funding and implementation strategies relative to individual administrative roles. |
MADS_6642 Global Health & Human Serv. Systems
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Offered in the U.S. with the option of an international setting, this course includes a comparison of health and human services philosophies, concepts and practices. Policy decisions and politics of health and human services delivery mechanisms are discussed with special emphasis on problem analysis and strategies to address issues. |
MADS_6644 Law, Ethics & Policy Health Services
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Examines health and human services within the context of law, ethics, policy and the role of government and society. Provides a framework for analyzing policies in terms of social needs, workplace diversity and environmental issues in the context of exposure to liability and prevention of lawsuits. |
MADS_6645 Marketing Social Change
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Fundamental marketing concepts are applied to health and human services issues as a means to bring about social change. Attention is given to understanding the needs, wants and perception of the consumer in developing a social marketing plan, implementing it and evaluating its impact. |
MADS_6647 Organizational Planning & Risk Communications
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Risk communications practices, emergency operations planning and theory for public, private and not-for-profit organizations. Includes an overview of existing federal, state and local emergency operations planning and communication processes using case studies and practical exercises. |
MADS_6653 Global Citizenship Seminar
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Current workplaces are diverse in various aspects and have a mix of workers from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. For managers, and supervisors to be effective in their workplaces, they must be aware of the diversity issues that impact their organizations. This is increasingly important in a global context. The Global Citizenship needs awareness of the challenges presented as a result of globalization. Special emphasis will be placed upon a study of global leadership, ethical world view, communications, and diverse sub-cultures that are present throughout the world along with the political, social, and economic issues. This course may include an international experience. |
MADS_6656 Social Problems & Solutions
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course presents a conceptual framework for understanding social problems. It presents administrative and managerial roles and issues concomitant with working in government, private, and not-for-profit organizations, as well as implications for private enterprise. The nature of social problems, causes and consequences, incidence and prevalence, gainers and losers, and underlying ideologies are developed, using generalist and specific perspectives. The nature of managerial roles with a focus on solutions is developed theoretically and practically. |
MADS_6656 Social Problems & Solutions
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course presents a conceptual framework for understanding social problems. It presents administrative and managerial roles and issues concomitant with working in government, private, and not-for-profit organizations, as well as implications for private enterprise. The nature of social problems, causes and consequences, incidence and prevalence, gainers and losers, and underlying ideologies are developed, using generalist and specific perspectives. The nature of managerial roles with a focus on solutions is developed theoretically and practically. |
MADS_6658 Leadership: Glob Adv Scholarship & Practice
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The historical discourse on advanced learning has its genesis work implemented in many Old World cities. This course will investigate the global history of educational institutions and models of scholarship. The topics included are: an overview of leadership; leadership as boundary spanning; diplomatic leadership as a behavior and an organizational auspice; impression management; interpersonal management, interpersonal communications in a multi-cultural world; and levels of government and relationships to the private sector. This course is intended to provide students with theoretic and practical applications of scholarship and leadership. In addition to the course material, students will experience the culture of one of the University's international partners. |
MADS_6659 Latin America & Globalization
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This customized course reviews the past and current situation of Central and South America in relation to the world economy and globalization. Topics include: historical relations between Latin America and the U.S. and Europe, revolution as a response to globalization, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects in Latin America, the future of Latin American products in the international market. |
MADS_6672 Ethics and Human Rights
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Although there are internationally recognized human rights standards, many individuals who are displaced are not afforded the same rights as others. As countries accept a more global view of the world, human rights issues are being brought to the attention of the world. There is also a linkage between values, morality, ethics, law and human rights. This course will investigate the plight of displaced persons as far as human rights and its related issues are concerned. This includes the concept of ethics and ethical treatment of individuals regardless of their status. |
MADS_6685 Fusion Center Operations & Integration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course will explore the methodologies for managing a high-performance fusion center that creates intelligence and warning for diverse constituencies. Included are strategies, principles, and practices for addressing all crimes, all hazards, all threats approach to homeland security and intelligence-led policing. |
MADS_6601 Financial Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Analysis of the concepts and principles used in the financial administration of the public, private, and not-for-profit sector. This includes the key elements of accounting, budgeting, planning and control, auditing and their integration into a comprehensive administrative control system, including issues of systems design and implementation. |
MADS_6610 Organizational Decision Making
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Examination of processes in organizational decision making, the state of theory; research and applications for the practicing manager. Topics include managerial style and decision making; problem discovery and diagnosis; the search for solutions, evaluation and choice; group decision making, decision aids and support systems, risk analysis. |
