effective January 2008
V502 Public Management (3 credits)
Analysis of concepts, methods, and procedures involved in managing public organizations. Problems of organization, planning, decision making, performance evaluation, and management of human resources are considered. Cases are drawn from a variety of public services found at federal, state, and local levels of government.
V504 Public Organizations (3 credits)
This course focuses on the behavior and theory of public organizations in four areas: (1) individuals and groups in public organizations, (2) the design of public organizations, (3) organization-environment relations, and (4) interorganizational relations.
V550 Defense Policy in the 21st Century (3 credits)
Examination of managerial and organizational issues likely to influence the operation of the Navy in the next century. Topics will include: Defense policy analysis and program planning, OMB budget formulation and execution, Senate and House Committee Members and Staff - roles and responsibilities, current and future trends in personnel management, and the strategic planning process for headquarters to the field activity level. This course provides a series of high-level partisan and issue-oriented briefings and discussions with policy and decision-makers on site in Washington, DC.
V560 Public Finance and Budgeting (3 credits)
The fiscal role of government in a mixed economy; sources of public revenue and credit; administrative, political, and institutional aspects of the budget and budgetary process; problems and trends in intergovernmental fiscal relations.
V561 Public Human Resource Management (3 credits)
Analysis of the structure, operations, and design of public personnel systems, including government agencies and public enterprise. Relationships between public policy and personnel concepts, values and operations are considered.
