University of Alaska Southeast

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1 Course Name: Introduction to Public Administration Course Number: PADM 601 Dr. Kathy DiLorenzo Demonstrate ability to effectively use technology tools in carrying out their class responsibilities Demonstrate ability to use library databases Demonstrate professional writing skills Demonstrate an understanding of the strategic perspectives of Public Administration Understand the systematic nature of government and its impact on democratic goals Be able to articulate the role of public managers in creating public policy, implementing democracy and achieving government legitimacy Understand the basic structure and rationale of bureaucratic organizations, its alternative and reforms Be able to provide summary definitions of the main management fields of public administration and what they entail Recall and cite relevancy of classical authors/readings in public administration Apply theoretical concepts of public administration to practical work environments

2 Course Name: Research Methods in Public Administration Course Number: PADM 604 Dr. Kathy DiLorenzo Understand and be able to apply basic research concepts Be able to design research models for a variety of public administration problems Be able to understand and know how to apply basic social statistics Understand the ethical dimensions of conducting applied research Design 2 research models that allow for students to understand the process of applying basic research concepts Analyze 2 journal articles and critique basic research techniques Design 2 research models that allow for students to understand the process of applying research concepts Homework designed to assess the student s understanding of applying basic social statistics Apply basic social science statistics in creation of research models Critique the use of basic social science statistics in 2 journal article reviews Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of the ethical dimensions of conducting applied research in critiques of 2 journal article reviews, research methods and Discussion Board assignments Demonstrate an Critical Thinking Critical Thinking Quantitative Skills Professional Behavior

3 Recognize the role of citizen input in policy administration understanding of the citizens role in policy administration in developing 2 research models Demonstrate an understanding of the citizens role in policy administration in critiques of 2 journal article reviews Professional Behavior Critical Thinking

4 Course Name: Organizational Theory and Behavior Course Number: PADM 610 James Powell, PhD. explain the major organizational theories and structure; discriminate types of organizational behavior; appraise motivation strategies within the workplace; interpret communication structure and flow within an organization; deconstruct and describe organizational culture and change; appraise managing stress within the workplace; describe the value of teams and groups; evaluate and construct their own leadership style and use of power; and explain and defend the organization they represent in the public interest.

5 Course Name: Law for Public Managers Course Number: PADM 618 Dr. Kathy DiLorenzo Demonstrate ability to effectively use technology tools in carrying out their class responsibilities Demonstrate ability to use library databases Demonstrate professional writing skills Demonstrate an understanding of the strategic perspectives of Public Administration in relation to administrative law Understand the systematic nature of government and its impact on democratic goals, ethics and administrative law Be able to articulate the role of public managers in interpreting the law and various court cases in relation to public policy, implementing democracy and achieving government legitimacy Understand the basic structure and rationale of laws, statutes and policies as interpreted through the administrative discretion directed by various legislative bodies Be able to articulate legal interpretations as they pertain to practicing public administrators

6 Course Name: Human Resources Administration Course Number: PADM 624 James Powell, PhD. Develop a workforce recruitment and selection process; Explain how to manage and motivate a workforce in a flexible environment; Support technology in a human resource capacity; Integrate and develop a volunteer based workforce with Collective Bargaining and Unions; Develop strategies for resolving workplace conflicts; Evaluate human resource current legal environment; Interpret specific legal issues: Affirmative Action, American with Disabilities Act, Compensation; Support equity and address sexual harassment; and Assess how to manage a workforce in the face of a catastrophic event(s).

7 Course Name: Economics of Public Policy Course Number: PADM 625 Initiating Faculty: Dr. Lindsey Doctorman After completing this course the student will be able to understand and evaluate the following: relation to public finance and public policy public education and black markets icies,

8 Course Name: Public Financial Management Course Number: PADM 628 Initiating Faculty: Dr. Lindsey Doctorman After completing this course the student will be able to understand and evaluate the following: Economic foundations Behavioral Economics and its relation to public finance and public policy Asymmetric information in the economy and policy framework Public policy roles in market failures Economics of public revenue Economic and policy aspects of social welfare, health care, environmental policies, public education and black markets

9 Course Name: Natural Resource Policy Course Number: PADM 635 James Powell, PhD, Describe how natural resource and environmental policy is developed; Evaluate natural resource policy in the context of coupled social-ecological systems; Contrast natural resource decision-making processes at the local, state, and national levels; Apply adaptive management, co-management, and resilience thinking to Alaska natural resource issues; and Explain and evaluate stakeholder and expert based approaches incorporating traditional and local ecological knowledge.

10 Course Name: Local and Global Sustainability Course Number: PADM 637 James Powell, PhD. develop an understanding of conceptual frameworks for sustainability and resilience for analyzing public policy issues within and outside of Alaska; distinguish the differences between linear reductionist thinking and holistic sustainability concepts; describe how sustainability assessment is used in governance at the local, state, and national scale to improve decision making; compare institutional fit concepts with sustainability issues for analyzing decision-making processes; and interpret the major drivers (economic, environmental, social, public policy, and technology) for identifying social-ecological system thresholds, regime shifts, and transformations..

11 Course Name: Sustainable Energy and Environment Course Number: PADM 638 James Powell, PhD. diagraph the fundamental components of energy and their sources; evaluate energy and the interaction with human activities and lifestyle choices; contrast and compare energy and the interconnections with development; identify the environmental impacts of energy production and the contributions of energy into the environment; formulate solutions towards sustainable energy practices; evaluate polices to reduce environmental degradation; and implement sustainable energy into his or her organization or community.

12 Course Name: Adaptive Management Course Number: PADM 639 James Powell, PhD. recognize the conditions under which adaptive management could be applied in public agencies; describe the process of using adaptive management for managing natural resources governance in Alaska; design an adaptive management framework involving stakeholders and other partners; explain how learning occurs in an adaptive management context; and relate basic sustainability science to adaptive management concepts including adaptive cycles and decision making processes.

13 Course Name: Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement Course Number: PADM 688 Dr. Kathy DiLorenzo Understand what makes an effective performance measure Understand legal foundations of performance measures Be able to construct effective performance measures Know how to carry out an effective program evaluation Assignments to create organizational and personal performance measures Assignment to identify policy requirements for performance measures Goal identification assignment Indicator identification assignments Performance Assessment Plan Policy logic assignment Process model assignment Lessons assignment Program Evaluation Critical Thinking Information Literacy Quantitative Skills Quantitative Skills Critical Thinking Understand the political dimension of program evaluation Stakeholder analysis assignment Program Evaluation Critical

14 Understand how evaluations are/can be used Be able to effectively communicate results Assignment on use of results Program Evaluation Oral Presentation Thinking Critical Thinking Information Literacy Computer Usage Professional Behavior

15 Course Name: Public Administration Capstone Course Number: PADM 690 Dr. Kathy DiLorenzo This is the central product of the course. The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate your understanding of public administration. It is a piece of performance evaluation. To do this you will evaluate a public or non-profit organization (or issue) from the following perspectives: 1) Constitutional and Legal Framework 2) Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations 3) Political Environment, Democracy and Citizen Participation 4) Organizational Theory, Structure and Change 5) Organizational Behavior, Motivation and Leadership 6) Human Resource Management 7) Budget and Financial Management 8) Economics of Public Policy, Policy Analysis and Decision Making 9) Legal and Professional Ethics 10) Research, Program Evaluation and Performance Measures