LDRS 811 - Administration in the Public Sector

Credits: 3
Designed to introduce students to the study of public administration, the course focuses primarily on the administrative structures and practices of American national government and is structured around four broad topics: First, to provide students with a necessary theoretical perspective on public bureaucracy, several major schools of thought regarding organizational structure and behavior are examined. Second, the role of bureaucracy in a constitutional democracy is explored. Third, the institutional environment in which bureaucracy must function is specified, and relationships between bureaucracy and other government institutions are analyzed. Finally, the internal operation of a bureaucracy is discussed and specific functions and methods examined.