SOCW Courses:

SOCW 8786 - Strategic Context of Public Management and Leadership

5 credits

Public policy implementation can take place in either a public, private, or nonprofit organization or a combined or networked one. Students are engaged as learners in a collaborative study of the changing strategic context of public administration as they apply a strategic planning and management approach to the implementation of public policy. Learners are introduced to planning, general management, financial management, performance management, and contracting processes in organizations whose purpose is to implement public policy.