Public Management (GC)

Summary

This certificate is designed for persons already in or preparing to enter public service. Students successfully completing this certificate will be trained in human resource management, budgetary analysis, management theory and public policy analysis.
Catalog Year

2019-2020

Degree

Certificate

Total Credits

12

Locations

Mankato

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Program Requirements

Restricted Electives

Choose 3 Credit(s).

Concepts and methods of conducting applied social science research.

Prerequisites: none

Focuses on evaluation of public policy and programs through a variety of qualitative and quantitative techniques, e.g., models, forecasting, cost-benefit analysis.

Prerequisites: none

Choose 3 Credit(s).

Change is the constant in today's human resource management in public organizations. The technical framework for productivity improvement and employee development is placed in the context of the legal environment. Emphasis is on managing diversity.

Prerequisites: none

An in depth study of public budgeting and fiscal management, with emphasis on the approaches to budgeting and background on public revenues and revenue management.

Prerequisites: none

Choose 6 Credit(s). Courses may not be double-counted

Concepts and methods of conducting applied social science research.

Prerequisites: none

Theories and practices of complex public organizations.

Prerequisites: none

A capstone course designed to test the student's ability to synthesize and apply information and concepts from the various areas in public administration such as budgeting, personnel administration, finance, organization theory, and policy evaluation.-Ideally, this course should be taken at the end of a student's program in public administration.

Prerequisites: none

An examination of modern principles and techniques of leadership and management. Emphasis is placed on the interactive style of leadership and behavioral concepts of management.

Prerequisites: none

Change is the constant in today's human resource management in public organizations. The technical framework for productivity improvement and employee development is placed in the context of the legal environment. Emphasis is on managing diversity.

Prerequisites: none

An in depth study of public budgeting and fiscal management, with emphasis on the approaches to budgeting and background on public revenues and revenue management.

Prerequisites: none

An examination of law and politics in the formal and informal decision-making processes of large state and federal administrative agencies. Emphasis is placed on formal rule making and adjudicatory processes.

Prerequisites: none

Focuses on evaluation of public policy and programs through a variety of qualitative and quantitative techniques, e.g., models, forecasting, cost-benefit analysis.

Prerequisites: none