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2008-2009 Academic Catalog [Published Catalog]

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PPAD 506 - Essentials of Public Policy and Administration


This course is dealing with essential topics that are related to public policy and public administration in order to introduce students who are coming from different academic fields to the area of public policy and public administration. The course will examine the scope of the field and its relation with other related scientific fields such as political science, management law and others. Analysis of theories and concepts of both public policy and administration will be introduced. This course will discuss policy design or formulation, policy making, policy execution, and policy evaluation, and the role of political institution on such process. Also it will examine public administration’s core functions such as personnel, budgeting, decision making, and policy analysis and evaluation. In addition it covers other issues such as the relationship between bureaucracy and citizens, accountability, and means of control over bureaucracy. By the end of the course students will be able to analyze and evaluate administration performance and bureaucratic behavior.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)


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