Public Administration Concentration Courses

The Public Administration concentration of the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership degree program explores organizational management theories, tools, and methods as applied to the context of leading public organizations. Coursework in the concentration equals 12 credit hours.

"The Public Administration concentration of our MA in Organizational Leadership offers studies tailored to the public service arena yet is a flexible leadership degree that can be called on throughout your life and career."—Dr. Cathy Ayers, Professor in the MA in Organizational Leadership program at Lewis University

LL-530 Managing Diversity (3)

This course covers issues involved in multi-cultural organizations, including developing consensus within the organization for valuing diversity, relationship building, communicating across cultures, and managing people of different genders, races, and cultures. Issues of stereotype, bias and resistance are examined from both a personal and an organizational perspective with an emphasis on making meaningful contributions to diversity initiatives within organizations.

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LL-558 Planning Strategically (3)

This course will review traditional management planning processes and then examine the planning process from a strategic perspective. Students will learn how to apply a variety of management tools and techniques for decision making and will develop strategic approaches to management decisions. This course is designed to encourage students to think strategically and operationally about organizations in an increasingly diverse management environment. Students develop a strategic plan in this course following the Bryson model.

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LL-560 Themes in Public Policy Administration and Leadership (3)

This course is designed to focus on the analysis of public policy within the context of public administration and the policy making process. It will identify basic methods for understanding the political process as a system and looking at evaluation techniques to address complex policy issues that are not easily resolvable by quantitative methods. The course will incorporate current policy events occurring at local and regional levels of government.

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LL-564 Public Policy and Governmental Relations (3)

This course is designed to focus on the identification and analysis of public issues/concerns within the context of global and national impacts on local public policy. It will identify methods for understanding the political process as a system and looking at evaluation techniques to address complex policy issues that are not easily resolvable by quantitative methods. The course will use current case studies reflecting various levels of U.S. and foreign governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

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