Spring 2024 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management (65456)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Grad or Masters or Law
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue 04:00PM - 06:45PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- Course Topic: Preventing Burnout: Sustainable Careers in Meaningful Work Class will be offered REMOTE (synchronously online during the scheduled time). http://classinfo.umn.edu/?coelberg+PA5190+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- How can we make international aid organizations more responsive to the needs of both the staff that work for them and the beneficiaries they are attempting to serve, while maintaining the support of their funders and working within the existing regulatory apparatus? This course will examine the successes and challenges faced in these tremendously complex environments, focusing on empowering you with the courage to act under conditions of uncertainty in order to strengthen the work of your organization.
International aid* work increasingly takes place within organizational contexts. Most students will work in some kind of organization after graduation and many, if not most, of you will be managers and/or leaders during your careers. International aid organizations are sites of power, innovation, and social change, but can also be places that discourage innovation and reinforce inequalities. Effective organizational management and leadership are critical to achieving broadly beneficial social, economic, and public value. Taking an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective, this course examines the efforts of multiple organizations within the international aid "industry", including NGOs, governments, bi-lateral and multi-lateral organizations, corporations, foundations, and international organizations. We cover some of the major theoretical approaches to organizational analysis, including concepts from sociology, political science, psychology, public administration, and management. You practice practical management skills including concise memo writing for organizational leaders, persuasive opinion pieces grounded in research, and both concise and persuasive oral presentations - individually and with a group.
* International aid transcends national boundaries and encompasses various policy fields related to humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and multiple facets of global development, including poverty alleviation and economic development, environmental protection, education, healthcare, and democratization, among others.
- Grading:
20% Preparation & Participation
25% Op-Ed
55% Organizational and Field Analysis, consisting of Environmental Mapping Presentation (25%), Management Memo (15%), Logic Memo (10%), and Oral Briefing (5%)- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
40% Discussion
30% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Elevator Pitch
1 Group Oral Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65456/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 November 2015
Spring 2022 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Designing Change for Public Sector Problem Solving (68000)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session02/12/2022 - 02/19/2022Sat 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3503/05/2022Sat 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3503/26/2022Sat 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3504/23/2022Sat 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (12 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- Full title: Designing Change for the Public Sector. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?wood0704+PA5190+Spring2022
- Class Description:
This course is an intensive deep dive into the intersection of human-centered design and the need for innovative, sustainable solutions. This class will teach you to question and think deeply, to produce novel ideas and create synergies between them, as well as making those ideas tangible to others. This interpretive approach stands in stark contrast to more traditional methods that are often driven solely by numbers, analysis, and rationality. As someone who is interested in advancing the common good, you need to learn how to use both methods in tandem.
Comment from a former student: "If you want to ensure true impact, take PA5190. It provides a blueprint for approaching problems that seem too wicked, recognizing stakeholders that are otherwise ignored, overcoming fears of failure, and finding solutions through the power of collective thought and action. The skills and tools I learned in this class will be useful to me for the rest of my life - they have helped me take better notes, conduct better interviews, tell better stories. Regardless of where you are in your graduate studies, and even your area of research, you'll benefit from PA5190." - Third Year PhD student, CEHD.
The class is project-based, where students work in groups to address real-world problems over a two- month period. We meet five times through the course of the semester on Saturdays for four hours each time, and a large part of the work is done outside of class time. The project involves students learning five elements of design-thinking: observation, problem definition, ideation, prototyping & iteration, and testing/evaluation. It's very hands-on, and relies on talking to those most closely affected by the problem students are trying to solve.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
This class is designed primarily for graduate students who: hope to expand their ability to innovate; work in government or the public sector and are looking for ways to create change; are interested in cross-sector problem solving and interdisciplinary work; and embrace new ways of thinking about their research.- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68000/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2021
Spring 2022 | PA 5190 Section 002: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Chicanx & Latinx Politics (66830)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- CHIC 3852 Section 001POL 3752 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFord Hall B10
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- This course explores the theory and practice of Chicanx and Latinx politics through an analysis of experiences, social agency, and subsequent responses to larger political systems and behaviors. It examines unequal power relationships within the United States; the Latinx political movements for educational and social justice; and the relationship between social diversity, stratification, and the political economy. Additionally, in this session we will examine how demographic changes have impacted public participation of Latinx people in Minnesota. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gnarvaez+PA5190+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This course explores the theory and practice of Chicanx and Latinx politics through an analysis of experiences, social agency, and subsequent responses to larger political systems and behaviors. It examines unequal power relationships within the United States; the Latinx political movements for educational and social justice; and the relationship between social diversity, stratification, and the political economy. Additionally, in this session we will examine how demographic changes have impacted public participation of Latinx people in Minnesota.
Dr. Guillermo E. Narváez is a lecturer in Chicano & Latino Studies at the University of Minnesota. His current research examines Latinx demographic changes in Rural Minnesota and the Midwest. Previously he was a Research Associate at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs (2010-2018), and a Scholar in Residence at the Institute of Advanced Studies (2016).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66830/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 November 2021
Spring 2021 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Designing Change for Public Sector Problem Solving (65592)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session02/13/2021 - 02/20/2021Sat 09:00AM - 01:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE03/20/2021Sat 09:00AM - 01:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE04/24/2021Sat 09:00AM - 01:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE03/06/2021Sat 09:00AM - 01:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- Class will be offered REMOTELY. Class will meet synchronously-online during Spring 2021 during the scheduled time. "Designing Change for Public Sector Problem Solving." http://classinfo.umn.edu/?wood0704+PA5190+Spring2021
- Class Description:
We've all watched Covid-19 dramatically alter our lives in the last year - it has more than earned its title of "game changer". One of the more troubling aspects of the pandemic is how human behavior has worked against efforts to stem its spread. This is the perfect human-centered design problem, and one that this class will address using the principles of design thinking. This course is an intensive deep dive into the intersection of human-centered design and the need for innovative, sustainable solutions. This class will teach you to question and think deeply, to produce novel ideas and synergies between existing ones, and make those ideas tangible and visible to others. This interpretive approach stands in stark contrast to more traditional methods that are often driven solely by numbers, analysis, and rationality. As someone who is interested in advancing the common good, you need to learn how to use both methods in tandem.
Comment from a former student: "If you want to ensure true impact, take PA 5190. It provides a blueprint for approaching problems that seem too ‘wicked', recognizing stakeholders that are otherwise ignored, overcoming fears of failure, and finding solutions through the power of collective thought and action. The skills and tools I learned in this class will be useful to me for the rest of my life - they have helped me take better notes, conduct better interviews, tell better stories. Regardless of where you are in your graduate studies, and even your area of research, you'll benefit from PA 5190." - 3rd year PhD student, CEHD.
CLASS WILL BE OFFERED REMOTELY. Class will meet synchronously-online in Spring 2021 during the scheduled time.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
This class is designed primarily for graduate students who: hope to expand their ability to innovate; work in government or the public sector and are looking for ways to create change; are interested in cross-sector problem solving and interdisciplinary work; and embrace new ways of thinking about their research.- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65592/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 December 2020
Spring 2020 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Designing Change for Public Sector Problem Solving (67218)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session02/15/2020 - 02/22/2020Sat 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3503/28/2020Sat 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3504/11/2020 - 04/18/2020Sat 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (12 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- Full title: "Designing Change for Public Sector Problem Solving." http://classinfo.umn.edu/?wood0704+PA5190+Spring2020
- Class Description:
How can public and nonprofit sectors address society's most intransigent problems? How can we ensure that solutions are relevant, and flexible enough to adapt to changing needs? This course is an intensive deep dive into the intersection of human-centered design and the need for innovative, sustainable solutions in the public and non-profit sector. You can expect case studies and practical examples; guest speakers who will share how design thinking has impacted their work; and the opportunity to apply the human-centered design approach to a real-world project. This approach - often referred to as "design thinking" - has risen to prominence as a problem-solving method that builds on the strengths of design practice. Featuring iterative phases and the emphasis on understanding and engaging the people and context at the center of every problem we encounter, it can lead to more meaningful and effective outcomes.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67218/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2019
Fall 2019 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Leading Across Boundaries (32854)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 2-3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Extended Regular Session08/22/2019 - 08/24/2019Thu, Fri, Sat 09:00AM - 04:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 30
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (20 of 24 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- Waitlist will be inactive after 8/2 for 5190:1. Please contact Professor Stone at stone039@umn.edu for permission number. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?stone039+PA5190+Fall2019
- Class Description:
"Leading across boundaries" means bringing together diverse groups of people from organizations in multiple sectors to work out sustainable programs to help solve important public problems. The practice of these leaders is integrative; that is, they help organizations integrate people, processes, structures, and resources in semi-permanent ways. They move back and forth across boundaries and build communication channels and linking pathways. For example, a human services professional who wants to transform her county's approach to homelessness will need to understand how to bring together disparate groups - from business owners, to religious congregations, to government agencies, to nonprofits, to grassroots groups involving homeless people - if she is to help her community develop system-wide solutions to homelessness. She will need to understand the ways that boundaries between these groups contribute to the problem and how to reshape these boundaries in ways that foster shared commitment to moving beyond the status quo. She will need to understand the unique contributions that different sectors, organizations, cultures, and communities can make to developing sustainable solutions. She will need to understand how to use her own formal and informal authority as well as draw on the authority of others.
This course is a comprehensive overview and examination of the increasingly mixed public, nonprofit and for-profit arrangements involved in providing public services. In particular, the course examines the management challenges and strategies involved in the development and implementation of these cross-sector initiatives. As such, the course will not only provide students with conceptual frameworks to understand contracting, partnerships and collaborations but will discuss and investigate particular leadership competencies and important characteristics of successful partnership strategies. Therefore, the course provides a mix of tools to help analyze aspects of these multi-organizational arrangements, and opportunities to apply concepts and tools to real cases and the students' own experiences.
The course itself is 2 credits but students may elect to take it for 3 credits which entails doing extra work beyond course requirements. This extra work may vary, depending on the needs of the student, and will be negotiated between the student and Prof. Stone. The extra credit work will need to be completed by the end of fall term, 2019.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in learning about how to work in collaborative governance settings. Those with extensive experience in partnerships as well as those with little or no experience can benefit from the class.
- Grading:
- 75% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- No exam
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture and discussion
40% Small Group Activities and experiential exercises
20% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 150-200 pages of reading total for course
6 pages of memo writing for course
2 Paper(s)Please see note above about the difference between 2 v. 3 credits. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32854/1199
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2019.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2017.docx (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2016.docx (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2018 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Leading Across Boundaries (32038)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 2 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Extended Regular Session08/23/2018 - 08/25/2018Thu, Fri, Sat 09:00AM - 04:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (18 of 24 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?stone039+PA5190+Fall2018
- Class Description:
"Leading across boundaries" means bringing together diverse groups of people from organizations in multiple sectors to work out sustainable programs to help solve important public problems. The practice of these leaders is integrative; that is, they help organizations integrate people, processes, structures, and resources in semi-permanent ways. They move back and forth across boundaries and build communication channels and linking pathways. For example, a human services professional who wants to transform her county's approach to homelessness will need to understand how to bring together disparate groups - from business owners, to religious congregations, to government agencies, to nonprofits, to grassroots groups involving homeless people - if she is to help her community develop system-wide solutions to homelessness. She will need to understand the ways that boundaries between these groups contribute to the problem and how to reshape these boundaries in ways that foster shared commitment to moving beyond the status quo. She will need to understand the unique contributions that different sectors, organizations, cultures, and communities can make to developing sustainable solutions. She will need to understand how to use her own formal and informal authority as well as draw on the authority of others.
This course is a comprehensive overview and examination of the increasingly mixed public, nonprofit and for-profit arrangements involved in providing public services. In particular, the course examines the management challenges and strategies involved in the development and implementation of these cross-sector initiatives. As such, the course will not only provide students with conceptual frameworks to understand contracting, partnerships and collaborations but will discuss and investigate particular leadership competencies and important characteristics of successful partnership strategies. Therefore, the course provides a mix of tools to help analyze aspects of these multi-organizational arrangements, and opportunities to apply concepts and tools to real cases and the students' own experiences.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in learning about how to work in collaborative governance settings. Those with extensive experience in partnerships as well as those with little or no experience can benefit from the class.
- Grading:
- 75% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- No exam
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture and discussion
40% Small Group Activities and experiential exercises
20% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 150-200 pages of reading total for course
6 pages of memo writing for course
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32038/1189
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2018.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2019.docx (Fall 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2017.docx (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2016.docx (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 June 2018
Fall 2018 | PA 5190 Section 002: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Design Thinking for Public Affairs (32039)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- First Half of Term09/04/2018 - 10/22/2018Thu 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- This class is the same as Fall 2016's PA 5190: Human-Centered Public Service Redesign. Students who took that class should not take this one. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ongxx068+PA5190+Fall2018 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cowan036+PA5190+Fall2018
- Class Description:
How can the public and non-profit sector respond to society's problems with innovative solutions?
What does it take for the creativity in all of us to emerge in a participatory, engaging process?
How can we ensure that the solutions are relevant, co-created by and are meaningful to those that are using it and are impacted by it?
How can we make these solutions sustainable and flexible enough to adapt to changing needs?Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent. Student may contact the instructor or department for information.PA5190 Design Thinking for Public Affairs is a course that provides you the space and opportunity to explore these questions and paradigms that may get us closer to the answers. The course is guided by the human-centered design approach to problem solving, commonly known as design thinking. Using this approach in the public and non-profit sector requires nuanced understanding of its fit and relevance. When done well, a human-centered design approach creates the space for authentic engagement in problem-solving, thus building and sustaining key relationships, resulting in solutions that are people-driven, adaptive, and meaningful.
This course is an intensive deep dive into the intersection of human-centered design and the need for innovative, sustainable solutions in the public and non-profit sector. This course will be interactive and immersive. By choosing to be in this course, you will be a participant, and not an observer. You can expect case studies and practical examples, and the opportunity to apply the human-centered design approach to a real-world project.
Course was formerly PA5190 Human-Centered Service Redesign in Spring 2016 and Fall 2016. That course name is now a different course.- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32039/1189
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cowan036_ongxx068_PA5190_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bloom004_huest001_myhre044_ongxx068_PA5190_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2017
Fall 2017 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Leading Across Boundaries (33139)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 2 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Extended Regular Session08/24/2017 - 08/26/2017Thu, Fri, Sat 09:00AM - 04:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?stone039+PA5190+Fall2017
- Class Description:
"Leading across boundaries" means bringing together diverse groups of people from organizations in multiple sectors to work out sustainable programs to help solve important public problems. The practice of these leaders is integrative; that is, they help organizations integrate people, processes, structures, and resources in semi-permanent ways. They move back and forth across boundaries and build communication channels and linking pathways. For example, a human services professional who wants to transform her county's approach to homelessness will need to understand how to bring together disparate groups - from business owners, to religious congregations, to government agencies, to nonprofits, to grassroots groups involving homeless people - if she is to help her community develop system-wide solutions to homelessness. She will need to understand the ways that boundaries between these groups contribute to the problem and how to reshape these boundaries in ways that foster shared commitment to moving beyond the status quo. She will need to understand the unique contributions that different sectors, organizations, cultures, and communities can make to developing sustainable solutions. She will need to understand how to use her own formal and informal authority as well as draw on the authority of others.
This course is a comprehensive overview and examination of the increasingly mixed public, nonprofit and for-profit arrangements involved in providing public services. In particular, the course examines the management challenges and strategies involved in the development and implementation of these cross-sector initiatives. As such, the course will not only provide students with conceptual frameworks to understand contracting, partnerships and collaborations but will discuss and investigate particular leadership competencies and important characteristics of successful partnership strategies. Therefore, the course provides a mix of tools to help analyze aspects of these multi-organizational arrangements, and opportunities to apply concepts and tools to real cases and the students' own experiences.
- Grading:
- 75% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- No exam
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture and discussion
40% Small Group Activities and experiential exercises
20% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 150-200 pages of reading total for course
6 pages of memo writing for course
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33139/1179
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2017.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2019.docx (Fall 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2016.docx (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 April 2016
Fall 2017 | PA 5190 Section 002: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Design Thinking for Public Affairs (33144)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- First Half of Term09/05/2017 - 10/23/2017Thu 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- This class is the same as Fall 2016's PA 5190: Human-Centered Public Service Redesign. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ongxx068+PA5190+Fall2017 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cowan036+PA5190+Fall2017
- Class Description:
How can the public and non-profit sector respond to society's problems with innovative solutions?
What does it take for the creativity in all of us to emerge in a participatory, engaging process?
How can we ensure that the solutions are relevant, co-created by and are meaningful to those that are using it and are impacted by it?
How can we make these solutions sustainable and flexible enough to adapt to changing needs?Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent. Student may contact the instructor or department for information.PA5190 Design Thinking for Public Affairs is a course that provides you the space and opportunity to explore these questions and paradigms that may get us closer to the answers. The course is guided by the human-centered design approach to problem solving, commonly known as design thinking. Using this approach in the public and non-profit sector requires nuanced understanding of its fit and relevance. When done well, a human-centered design approach creates the space for authentic engagement in problem-solving, thus building and sustaining key relationships, resulting in solutions that are people-driven, adaptive, and meaningful.
This course is an intensive deep dive into the intersection of human-centered design and the need for innovative, sustainable solutions in the public and non-profit sector. This course will be interactive and immersive. By choosing to be in this course, you will be a participant, and not an observer. You can expect case studies and practical examples, and the opportunity to apply the human-centered design approach to a real-world project.
Course was formerly PA5190 Human-Centered Service Redesign in Spring 2016 and Fall 2016. That course name is now a different course.- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33144/1179
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cowan036_ongxx068_PA5190_Fall2017.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bloom004_huest001_myhre044_ongxx068_PA5190_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2017
Fall 2016 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Leading Across Boundaries (34040)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 2 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Extended Regular Session08/25/2016 - 08/27/2016Thu, Fri, Sat 09:00AM - 04:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3509/09/2016Fri 01:00PM - 03:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 15
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?stone039+PA5190+Fall2016
- Class Description:
"Leading across boundaries" means bringing together diverse groups of people from organizations in multiple sectors to work out sustainable programs to help solve important public problems. The practice of these leaders is integrative; that is, they help organizations integrate people, processes, structures, and resources in semi-permanent ways. They move back and forth across boundaries and build communication channels and linking pathways. For example, a human services professional who wants to transform her county's approach to homelessness will need to understand how to bring together disparate groups - from business owners, to religious congregations, to government agencies, to nonprofits, to grassroots groups involving homeless people - if she is to help her community develop system-wide solutions to homelessness. She will need to understand the ways that boundaries between these groups contribute to the problem and how to reshape these boundaries in ways that foster shared commitment to moving beyond the status quo. She will need to understand the unique contributions that different sectors, organizations, cultures, and communities can make to developing sustainable solutions. She will need to understand how to use her own formal and informal authority as well as draw on the authority of others.
This course is a comprehensive overview and examination of the increasingly mixed public, nonprofit and for-profit arrangements involved in providing public services. In particular, the course examines the management challenges and strategies involved in the development and implementation of these cross-sector initiatives. As such, the course will not only provide students with conceptual frameworks to understand contracting, partnerships and collaborations but will discuss and investigate particular leadership competencies and important characteristics of successful partnership strategies. Therefore, the course provides a mix of tools to help analyze aspects of these multi-organizational arrangements, and opportunities to apply concepts and tools to real cases and the students' own experiences.
- Grading:
- 75% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- No exam
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture and discussion
40% Small Group Activities and experiential exercises
20% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 150-200 pages of reading total for course
6 pages of memo writing for course
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34040/1169
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2016.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2019.docx (Fall 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/stone039_PA5190_Fall2017.docx (Fall 2017) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 April 2016
Fall 2016 | PA 5190 Section 002: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Human-Centered Public Service Redesign (36026)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Second Half of Term10/25/2016 - 12/14/2016Thu 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ongxx068+PA5190+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/36026/1169
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cowan036_ongxx068_PA5190_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bloom004_huest001_myhre044_ongxx068_PA5190_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
Spring 2016 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Leadership to Address Global Grand Challenges (61036)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- VMED 5998 Section 001PVS 5998 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Extended Regular Session01/11/2016 - 01/14/2016Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 08:00AM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3501/15/2016Fri 08:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bloom004+PA5190+Spring2016 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?huest001+PA5190+Spring2016 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?myhre044+PA5190+Spring2016 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ongxx068+PA5190+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This 4-day skills-based course will introduce participants to select integrative leadership strategies useful in addressing global grand challenges. Specifically, we will focus on leadership practices that foster collective action across diverse groups of people, including: 1. Hosting dialogue, debate and deliberation; 2. Mapping polarities and balancing paradox 3. Designing inclusive decision-making processes; Not surprisingly, grand challenges often emerge at the convergence of systems, sectors, or global institutions. For example, the grand challenges at the convergence of human health, animal health, economic development and environmental change include such issues as global food security, emerging infectious diseases, climate change, antimicrobial use and the control of catastrophic animal diseases with significant adverse effects on global economies. The course culminates on Thursday, January 17th with an opportunity for participants to apply key leadership skills in a public setting with multi-sector stakeholders. Students will serve as co-hosts along with course instructors for a day-long professional forum to address a contemporary food security grand challenge that is also a paradoxical dilemma conducive to polarity mapping: balancing animal well-being and agricultural worker safety. This Finding Common Ground Forum is hosted by the University of Minnesotas Center for Integrative Leadership (CIL) and the Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership (GIFSL). Following the Forum, students will meet for dinner, a Forum de-brief, and discussion of course follow-up assignments (which will be completed on-line).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/61036/1163
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bloom004_huest001_myhre044_ongxx068_PA5190_Spring2016.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cowan036_ongxx068_PA5190_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 November 2015
Spring 2016 | PA 5190 Section 002: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Human-Centered Public Service Redesign (67298)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Second Half of Term03/21/2016 - 05/06/2016Thu 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 15
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ongxx068+PA5190+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67298/1163
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bloom004_huest001_myhre044_ongxx068_PA5190_Spring2016.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cowan036_ongxx068_PA5190_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
Spring 2016 | PA 5190 Section 003: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Organizational Perspectives on International Aid (68803)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic SessionUMTC, West Bank
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Master of Development Practice students should take PA 5501 before taking this class. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?coelberg+PA5190+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68803/1163
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bloom004_huest001_myhre044_ongxx068_PA5190_Spring2016.pdf
Fall 2015 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Managing Conflict: Negotiation (19747)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- If class is full, please add your name to the waiting list. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ande0844+PA5190+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This highly interactive prepares students for professional negotiation in a variety of arenas. The development of conflict resolution skills will help students as they navigate through diverse audiences and a world that is increasing in its complexity every day. This portfolio of conflict solving skills is a must for every student of public policy and affairs and those who will be interacting with the public sector in a professional role. The course will introduce students to the theory and practice of negotiation and provide opportunities to test out skills and learn from experts. In-class sessions will include a number of structured exercises in which students will negotiate issues ranging from professional compensation, union conflicts, and international development.
- Grading:
- 35% Reports/Papers
30% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 35% is for reflections and on-line posts. - Class Format:
- Lecture, Discussion, and Negotiation Exercises. Possible guest speakers.
- Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week Other Workload: Attendance is essential due to the importance of the negotiation exercises.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19747/1159
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ande0844_PA5190_Fall2015.docx
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 December 2013
Fall 2015 | PA 5190 Section 002: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Creating Public Value (33854)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bryso001+PA5190+Fall2015 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?crosb002+PA5190+Fall2015
- Class Description:
Creating Public Value is a new course aimed at understanding more clearly the purposes and outcomes of public policies and other kinds of collective action. The course will explore the public values at the heart of a range of "sacred" texts from the US Declaration of Independence to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. It will also focus on the public values are the heart of many historic and contemporary policy debates and explore what the common good might or might not be in each. And it will explore the connection between means and ends in the creation (or not) of public value.
Potential policy questions to explore might include, for example:
Has President Obama overreached in issuing executive orders on immigration?
Should employers be required to provide paid family leave to employees?
What should government's role be, if any, in regulating the Internet?
What public values are at stake in the public debate about, and policy proposals to address, climate change?
As these questions and others are debated at the dinner table, in coffee shops, in print and social media, and elsewhere, clashes over public values are often evident, though they are not always articulated very clearly. We believe that exploring the values that sustain collective action is important in a democracy, since the exploration can clarify what is at stake and also what the common good might be.
Purposes:
To clarify the public purposes and values served by collective action, including cross-sector collaboration, in democratic contexts
To understand the role of public values in historic and contemporary policy debates
To be knowledgeable about the important debates in the public value literature
To provide practical guidance about how to discern, measure, and assess public values
To explore how public value and public values might be achieved in practice
To prepare leaders in nonprofit and public organizations to articulate and uphold public values in media-rich environments
Themes:
How a focus on public values helps us think about what kind of society we want
How to talk about public values
How to discern, measure and assess public values
How to create public value in practice
How to deal with competing public values
Audience:
Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students
Early, mid- and later career professionals
Policy advocates and civic activists
- Grading:
- Assignment 1 - 15 points;
Assignment 2 - 10 points;
Assignment 3 - 15 points; Reading Discussion Leader - 10 points;
Assignment 4 - Team Project - 20 points;
Team Presentation - 10 points;
Class Participation - 20 points - Exam Format:
- No exams; there are written and oral assignments.
- Class Format:
- General Class outline:
6:00 Intro/Reflection on previous week
6:15 Readings discussion
7:00 Mini-lecture
7:30 Break
7:45 Application
8:30 Prep for following week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33854/1159
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bryso001_crosb002_PA5190_Fall2015.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 August 2015
Spring 2015 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Leadership to Address Global Grand Challenges (68957)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- VMED 5998 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Extended Regular Session01/12/2015 - 01/15/2015Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 08:00AM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 21501/16/2015Fri 08:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Description:
- This 4-day skills-based course will introduce participants to select integrative leadership strategies useful in addressing global grand challenges. Specifically, we will focus on leadership practices that foster collective action across diverse groups of people, including: 1. Hosting dialogue, debate and deliberation; 2. Mapping polarities and balancing paradox 3. Designing inclusive decision-making processes; Not surprisingly, grand challenges often emerge at the convergence of systems, sectors, or global institutions. For example, the grand challenges at the convergence of human health, animal health, economic development and environmental change include such issues as global food security, emerging infectious diseases, climate change, antimicrobial use and the control of catastrophic animal diseases with significant adverse effects on global economies. The course culminates on Thursday, January 17th with an opportunity for participants to apply key leadership skills in a public setting with multi-sector stakeholders. Students will serve as co-hosts along with course instructors for a day-long professional forum to address a contemporary food security grand challenge that is also a paradoxical dilemma conducive to polarity mapping: balancing animal well-being and agricultural worker safety. This Finding Common Ground Forum is hosted by the University of Minnesotas Center for Integrative Leadership (CIL) and the Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership (GIFSL). Following the Forum, students will meet for dinner, a Forum de-brief, and discussion of course follow-up assignments (which will be completed on-line).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68957/1153
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bloom004_huest001_myhre044_ongxx068_PA5190_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cowan036_ongxx068_PA5190_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2012
Fall 2014 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Managing Conflict: Negotiation (20766)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- Managing Conflict: Negotiation. If class is full, please add your name to the waiting list.
- Class Description:
- This highly interactive prepares students for professional negotiation in a variety of arenas. The development of conflict resolution skills will help students as they navigate through diverse audiences and a world that is increasing in its complexity every day. This portfolio of conflict solving skills is a must for every student of public policy and affairs and those who will be interacting with the public sector in a professional role. The course will introduce students to the theory and practice of negotiation and provide opportunities to test out skills and learn from experts. In-class sessions will include a number of structured exercises in which students will negotiate issues ranging from professional compensation, union conflicts, and international development.
- Grading:
- 35% Reports/Papers
30% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 35% is for reflections and on-line posts. - Class Format:
- Lecture, Discussion, and Negotiation Exercises. Possible guest speakers.
- Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week Other Workload: Attendance is essential due to the importance of the negotiation exercises.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20766/1149
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ande0844_PA5190_Fall2015.docx (Fall 2015)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 December 2013
Spring 2014 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Leadership to Address Global Grand Challenges (63906)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- VMED 5998 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Extended Regular Session01/13/2014 - 01/16/2014Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 08:00AM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 21501/17/2014Fri 08:00AM - 12:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- This hands-on course introduces participants to integrative leadership strategies useful in addressing global grand challenges, including hosting dialogue, debate and deliberation; mapping polarities and balancing paradox; designing inclusive decision-making processes. Course participants will have the opportunity to apply leadership skills in a public forum with multi-sector stakeholders addressing a contemporary global grand challenge.
- Class Description:
- This 4-day skills-based course will introduce participants to select integrative leadership strategies useful in addressing global grand challenges. Specifically, we will focus on leadership practices that foster collective action across diverse groups of people, including: 1. Hosting dialogue, debate and deliberation; 2. Mapping polarities and balancing paradox 3. Designing inclusive decision-making processes; Not surprisingly, grand challenges often emerge at the convergence of systems, sectors, or global institutions. For example, the grand challenges at the convergence of human health, animal health, economic development and environmental change include such issues as global food security, emerging infectious diseases, climate change, antimicrobial use and the control of catastrophic animal diseases with significant adverse effects on global economies. The course culminates on Thursday, January 17th with an opportunity for participants to apply key leadership skills in a public setting with multi-sector stakeholders. Students will serve as co-hosts along with course instructors for a day-long professional forum to address a contemporary food security grand challenge that is also a paradoxical dilemma conducive to polarity mapping: balancing animal well-being and agricultural worker safety. This Finding Common Ground Forum is hosted by the University of Minnesotas Center for Integrative Leadership (CIL) and the Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership (GIFSL). Following the Forum, students will meet for dinner, a Forum de-brief, and discussion of course follow-up assignments (which will be completed on-line).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63906/1143
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bloom004_huest001_myhre044_ongxx068_PA5190_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2012
Fall 2013 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Managing Conflict: Negotiation (27022)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 15
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- If class is full, please add your name to the waiting list.
- Class Description:
- This highly interactive prepares students for professional negotiation in a variety of arenas. The development of conflict resolution skills will help students as they navigate through diverse audiences and a world that is increasing in its complexity every day. This portfolio of conflict solving skills is a must for every student of public policy and affairs and those who will be interacting with the public sector in a professional role. The course will introduce students to the theory and practice of negotiation and provide opportunities to test out skills and learn from experts. In-class sessions will include a number of structured exercises in which students will negotiate issues ranging from professional compensation, union conflicts, and international development.
- Grading:
- 35% Reports/Papers
30% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 35% is for reflections and on-line posts. - Class Format:
- Lecture, Discussion, and Negotiation Exercises. Possible guest speakers.
- Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week Other Workload: Attendance is essential due to the importance of the negotiation exercises.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/27022/1139
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ande0844_PA5190_Fall2015.docx (Fall 2015)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 December 2013
Spring 2013 | PA 5190 Section 001: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Leadership to Address Global Grand Challenges (67212)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- VMED 5998 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Extended Regular Session01/14/2013 - 01/16/2013Mon, Tue, Wed 08:00AM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankVirtual Rooms NORMREQD01/17/2013Thu 08:00AM - 06:30PMUMTC, West BankVirtual Rooms NORMREQD
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- This hands-on course introduces participants to integrative leadership strategies useful in addressing global grand challenges, including hosting dialogue, debate and deliberation; mapping polarities and balancing paradox; designing inclusive decision-making processes. The course culminates with participants applying leadership skills in a public forum with multi-sector stakeholders. Students will co-host an event that addresses a contemporary food security grand challenge: balancing animal wellbeing and agricultural worker safety. Following the forum, students will meet for dinner, a forum de-brief, and discussion of course follow-up assignments. (Fuller description available in Course Guide.)
- Class Description:
- This 4-day skills-based course will introduce participants to select integrative leadership strategies useful in addressing global grand challenges. Specifically, we will focus on leadership practices that foster collective action across diverse groups of people, including: 1. Hosting dialogue, debate and deliberation; 2. Mapping polarities and balancing paradox 3. Designing inclusive decision-making processes; Not surprisingly, grand challenges often emerge at the convergence of systems, sectors, or global institutions. For example, the grand challenges at the convergence of human health, animal health, economic development and environmental change include such issues as global food security, emerging infectious diseases, climate change, antimicrobial use and the control of catastrophic animal diseases with significant adverse effects on global economies. The course culminates on Thursday, January 17th with an opportunity for participants to apply key leadership skills in a public setting with multi-sector stakeholders. Students will serve as co-hosts along with course instructors for a day-long professional forum to address a contemporary food security grand challenge that is also a paradoxical dilemma conducive to polarity mapping: balancing animal well-being and agricultural worker safety. This Finding Common Ground Forum is hosted by the University of Minnesotas Center for Integrative Leadership (CIL) and the Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership (GIFSL). Following the Forum, students will meet for dinner, a Forum de-brief, and discussion of course follow-up assignments (which will be completed on-line).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67212/1133
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bloom004_huest001_myhre044_ongxx068_PA5190_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2012
Spring 2013 | PA 5190 Section 002: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management -- Public Service Redesign (60104)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Second Half of Term03/25/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-149
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Description:
- This is a course on policy analysis as institutional design. This course: 1) reviews the literature on innovation and service redesign for public and nonprofit organizations, 2) discusses an approach for innovation and service redesign, 3) reviews the tools for innovation and redesign, and 4) has students present their ideas for innovation and redesign of a particular problem.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
40% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Student Presentations
30% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/60104/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2012
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