Spring 2015  |  PA 5011 Section 001: Management of Organizations (68019)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015
Mon, Fri 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 335
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Challenges facing higher-level managers in public/nonprofit organizations in mixed economy/democratic republic. Distinctive features of public/nonprofit management, skills necessary for effective management, manager's role as creator of public value. Lectures, case discussions. prereq: Major/minor in public policy or instr consent
Class Notes:
Instructor will be Carrie Oelberger, a new Humphrey School faculty member.
Class Description:
This course is designed to provide students a foundation of knowledge about public and nonprofit organizations, to help you think and act from the perspective of a manager considering ways to strengthen the work of organizations. To create that foundation, we focus on organizations and different ways to analyze them. Through active participation, you will become acquainted with the basic concepts, competencies, and skills needed to manage and lead organizations involved in making and carrying out policies and programs to address public issues. The course moves through the various levels of organizational behavior. We begin with your own skills and consider how to use them to work effectively in groups. We then consider the elements of organizations and the character of the larger environment that shapes what happens within them and how they interact with other organizations. Throughout, you will come to see that organizations operate as systems within particular contexts that provide both opportunities and constraints.
Grading:
60% Reports/Papers
15% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation
Class Format:
25% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
15% Student Presentations
10% Web Based
Workload:
80 Pages Reading Per Week
50 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Readings & weekly reading notes; 3 concise management memos; team project analyzing an organization (8 analysis memos, 1 presentation, and 1 final report) .
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68019/1153
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/coelberg_PA5011_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/coelberg_PA5011_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/coelberg_PA5011_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/coelberg_PA5011_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
10 November 2014

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