Fall 2024 | PA 5011 Section 002: Dynamics of Public Affairs Organizations (23131)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Public Policy major and minor or Human Rights major
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 60
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 32 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Critical analysis of organizations in the world of public affairs from multiple levels - including the individual, group, organization, and sector - and the dynamics of relationships among them. Develop actionable recommendations to improve organizational effectiveness in the context of multiple (often contested) prosocial purposes and conflicting stakeholder demands. Memo writing, case analyses, simulations, guest speakers, and self-awareness exercises
- Class Description:
Organizations pervade human life. They are sites of power, innovation, and social change. They can also be places that discourage initiative and reinforce inequalities found in society. Effective organizational management and leadership are critical to achieving broadly beneficial social, economic, and public value. The task is difficult because of the complexity of human behavior in organizations, constrained resources, competing demands of many stakeholders outside of the organization, and pervasive changes in our world. Most of you will work in some kind of organization when you graduate, and many, if not most, of you will be leaders (and potentially managers) during your careers. This course will help prepare you to be an organizational leader, focusing on empowering you with the courage to act under uncertainty in order to build community amongst staff, lead by example, and strengthen the effectiveness of your organization.
- Learning Objectives:
· Understand how to work effectively in and through public and nonprofit organizations in the context of multiple (and often contested) public purposes, conflicting stakeholder demands, and a diverse world;
· Think critically about organizations and managerial roles, especially regarding ways in which they reflect and create power and privilege;
· Develop actionable recommendations from your organizational analyses in order to improve their effectiveness; and,
· Demonstrate management skills including memo writing, professional presentations, and team development and management.- Grading:
Assignment
Grade Weighting
Participation
25%
Weekly Reflection Posts (11 @ 1.82% each)
20%
Personal User Manual
5%
Group Norms
5%
Management Case Memos (3 @ 10% each; or the first 2 at 15% )
30%
Reflected Best Self-Exercise
15%
- Class Format:
- In-person
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23131/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2023
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2024 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Shahrin Upoma
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