PA 516 Current Issues in Public Management

Explores two major strategies for the reform of public organizations: (1) an economic-centered approach that emphasizes private market-place incentives and the measurement of outcomes and (2) a civic dialogue approach that advocates the use of deliberative processes, reliance on collaboration, and a greater role of nonprofit organizations in the design and delivery of public services. The purpose of this course is to examine these approaches within the context of traditional models that have guided the public policy and management role of the bureaucracy in the American system of democratic governance.