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Public and Non-Profit Management Concentration

Students interested in this concentration aim to work in the public sector for a nonprofit organization. Students develop managerial skills and are introduced to analytical tools necessary in organizational decision-making. Coursework covers the basics of non-profit management, from budgeting and human-resource management, to strategy and organizational behavior.

In addition to the nine foundation courses, CIPA fellows who select the Public and Non-Profit Management concentration take a minimum of five courses related to their specific area of focus. The course list below, organized thematically to facilitate course selection, is designed to help fellows develop a particular area of study, but should not limit choices. CIPA fellows may elect to substitute other relevant courses, by petition, with the approval of their advisor.

Course List

Administration Politics and Public Policy

Dept

Course

Title

Credits

Semester

Professor

AEM

633

Devolution and Privatization and the New Public Management

4

F

Warner

ECON

369

Public Political Economy

4

S

Klausner

HADM

385

Business Law I

3

F

Wagner

ILRCB

488

Liberty and Justice for All

4

F,S

Gold

ILRCB

500

Collective Bargaining

4

F

Kuruvilla

ILRCB

501

Labor and Employment Law

4

F

Compa

Gold

ILRCB

607

Values in Law, Economics and Industrial Relations

4

F,S

Gross

ILROB

520

Organizational Behavior and Analysis

3

F

Hammer

ILROB

625

Conflict, Power and Negotiation

4

F

Lawler

ILROB

627

Leadership in Organizations

4

S

Hammer

NBA

569

Management Consulting

3

F

McAdams

NBA

589

Nonprofit Management

4

S

Kudva

NBA

639

Data-Driven Marketing

4

S

Gupta

NBA

663

Managerial Decision-Making

4

F

Russo

PAM

383

Social Welfare as a Social Institution

4

F

Allen

PAM

420

Management Information Systems for the Public Sector

4

S

Staff

Economics and Public Finance

ECON

404

Economics and the Law

4

F

Hay

ILRLE

540

Labor Economics

3

F

Fields

ILRLE

648

Economic Analysis of the University

4

F

Ehrenberg

ILROB

626

Organizations and Social Inequality

4

S

Tolbert

Quantitative Analysis

OR&IE

435

Introduction to Game Theory

4

F

Friedman

PAM

423

Risk Management and Policy

3

F

Tennyson

Focus Courses

CRP

637

Regional Development Planning: An International Perspective

4

F

Vietorisz

CRP

638

Planning and the Global Knowledge Economy: Sustainability Issues

4

S

Vietorisz

ECON

354

The Economics of Regulation

4

F

Schuler

EDUC

661

Administrative Decision Making

3

F

Sipple

ILRCB

482

Ethics at Work

4

F,S

Gold

ILRCB

604

Theories of Equality and Their Application to the Workplace

3

F,S

Lieberwitz

ILRCB

708

Negotiations in Practice

3

S

Frank

ILRHR

667

Employee Relations and Diversity

4

S

Roberson

ILROB

729

Organizational Change and Intervention

3

F

Staff

NBA

525

Social Entrepreneurship

1.5

Not offered 2005-2006

Lounsbury

NBA

538

Inclusive Leadership

1.5

S

Stepp

NBA

560

Business Law I

4

F

Grossman

NBA

666

Negotiations

3

S

Proel

NBA

678

Lectures on the Venture Capital Industry

1.5

S

Bartlett

BenDaniel

PAM

601

Policy Process and Theory

3

F

Swisher

Recently Completed Theses:

"The US Water and Wastewater Crisis: Why Do Cities Decide to Privatize, and the Implications Thereafter" (Author: Arthur Brown. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Steven Jackson)

"Sex, Love and Real Life Scenarios: An Evaluation of the Impact of Filmmaking on Peer Audiences at Scenarios USA" (Author: Cathleen Kane. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Jerome Ziegler)

"Why are Public Schools Failing? A Comparative Case Study of Public Elementary Schools in Chicago" (Author: Tamika Northington. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Steven Jackson)


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