Public and Nonprofit Management

This program-of-study is designed for students interested in general training in public sector and nonprofit management.  By emphasizing broad-based analytical and managerial courses, Public and Nonprofit Management prepares students for careers as administrators and managers at all levels of government and in nonprofit organizations.

The teaching objectives of Public and Nonprofit Management include knowledge of the budgetary process, analytical tools, organizational management theories and practices, institutions and policies surrounding personnel administration, strategic public and nonprofit management, and the role of information technology in public and nonprofit management. 

The faculty members who serve as advisors in Public and Nonprofit Management represent a wide range of interests, which reflect the breadth of alternatives within this program-of-study.  Among the recent or current research and consulting activities of the faculty are projects in financial management, organization structure and design, policy analysis, politics of civil service, managerial leadership, public administration and law, programmatic design, implementation and management, nonprofit leadership and foundations.

Faculty:

Public Management

Stuart Bretschneider, Advisor

Ines Mergel

Soonhee Kim

Christina Merchant

Tina Nabatchi

Rosemary O’Leary

Public Management Faculty who also focus their work on Nonprofit Management

Arthur Brooks

Ross Rubenstein

Steve Lux

David VanSlyke

Public Administration Courses:

Human Resources Management

Nonprofit Management and Governance

Financial Management in Nonprofit Organizations

Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations

Social Entrepreneurship

Management of NGO's in Developing and Transitional Countries

Managing Interpersonal, Group and Systemic Conflicts

Fundamentals of Conflict Studies

Information Strategy and Management in the Public Sector I: Government 2.0

Information Management in the Public Sector II: Networked Governanace

Ethics and Public Policy

Public Administration and Law

Regulatory Law and Policy

Certificates of Advanced Studies are Available in Applied Conflict Management and in Civil Society Organizations.

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