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Technology and Information
Management
Technology and Information Management was developed out of a
realization that many areas of public concern include
significant technical or information system aspects. Indeed,
many observers believe that the public service is experiencing
fundamental change ushered in by revolutionary developments in
technology. Today's public manager benefits by a knowledge of
the technical dimensions of public management, but tomorrow's
public manager may well be required to have an understanding of
the effects of technology and information systems on policy.
Even as policy priorities shift from year to year, the technical
requirements of public management will remain a driving force.
There is no expectation that the Technology and Information
Management curriculum will transform students into engineers or
information scientists; the more modest goal is to enhance the
traditional skills of public managers and prepare Technology and
Information Management graduates to work (often with
technicians) on problems that have both managerial and technical
components.
Some students electing Technology and Information Management
program will work in agencies that are primarily concerned with
technical and information issues as part of their basic mission
(e.g., state energy offices, NASA, various consulting firms,
environmental agencies). Many others, however, will assume jobs
in more traditional agencies but in positions which require
technical knowledge (such as technology transfer agents,
decision support staff, or policy analysts dealing with
technical issues). A grounding in technology and information
policy is useful at all levels of government and is also much in
demand in the private and not-for-profit sectors.
Faculty:
Stuart Bretschneider, Advisor
William Duncombe
Soonhee Kim
W.
Henry Lambright
David Popp
Public Administration Courses:
Information Strategy and Management in the Public Sector I:
Government 2.0
Information Management in the Public Sector II: Networked
Governance
Science, Technology and Public Policy
The
Economics of Science and Technology
Global Information Technology
Related Courses in Maxwell and SU:
Geographic Information Systems
Systems Assurance Seminar
Security on Networked Environments
Survey of Telecommunications and Information Policy
Introduction to Information Security
Introduction to Telecommunications and Network Management
E-Commerce Technologies
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