H501 |
Introduction to Health and Medical Care Organizations
(3 cr.) - Study of individual and social determinants of the
health/disease intervention process and provider and customer roles.
Description and analysis of resource, process, and control components
involved in the delivery of health services. Emphasis is placed on
the role of applied provider and patient health care ethics.
Contemporary health issues are examined. |
H503 |
Health Systems Organization and Policy Development
(3 cr.) - Introduction to health systems organization and management by
exploring the role of management in health services organizations to
understand and apply organizational and management theories, concepts, and
principles to the health field. Managerial processes, resource
dependence, population ecology, contingency theory, corporate culture,
managerial ethics, and total quality management prospective emphasized.
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| H506 |
Health Services Human Resources Management (3 cr.) -
This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to understand the
application of personnel and labor relations techniques to the health
services sector, with particular emphasis on human resources management,
employee benefit programs, and labor relations, as applied to the health
services delivery organization. |
| H509 |
Health Services Financial Management I (3 cr.) - An examination
of the analytical techniques used in the financial management of health
care organizations, with emphasis on accounting and financial analysis,
short-term asset management, and capital project analysis.
Conceptual and quantitative practice is provided using cases and computer
spreadsheet programs. |
H514 |
Health Economics (3 cr.) - P: 3 credit hours of
undergraduate economics. Examines the principles and application of economic
analysis in the health field and the economist's approach to health care issues.
Provides insights offered by economic analysis of specific health issues and problems. |
| H515 |
The Health Policy Process (3 cr.) - An examination of
public policy making in the health care sector, since 1900, with emphasis
on policy analysis, the process of governmental regulation, and the
character of American institutions. Special attention will be given
to the constitutional, jurisprudential, legislative, and bureaucratic
features of the American health care environment. |
| H516 |
Health Services Delivery and the Law (3 cr.) -
Medical-legal concepts related to hospitals and other health services
organizations. Course provides an in-depth understanding of the relationships
of the law and the legal processes affecting the health services
system. Presentation of the elements of administrative and agency
processes, torts, contracts, facilities, physicians, patients, and
personnel. |
H517 |
Managerial Epidemiology (3 cr.) - An examination of
general epidemiologic methods such as population, descriptive techniques and use of health
indicators and secondary data sources. Includes design, administration, and analysis
of observational and experimental studies. Emphasis will be on use of epidemiologic
techniques to assess community health, determine community risk factors, and evaluate
community-based programs. |
H604 |
Ambulatory Care and Managed Care Programs (3 cr.) - P:
SPEA H501, SPEA H503, or SPEA V504, or consent of instructor. Study of the
organizational and managerial aspects of ambulatory health services delivery Focus
on delivery strategies and organizational models and on the operational issues of
financial control, personnel, regulation, and evaluation. |
H606 |
Health Services Quality Improvement and Risk Management
(3 cr.) - P: SPEA H501, SPEA H503, and SPEA V504. Critically examines the concepts,
strategies, and techniques related to the improvement of the quality of health service
delivery. Addresses the increasing need to enhance productivity given the impact of
external and other factors on the workplace. Principles and application of risk
management concepts and techniques, including insurance, are emphasized. |
| H630 |
Readings in Health Services Administration
(1-6 cr.) - Supervised readings in selected areas of health services management
and policy and planning. For advanced students; open to others by
arrangement. |
| V502 |
Public Management (1-3 cr.) - Analysis of concepts,
methods, and procedures involved in managing public organizations. Problems
of organization, planning, decision making, performance evaluation, and
the management of human resources are considered. Cases are drawn
from a variety of public services found at federal, state, and local
levels of government. |
| V504 |
Public Organization (3 cr.) - This course focuses on
the behavior and theory of public organizations in four areas: (1)
individuals and groups in public organizations, (2) the design of public
organizations, (3) organization-environment relations, and (4)
inter-organizational relations. |
| V506 |
Statistical Analysis for Public Affairs (3 cr.) -
Non-calculus survey of concepts in probability, estimation, and hypothesis
testing. Applications of contingency table analysis, analysis of
variance, regression, and other statistical techniques. Computer
processing of data emphasized. |
| V507 |
Data Analysis and Modeling for Public Affairs (3 cr.)
- P: SPEA V506. This course is a graduate-level introduction to
modeling complex systems, estimating parameters of models on the basis of
data, forecasting future values of the system, and testing hypotheses
about the nature of things within that context. |
| V512 |
Public Policy Process (3 cr.) - An examination of the
role of public affairs professionals in policy process. Focuses on
relationships with political actors in various policy areas. |
V517 |
Public Management Economics (3 cr.) - Application of
micro economics concepts and techniques, including cost, elasticity, pricing, wage
determination, and cost-benefit analysis, to public management and public issues and
concerns. The course is designed to provide a managerial economics perspective to
decision making. |
| V518 |
Intergovernmental Systems Management (1-3 cr.)
- Discussion of theories and approaches to systems management including
responsibilities and tasks of public systems. Examination of
intergovernmental relationships and intra-local governmental
relationships, treatment of organizational and systems design as well as
planning, decision making, and control of public systems. Discussion
of applications to services such as environment, health, and human services. |
| V522 |
Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations
(3 cr.) - Effective human resource management is vital for the long-term
success of nonprofit organizations. This course explores the
attachments of participants in nonprofit organizations, the motivational
and personnel programs required by these attachments, and the managerial
strategies for effective human resource management. |
| V525 |
Management in the Nonprofit Sector (3 cr.) - An
examination of nonprofit (third-sector) organizations and their role in
society. Management issues and public policy affecting these
organizations are discussed. Primary emphasis is on United States
organizations, but attention is given to the global nature of the sector. |
| V526 |
Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations (3
cr.) - This course emphasizes a thorough understanding of the language and
key concepts of nonprofit financial management. A working knowledge
of the basic analytical tools used in financial decision making for
nonprofit organizations will be examined through the use of computer
software. |
| V529 |
Seminar in Career and Professional Development
(1 cr.) - Introduction to career development in public and environmental
affairs. Orientation to career development approaches and
resources. Discussion and practice of professional skills and
techniques. Orientation to career development opportunities.
Grading is on an S/F basis. |
V540 |
Law and Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) - Explanation of law in
society and its influence on public sector operations. Examination of some of the
central substantive areas of the study of law, including regulatory processes,
administrative adjudication, the Administrative Procedures Act, ombudsmen, and citizens
rights, among others. |
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V542 |
Governmental Financial Accounting and Reporting (3
cr.) - P or C: SPEA V560. An introduction to the fundamentals of
accounting in business, not-for-profit and public sectors. Intended
only for students without previous accounting courses. Primary
emphasis is on municipal entity fund accounting, including the development
and use of financial statements. |
| V547 |
Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (3 cr.) -
Students will learn the skill of interest-based negotiation through role
play and simulation. Students will learn about dispute resolution
techniques such as mediation, arbitration, fact finding, early neutral
evaluation, ombudsmanship, and facilitation. The course covers
dispute resolution in federal government and in the context of public,
environmental, labor, and business disputes. |
V550 |
Topics in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) - Selected
research and discussion topics organized on a semester-by-semester basis,
usually with significant student input in the course design. |
| V560 |
Public Finance and Budgeting (1-3 cr.) - The fiscal
role of government in a mixed economy, sources of public revenue and
credit; administrative, political, and institutional aspects of the budget
and the budgetary process; problems and trends in intergovernmental fiscal
relations. |
| V561 |
Public Personnel Management (1-3 cr.) - Analysis of
the structure, operations, and design of public personnel systems,
including government agencies and public enterprise. Relationships
between public policy and personnel concepts, values, and operations
considered. |
| V562 |
Public Program Evaluation (1-3 cr.) - Examination of
how the programs of public agencies are proposed, established, operated,
and evaluated. Discussion of the role and conduct of research in the
program evaluation process. In addition, techniques of effective
evaluation and analysis are discussed. |
| V563 |
The Planning Process (1-3 cr.) - Seminar designed to
familiarize students with planning ramifications of policy issues faced by
governments. The focal topics selected for study will vary.
Emphasis placed on identification and analysis of substantive issues, methods
employed for resolution, and application of planning techniques for achieving
goals. |
V564 |
Urban Management (3 cr.) - The management of public
policy in American urban government, with special attention to the relationship of
structure, process, and policy. Readings and case studies will focus on urban
management problems relating to leadership, planning, and operations. |
| V566 |
Executive Leadership (3 cr.) - Analysis of executive
leadership within the context of public organizations in the United
States. Examines the role of public managers and the principles and
factors that affect their actions in light of current research and
practice. |
V569 |
Managing Interpersonal Relations (3 cr.) - P: SPEA V502
and SPEA V504. This course will teach students the theory and application of
individual and group human behavior. Key interpersonal skills will be modeled
expertly on videotape. Students will be expected to practice these key skills and
receive feedback on their performance. |
V570 |
Public Sector Labor Relations (1-3 cr.) - An introductory
overview of labor relations concepts within the framework of the public sector. The
development, practice, and extent of the collective bargaining process as well as the
administration of the labor agreement will be examined for state agencies, local
municipalities, and school districts. |
| V572 |
Urban Topics (3 cr.) - Selected topics in urban
policy and administration. The course is sometimes restricted to a
special group of students focusing on a particular research interest. |
V580 |
Readings in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) - P: Written consent
of instructor. Readings on selected topics in public affairs. |
V585 |
Practicum in Public Affairs (1-6 cr.) - Students hold
work assignments with public agencies. Grading is on an S/F basis. |
V590 |
Research in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) - P: Written consent
of instructor. Research on selected topics in public affairs. |
V595 |
Managerial Decision-Making (1-3 cr.) - P: SPEA V504 and
SPEA V539. Applications of decision making tools to substantive public management
problems. A variety of managerial cases and issues are selected for intensive
discussion and analysis. |
| V600 |
Capstone in Public and Environmental Affairs (1-6
cr.) - Projects in public affairs. The students work on a research
and resource team to complete a project for a public-sector client.
Faculty act as project managers and resource personnel. |
| V601 |
Workshop in Public Affairs (1-6 cr.) - Projects in public
affairs. The students work on a research and resource team to complete a project for
a public sector client. Faculty act as project managers and resource personnel. |
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