Introduction to Public Administration
How governments are organized and how public servants turn decisions into services.
GOVT-201 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Government Studies
Course content
- 1What public administration isComing
- 2Bureaucracy and WeberComing
- 3Organizing government departmentsComing
- 4Crown agencies and arm's-length bodiesComing
- 5Politicians and public servantsComing
- 6The policy cycleComing
- 7Budgets and resourcesComing
- 8Managing people in governmentComing
- 9Service deliveryComing
- 10Accountability and oversightComing
- 11New public management and its criticsComing
- 12Careers in public serviceComing
Description
How governments are organized and how public servants turn decisions into services.
Part of the Arts & Social Sciences stream, typically taken in year 2.