This is a well-developed literature on organizations and management, which students
cover in any respectable administration and management program. This course
introduced students to major topics, issues, and contributions in the literature on
organizations and management, with emphasis on applications to government and
nonprofit organizations, because they are serious ones. The course, however, also
emphasizes the many examples of successful management in these organizations,
including some of the past and most recent reforms and improvements. The examples and
exercises in the course refer to organizations at federal, state, and local levels of
government, and to a variety of nonprofit organizations, such as hospitals, museums,
and social service agencies.

I. Historical overview of organization theory
II. Environments of organizations, and of public and nonprofit organizations
III. Organizational goals and effectiveness
IV. Organizational structure and design
V. Organizational innovation and change
VI. Information and control in organizations
VII. People in public and nonprofit organizations: Motives, values, motivation, and
work-related attitudes
VIII. Leadership
IX. Organizational culture and ethics
X. Strategy and decision-making processes
XI. Power, politics, and conflict in organizations
XII. Interorganizational relations
XIII. New directions in public management, including TQM. NRP, REGO, privatization,
and organizational excellence