PADM 0608 - Organizational Behavior for Non-Profit and Public Organizations

Credits: 3

This course looks at human behavior within the context of the formal organization in order to gain a better understanding of the actual human organization and how best to organize, lead, motivate, and make decisions in that unique organization. Other topics include effective communication, small group dynamics, and effective human resource management. Students will be asked to observe in a non-profit organization and to write an ethnographic analysis of the human behavior vs. required behavior in that organization.

Prerequisites: PADM 0600 - Foundations of Public Administration and one of the following: PADM 0520 - Public Budgeting: Politics and Practices; PADM 0610 - Human Resource Management Skills; PADM 0615 - Strategic Management in Nonprofit Organizations; PADM 0622 - Information Management; PADM 0630 - Public Policy Analysis; PADM 0660 - Ethics and Accountability; or advisor approval.