2001-2003 Graduate Catalog - Texas Southern University: ::em.tsu ...

PAD 621 SOCIAL RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY (3) Implications of social science research for social policy.Experimental and research designs useful for deciding which program features to examine systematically. (Prerequisites:PAD 502 and PAD 503)PAD 622 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND PUBLIC POLICY (3) An examination of the impact of science and technologyupon governmental policy in the United States.PAD 623 PUBLIC POLICY ANALYTICAL METHODS (3) Application of theories and techniques of policy analysisto current public problems. Focus on design and execution of policy research.PAD 624 ISSUES ON AGING (3) Addresses range of issues, including employment, health care, housing, income security,and social services. Also addresses social security and medicare programs.PAD 631 GOVERNMENT BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (3) Focuses on the executive budget asa tool for management planning and control. Stresses understanding different budgetary systems, elements of budget reviewand execution, and resource allocation strategies.PAD 633 MANAGERIAL FINANCE: ANALYTICAL METHODS (3) Decision making models involving the majorcomponents of financial management. Emphasis is placed upon the application of analytical methods to portfolio management.(Prerequisites: PAD 503 and PAD 630)PAD 640 PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE (3) Fundamentals in personnelemployment and placement, staff and evaluation, wage and salary administration, employee benefits and service, and laborrelations.PAD 641 HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING (3) It involves critical analysis related topersonnel and organizational structure and function. Emphasizes research, planning, staffing and budget preparation. (Prerequisite:PAD 640)PAD 642 LABOR RELATIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING (3) The rise of labor unions in the public sector.Reviews the collective bargaining process and the legal framework of collective bargaining.PAD 650 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS (3) Examines relationships and cooperative functions in federal,state, and local governmental units. Emphasis on the urban administrator’s role in changing patterns of cooperation andcoordination.PAD 651 URBAN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS (3) An overview of the position of cities, in the American governmentalsystem, highlighting relationships between administrative, political, social, and economic features of urban life.PAD 652 HUMAN SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (3) A focus on the various approaches to planning, delivery andadministration of human services through public, private, and non-profit organizations.PAD 660 COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN WESTERN NATIONS (3) A historical survey of thetraditions, laws, and political culture that influence the contemporary character of administration in the West.PAD 661 SELECTED TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE ADMINISTRATION (3) Covers contemporary issues and problemsin comparative administration.PAD 662 COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: DEVELOPING NATIONS (3) The role of the administrativeprocess of political development. An emphasis on bureaucracy and political change in emerging nations.98