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tions. Emphasis on analyzing tools and
techniques which are important in fulfilling
these managerial functions.
PUAD 756 Managed Care
Administration (3) Basic theoretical concepts
concerning managed care, practical
management issues, and areas of controversyas
they pertain to managed care.
Topics include benefit design in managed
care, structure and management of managed
care delivery systems, financing of
managed care, and future trends in managed
care.
PUAD 757 Strategic Management for
Health Care (3) An examination ofstrategic
management in health care organizations.
Included are discussions of the narure of
strategic management; environment of
health organizations and methods of environmental
analysis; and methods of formulating,
implementing, and controlling
strategic management of health care delivery.
PUAD 760 Regulatory Policy and
Administration (3) The political, legal,
and economic dimensions of regulation.
Includes a delineation of the conceptual
framework for government intervention
into the marketplace and a determination
of the effects of this intervention. Topics
include the rise ofgovernment regulations,
structure and procedures of regulatory
agencies, the politics of regulation, and the
future of regulation.
PUAD 761 Environmental Policy and
Administration (3) An overview ofenvironmentallaw,
institutions, and regulation,
and the factors that have shaped environmental
policy at the federal, state, and local
levels. Assesses the impact ofenvironmental
policy at these levels, and the impact of
environmencallegislation on the behavior
of administrators responsible for its implementation
and administration. Examines
the major policy processes in controlling
pollution-standard-setting and compliance.
PUAD 763 Public Policy Making (3) An
overview of the process of public policymaking,
including the formulation of public
issues, the consideration of issues, and
the adaptation of solutions to public problems.
Emphasis on actors in the policy
process, and the environment within which
they function.
PUAD 764 Public Policy
Implementation (3) A review of the
diverse conceptualization frameworks of
analyzing the implementation of public
programs. Emphasis is on the analysis and
integration of the subsequent political, economic,
social, cultural, and managerial factors
that impact on the implementation of
public policies.
PUAD 770 Government-Business
Cooperation in Community
Development (3) A review of the relations
of institutions in the private and public sectors-the
relations of private sector decisions
to public sector decisions, and the impact of
public sector decisions on private sector
instirutions. Introduces research topics
related to government and business cooperation
in community development. Provides a
forum for the exchange of ideas between
spokespersons of public and private sector
institutions. Students write and present analytical
research papers on pertinent topics.
PUAD 775 Intergovernmental
Administration (3) Evaluation, growth,
present statuS, and characteristics of United
States federal system of government. Topics
include federal-state relations, state-local
relations, regionalism, councils ofgovernment,
interstate cooperation, grants-in-aid,
and revenue sharing.
PUAD 777 Political Economy of
Nonprofit Organizations (3) A study of
the role of nonprofit activity in the development
and administration of public policy.
Topics include the political economy of
nonprofit organizations and (he nonprofit
sector. Nonprofit management and the
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