2003-2005 - Special Collections - University of Baltimore

elationships among government, business,
and nonprofit activity are examined within
the current context of issues and future
trends.
PUAD 780 Public Information
Management: Organizational and Policy
Issues (3) Policy and organizational issues
regarding information resource management.
IRM Strategic Planning at the government-wide
and agency levels, and the
problems facing public organizations in
terms ofgovernance (oversight), financing,
and politics of technology planning.
Considered are: privacy and confidentiality
challenges related to government information;
standards setting at the governmentwide
and agency levels; workplace use
policies; and personnel problems. Also
explores planning and implementation
problems related to the re-design of public
organizations.
PUAD 781 Information Technology:
Public Sector Applications (3) The design
and implementation ofpublic sector IS
and IT projecrs, including ament developments
and issues in the application ofavailable
technology to public sector management. The
role oftechnology in enhancing intergovernmental
coordination, improving service,
increasing efficiency, and reducing government
spending. Technologies examined include:
distribu ted transaction -oriented databases;
data warehousing, management information
systems, and executive and group decision
suppOrt systems; geographic
information systems; office automation,
voice response systems, and document
imaging; electronic data interchange and
kiosks; and electronic commerce over public
nerworks.
PUAD 785 Public Sector Performance
Measurement (3) Structuring data collection
and analyses techniques to determine
precisely what an agency is attempting to
do, and what it accomplishes through its
outputs. The emphasis is on the reJation­
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ship berween outputs and outcomes, and
how to shape the outputs to have a measurable
positive impact on customers and
other stakeholders.
PUAD 786 Activity-Based Costing for
Public Administrators (3) Activity-Based
Costing is a decision support tool that provides
organizations with accurate and relevant
cost information they need to guide
decision making. The course focuses on
developing performance information to
monitor daily operations, searching out
non-value added activities, and controlling
inventory. Emphasis is also placed on
whether public sector services should be
outsourced.
PUAD 789 Business Process Re-engineering
in the Public Sector (3) This
course focuses on how public administrators
can use business process re-engineering
to improve organizational effectiveness and
efficiency. Course examines various tools,
techniques, methodologies, and technologies
for bringing about change in organizational
structures, policies, procedures,
processes, and management systems.
PUAD 790 Internship (3) Designed ro
broaden the educational experience ofStUdents
through work assignments with
appropriate governmental agencies.
Required of all pre-service students.
Prerequisite: Approval o/the program director
and the monitoringfoculty member. Eligible
for continuing studies (CS) grade.
PUAD 795 Advanced Quantitative
Techniques in Public Administration (3)
Application of sophisticated quantitative
techniques to decision-making aspects of
public agency operations and programs.
Emphasis is on techniques such as linear
programming, PERTICPM, queuing theory,
and simulation as well as cost-benefit
analysis and mathematical modeling.