CDL COURSE ENTRY FORM


Author: Bernice Kennedy/SUNY
Last modified by: Laura Wait/SUNY
Composed: 03/31/2004 04:17 PM
Curriculum Committee Approval Date:
Modified: 12/30/2010
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Course Number: (prefix) CHS (number) 263224 ESC 2.0 Course number:

Name: Politics and Leadership in the Bureaucracy
Datatel Title: (30char) Politics & Leadership

Area Coordinator: Frank VanderValk Department Code: 10PW Team:

Liberal Study? YES Level: UPPER Credits: 4 Prerequisite? YES
General Education Course? NO GenEd Approval Term/Year:

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Pre-registration Information?
Course will be offered (for online course descriptions, proposed offerings for by term views and web views)
Summer		Course will be offered (for final term listings, online registration, online bookordering, web views)
Summer
First Term Offered: (Required Format: YearTerm - i.e., 2005SP)
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Description: Study bureaucratic power and politics in public administration at all levels of government. Examine the experiences of public executives, managers and front-line public employees who have challenged the traditional hierarchies and formal rules and procedures in public organizations to facilitate change and innovation. Evaluate the tension between public expectations, administrative responsiveness and administrative competence. Analyze sources of bureaucratic power, the nature of bureaucratic discretion, institutional checks on the bureaucracy and the role of long-range planning and measurable outcomes in the evaluation of public policy. Special attention will be devoted to proposals to deregulate public organizations and to collaborate with entities outside the public agency.

Prerequisite: The American Political System: An Introduction to American Government, Introduction to Public Policy, Introduction to Public Administration or equivalents.

Important Note: May 2010 is the last term this course will be offered.

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Major Course Area
Community & Human Services		Minor Course Area
Political Science and Public Affairs		SLN Disciplines
Political Science
Additional Course Requirements
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Archive Course: Yes
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