Mary
Jo Bane
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HLE-201:
Poverty and Social Policy
Examines the causes and consequences of poverty and explores strategies
for addressing it. Begins by exploring the various ways poverty is
defined and measured and by trying to understand what it means to
be poor in the United States, Mexico and China. The remainder of the
course focuses primarily on the United States. We examine a number
of explanations for poverty, including changes in family structure
and population demographics, changes in the labor market, residential
segregation, and culture. We also explore the consequences of poverty
on health and well-being. Finally, we examine policy options and issues,
including training and education, supports for the working poor, child
support enforcement, health care, child care, and other supports for
families and children, and welfare reform.
STM-110:
Strategic Management in the Public Sector
This course focuses on strategic management in the public sectors
of democratic societies. It critically examines and applies the assumptions,
concepts, and tools of the new approaches to public management that
are being applied around the world. Important strategic decisions
that will be examined in the course include: formulating and articulating
a mission and vision; formulating and internalizing in the organization
a set of long-term objectives; translating objectives into measures
of performance; designing production systems and organizational structures;
and shaping organizational culture. Privatization and partnerships
will be examined, along with public provision as ways of creating
public value. Most class meetings are case discussions, supplemented
by some presentation of conceptual materials. Cases and other readings
are drawn from the United States, other industrialized countries,
and developing countries.
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