Program Description

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The ever-changing environment of public, private, and nonprofit sectors is due in large part to the increased blurring of the roles our society assigns to public, private and nonprofit organizations.  Today, public and nonprofit organizations are expected to carry out their mission of service by successfully partnering with the private sector and other public and nonprofit organizations.   This requires that managers in the public and nonprofit arenas meet both the public’s and business sector’s expectations for efficiency and effectiveness while maintaining traditional values associated with public services such as fairness, equal access to services, public accountability, public participation in decision making—values our society does not typically require of the private sector. To successfully lead a public or nonprofit organization in this new environment, administrators must develop superior executive, public policy, and resource management expertise.  The program further develops competencies in these three areas:

Executive Development Emphasis
Mission: To develop the ability to transform, lead and direct organizations in a dynamic environment. Emphasis is on leadership and strategic planning enhanced by options relating to performance measurement, quality improvement and management in a global context.

Public Policy Emphasis
Mission: To develop the knowledge and skills necessary to design, implement and evaluate policies and programs in public/nonprofit organizations in an economic, social and legal context.

Resource Development Emphasis
Mission: To develop the abilities and skills necessary to identify, acquire and manage effectively the human, financial, technological and physical resources of diverse organizations.

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