The course is designed to introduce you to the field of public management. It is a practical course, organized around the tools managers may use to influence the behavior of their organizations. The course also discusses the political environment in which public managers must interact. This course serves as an introduction to management in government and in the non-profit and private organizations that contract with and/or partner with government to provide public services. Lectures, cases, discussions and group projects focus on an array of management tools that help managers implement public policy and deliver critical services. While many examples come from the instructor's experience in New York City as well as US, state, and federal agencies, numerous comparative cases and projects from Asia, Latin America and Europe are used to discover best practices, common challenges and the impact of culture on organizational behavior. The course will be valuable to those expecting a career in large, complex organizations, either as a manager or a policy advisor.
A seminar on topics in Applied Probability and Risk.
This course is the first part of a one-year sequence and focuses on microeconomics. The objectives of the course are (i) to provide you with the analytical tools that are needed to analyze the economic effects of policies and (ii) to help you to develop an open-minded and critical way to think about economic issues.