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Simulation Capstone
Provides opportunity for students to engage in culminating capstone experience to engage in solving a real world problem.
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Methods for Engaging Communities in Local Government
Introduces conceptional frameworks and practical strategies to center equitable and inclusive stakeholder participation in local government. Students learn to analyze the context of engagement, select and deploy appropriate methods, and develop techniques for appropriate documentation to enable decision making.
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Collaborative Governance
Organizations from different sectors (public, business, nonprofit) increasingly work together to achieve unique, collaborative outcomes. Managing cross-sector relationships presents dynamic process and governance challenges that go well beyond the difficulties of managing within an organization. Explores the opportunities and risks…
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Leading for Equity
Introduces frameworks from organizational leadership research to provide a foundation for equity-centered leadership in the public sector. Critically examines normative organizational practices and provides foundational concepts about different types of diversity, ethical responsibilities of public leaders, and approaches to cultivating…
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Local Government Management
Explores a wide range of local government topics. Topics include: inclusive community engagement practices; economic development strategies; current issues in policing; and applying an equity lens in local government decision making.