ADMN 312

Managing in Public and Non-Profit Organizations

Units: 1.5

An examination of the skills of an effective manager in public and non-profit sector organizations and the interplay between management and key organizational processes such as planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating policies, programs and services. Management topics include: managerial work, interpersonal and leadership skills, power and influence, conflict resolution, formal and informal communications, motivation and teamwork. A project on managing organizational change is used as a way to connect manager behaviours and organizational processes.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 312, 406. Students may select an elective in lieu of 312.

Undergraduate course in Public Administration offered by the School of Public Administration in the Faculty of Human and Social Development.