PUBPOL 587: Public Management | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
PUBPOL 587

PUBPOL 587: Public Management

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Level
Graduate
Term
Fall 2008
Credit Hours
3

This course is designed to introduce the students to what public managers do and to help provide the students with perspectives and opportunities for practice that will help them become effective public managers. The course includes topics such as the motivation of employees, the distribution of tasks and authority, the negotiation of support and services, and the representation of a public organization or public policy to a variety of audiences.

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Faculty Expert

David E. Thacher

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Planning
As an associate professor of public policy and urban planning, Thacher’s research draws from philosophy, history, and the interpretive social sciences to develop and apply a humanistic approach to policy research. Most of his work has focused on criminal justice policy, where he has undertaken studies of order maintenance policing, the local police role in homeland security, community policing reform, the distribution of safety and security, prisoner re-entry, and criminal justice discretion.