MPA 6610G - Government, Business, and Society

Credits: 4

This course is designed to help students think critically about the ways in which government and business interact with one another in the local, state, national and international economy. It examines how business and government are organized, and the methods by which they seek to influence one another. In addition, this course will challenge students to look at the unique nature of management in the public v. private sector. This course examines the influence of government policies on the competitive positions of individual firms and industries. This course will introduce the interrelationships between the public, private and non-profit sectors and the activities of the major key players: federal, state, and local elected officials, city managers, business leaders, interest groups, political parties, lobbyists, community activists, and non-governmental officials (NGOs) and their constituencies. Finally, this course will ask you to define the specific concepts- economic, social, political, psychological, and cultural-that are common to the unique nature of management in the public, private and non-profit sectors.