Public Policy & Administration 697J - ST-Organization Theory/Design

This course is designed to help students obtain a solid foundation in selected organizational and institutional perspectives -- particularly as they inform institutional stability and change in public and non-profit organizations. The course is organized as a seminar and will blend foundational studies in institutional theory with applied policy research in a variety of settings. The course focuses on emergence, persistence and change in institutions; micro-macro connections and linkages; and networks (minus quantitative network analysis). Ideally, the course will provide graduate students with concepts and tools for analysis and a deep understanding of institutional and organizational forms, processes, stability and change.

This course is one of three courses recommended for doctoral students planning to take the public policy field examination. It is equally open to masters-level students with an interest in reading deeply and thoroughly in organizational and institutional perspectives related to public and non-profit organizations.

10 seats reserved for MPP & MPAA grad students only.