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Summer 2008 course offering

PUBA 630

Nonprofit Management: The Fundamentals (3) Fundamental aspects of managing a nonprofit organization; overview of the nonprofit sector; mission and scope of nonprofit organizations; organizational structures and functions; resource and volunteer development; major management issues. Pre: graduate standing or consent.

CRN: 93675, section 601
Restriction: College
Day: Tuesday and Thursday
Time: 6:00 - 9:15 pm
Location: SAUND 244
Instructor: Muthusami Kumaran, kumaran@hawaii.edu, ph: 956-7551

Elective Courses for Fall 2008

PUBA 620

Reforming Public Organizations (3) Joins the national and international conversation about ways to substantially improve the effectiveness, accountability and quality of work experience in public organizations. Presentations, readings, discussion, journals and projects focus on the changing paradigm of organization, strategies for creating effective change, and individual strengths and weaknesses in initiating and sustaining an improvement process. Pre: graduate standing or consent. Click here for course flier.

CRN: This information is not yet available.
Restriction: College
Day: Monday
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Location: SAUND 637
Instructor: Dick Pratt, pratt@hawaii.edu, ph: 956-8260

PUBA 623

Organizational Communication (3) Contemporary topics and problems regarding communication in the workplace; maximizing individual and organizational potential. Pre: graduate standing or consent. Click here for course flier.

CRN: This information is not yet available.
Restriction: College
Day: Wednesday
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Location: SAUND 637
Professor: Jeff Ady, jady@hawaii.edu, ph: 956-7010

PUBA 660C

Public Budgeting (3) Examines concepts and practices of public budgeting by focusing on the political, economic and allocation decisions of the budgetary process and on the different types of budgets and budget reform proposals. Pre: graduate standing or consent. Click here for course flier.

CRN: This information is not yet available.
Restriction: College
Day: Friday
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Location: SAUND 637
Professor: Christopher Grandy, grandy@hawaii.edu, ph: 956-7060

PUBA 667

Special Topics: Collaborative Public Management - Managing Boundaries (3) Introduces students to the theories, skills, processes and practices of designing, working with, negotiating, managing and evaluating networks in public, private, for-profit and non-profit settings. Pre: Graduate standing or consent. Click here for course flier.

CRN: This information is not yet available.
Restriction: Colleges
Day: Thursday
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Location: SAUND 244
Professor: Susan Chandler, chandler@hawaii.edu, ph: 956-4237