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Urban Management Process - URSI 601

Thursday 2:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

AH208

 

Instructor:                                                                     Dr. J.E. Cherrington-Cucore (Dr. “J”)            Morris Hall 106

Office Phone:                                                 (507)389-5031    Dept. Sec.: 389-1714     Fax: 389-6377

email:                                                                                      janet.cherrington@mnus.edu

web address:                                                                       www.intech.mnsu.edu/cherrington

course discussion board:  www.intech.mnsu.edu/discussion/UrbanManagementProc

office hours:                                                   see above web address for current semester office hours

[Anytime by appointment; generally I am also in my office before class.]

 

Texts:   (required)                                         

Banovetz, James M., Drew A. Dolan, John W. Swain (editors).
Managing Small Cities and Counties (Washington DC:ICMA, 1994)

ISBN 0-87326-093-7

 

Berman, Evan M, Jonathoan P. West, Stephen J. Bonczek (editors)

The Ethics Edge (Washington DC:ICMA, 1998)

ISBN 0-87326-161-5

 

Hall, Jay, Jerry B. Harvey, Martha S. Williams, Styles of Management Inventory (Woodlands, TX: Teleometrics, 2000)

 

(Reserve readings):

During the semester, reserve readings may also be assigned.  These will be available in the URSI Dept mailbox marked “601”.  Feel free to read them in the URSI student lounge.  If you remove them from the department, please be considerate and do not keep them out for longer than 30 minutes.  

 

Course Purpose:  The purpose of this course is to provide a broad survey of local government operations that will be useful to public sector administrators and department heads.   Included will be the areas of: governmental organization, policy-making, leadership, administrative ethics, council-staff relations, legal basis, and intergovernmental relations. It is designed to provide an overview of local government management practices, processes, and issues.  Additionally, you will delve into the way you manage—or would manage—under a variety of conditions.

 

Every attempt will be made to accommodate qualified students with disabilities.  If you are a student with a documented disability, please see me as early in the semester as possible to discuss the necessary accommodations and/or contact the Disability Services Office at (507) 389-2825 (V) or 1-800-627-3529 (MRS/TTY)

 

Learning Outcomes:

1.      You will understand how ethics shape and define the nature of public professions, state-of-the art ethics management practices and emerging ethical issues.

2.      You will understand and define the challenges of community government today, in the future, and the professionalism of community leadership.

3.      You will understand the legal structure of community government and the sources and limits of its authority.

4.      You will understand the roles of the city manager, administrator, and clerk.

5.      You will understand the concepts related to building better communities-- specifically, planning (land use, long-range, strategic) and economic development and--more generally, public works, leisure and human services.

6.      You will understand the different ways that communities can deliver public safety services while  fulfilling the overall responsibility of protecting the public.

7.      You will understand the various aspects of managing government including: budgeting and financial management, personnel management, communication and citizen participation and various levels of intergovernmental relations