Course examines current problems and issues in the field of public affairs. Topics may vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Public policy implementation operates at the intersection of program design, agency structure, and social complexity. This course will apply principles of innovation and public management to help students chart their own leadership roles in advancing government excellence, public trust, and agility. Students will generate their own insights on these fronts, stimulated via prompts from subject-matter experts and immersive predicaments from policy-implementation cases. Each week’s session will combine case-experience with lessons from management and implementation scholars. The course’s learning objective is to spur insight amidst the mixed signals generated by rules & procedures, agency performance, political and budgetary constraints, and fast-paced technological change.

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