PAD 706. Bureaupathology

Explores corruption, waste, favoritism, excessive secrecy, arbitrary, and illegal exercises of power and other pathologies of bureaucracies. Examines the organizational situations and social contexts conducive to departures from the laws, rules and regulations that define the formal mission of an agency. Considers the remedial and preventative actions available to elected officials, organizational managers, line employees and clients, customers, and citizens.
Prerequisite: Public Administration 705.
30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits
 
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