Courses Fall 2009
Nonprofit and Public Management Courses Offered Fall 2009
This is a list
of courses offered at the University of Michigan Professional Schools
in Fall 2009. (Descriptions reflect information current as of
3/30/09, unless otherwise indicated.)
Ross School of Business
BA 512 Ethics of Corporate Management
Time: TuTh 8:30AM-10:00AM
R2220 BUS
Instructor: Bishara
Class meets: Nov. 2-Dec. 15
This course introduces students to the complex ethical problems associated with the management of large business organizations under conditions of rapid economic change and intense global competition. It focuses on the responsibilities of senior executives to the various constituents of the firm-customers, employees, owners, creditors, suppliers, distributors, local residents, national citizens and global inhabitants-and on the treatment of those constituencies that can be considered to be "right" and "proper" and "fair".
BA 612 Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid
Time: Various Times
Instructor: London
Class meets: Various Dates
The condition of the world's poor is the subject of growing attention. Global poverty is increasingly seen as an unacceptable outcome of the current economic system, and there is interest in exploring new market-based approaches to poverty alleviation. The emerging base of the pyramid (BoP) perspective aligns business-oriented incentives for growth, innovation, and profits with the development community's efforts to create a more inclusive capitalism. In fact, the relationship between profits and poverty alleviation in pursuit of mutual value creation is a central component of the BoP perspective.
BA 688 Business and the Public Policy Process
Time: TBD, Washington Campus
Instructor: Siedel
Class meets: Sept.8-Oct. 23
This course is designed to provide students with the tools needed to formulate effective corporate strategies for participation in the domestic and international policy arenas. The course focuses on the process of policy formation and implementation, comparing the United States with other governmental systems. The course also addresses the optimal interaction of business with government in a global competitive environment.
STRATEGY 564 Strategies for Sustainable Development I: Competitive Environmental Strategy
Time: TuTh 12:40PM-2:10 pm R0220 BUS
Instructor: Hoffman
Class meets: Sept. 8-Oct. 23
This course deals with environmental issues from a strategic perspective. It focuses on how environmental pressures (e.g. sustainable development) and environmental problems (e.g. global warming, air pollution, waste-disposal), impact corporate mission, competitive strategy, technology choices, product development decisions, and production processes. Basic concepts of ecology and environmental science are discussed and contrasted to those associated with the traditional economic paradigm.
STRATEGY 565 Strategies for Sustainable Development II: Managing Social Issues
Time: TuTh 12:40-2:10 pm R0220 BUS
Instructor: Hoffman
Class meets: Nov. 2-Dec. 15
The pressure for sustainable development has significant implications for firms, particularly large multinational corporations. With free trade on the rise, long-term opportunities exist for firms able to identify, develop, and deploy technologies, products, and services that contribute to sustainable practices and resource use in the developing world. This course examines how long-term competitive positioning can be secured through strategies such as positioning can be secured through strategies such a environmental partnerships, technology cooperation, and collaborative planning.
STRATEGY 624 Co-Creation of Value
Time: W 7:00-10:00 pm R2240 BUS
Instructor: Ramaswamy
Class meets: Sept.8-Dec.15
Thanks to the Internet, and the structural forces
of digitization, ubiquitous connectivity, globalization, social networking, and new communications and information modalities, interactions between individuals everywhere in the system have exploded on a scale and scope as never before. Providers are challenged by the fact that their recipients are increasingly informed, connected, networked and empowered. Armed with access to new information and
communications technologies, individuals are demanding a higher quality of interactions, and are even prepared to insert themselves into the firm's value chain to co-create mutually valuable experiences. The goal of this course is to expose you to an "expanded" paradigm of value creation that leading companies all over the world are embracing. Companies are innovating new engagement platforms and environments of experiences that facilitate customer interactions with a company's products, processes, employees, as well as customer communities, to co-create mutual value. We will discuss how you can help organizations shift their thinking and practices towards co-creation and help build new management processes and organizational capabilities for co-creating value.
STRATEGY 646 Solving Societal Problems Through Enterprise and Innovation
Time: TuTh 10:20 am-12:40 pm K1310 BUS
Instructor: Gordon
Class meets: Sept.8-Oct. 23
The world's toughest problems can become opportunities for for-profit companies, non-profits, and other enterprises. These include challenges in the areas of poverty, health, education, the environment, and other social issues, such as treating women and children better. We will pay significant attention to how companies working at the economic base of the pyramid in the developing world and the West can develop successful businesses, though we will focus on other opportunities as well. We will see how many innovations in this area embrace new business approaches that are supported by leapfrog applications of information and communication technology.
ES 581 Urban Entrpreneurship
Time: M 6:30-9:30 pm R0240 BUS
Instructor: Pickard
Class meets: Nov. 2-Dec. 15
This
course addresses the specific challenges and opportunities to be found in urban areas, with special focus on entrepreneurship among ethinic-racial minorities and, particularly African Americans. The lectures, discussions, and presentations by urban and minority entrepreneurs will address issues of product design, marketing, access to capital and strategic targeting of business initiatives. Impacts of public and private policies, such as tax incentives and franchising methods will be considered.
LHC 522 Managerial Writing Fundamentals
Time: MW 10:20-11:50 am R0420 BUS
Instructor: Crawford
Class meets: Sept. 8-Oct. 23
Time: TuTh 10:20-11:50am R0420 BUS
Instructor: Pawlik
Class meets: Nov. 2-Dec. 15
Time: TuTh 12:40-2:10 pm R0420 BUS
Instructor: Pawlik
Class meets: Sept. 8-Oct. 23
Time: Tu 7:00-10:00pm
Instructor: Crawford
Class meets: Sept. 8-Oct. 23
Fundamentals for managerial writing are central to the course. Students review the punctuation, grammar, syntax, organizational approaches, content development and conventional formats necessary for managerial documents. Goals include writing clearly, concisely and correctly, achieved through numerous writing exercises and by composing a variety of business memoranda and letters
LHC 524 Persuasive Management Communication
Time: MW 10:20-11:50 am R0420 BUS
Instructor: Morrow
Class meets: Nov. 2-Dec. 15
This course presents persuasive communication strategies that facilitate effective management. Specifically, the course covers fundamental persuasive frameworks (e.g. compliance-gaining, conflict management, credibility control) applied to oral and written messages. These frameworks provide a basis for exploring persuasive communication in a variety of management settings. Special emphasis is placed on differing strategies associated with cultural variation, focusing on those most critical for global business communication.
LHC 561 Management Presentations
Time: MW 12:4o- 2:10 pm R0420 BUS
Instructor: Erdman
Class meets: Sept. 8-Oct. 23
Time: TuTh 2:10-3:40 pm R0420 BUS
Instructor: Pawlik
Class meets: Sept. 8-Oct.23
Time: MW 12:40- 2:10 pm R0420 BUS
Instructor: Erdman
Class Meets: Nov. 2-Dec. 15
Time: TuTh 2:10-3:40 pm R0420 BUS
Instructor: Kotzian
Class Meets: Nov. 2-Dec. 15
This course stresses the concepts and skills needed to give effective oral presentations in professional settings. The course is guided by a theoretical framework that emphasizes strategic communication choices, expansion of communication styles, and adaptation to others within communication contexts. This course requires students to give professional business presentations in each of the four quadrants of management communication. In the course of doing these presentations, students develop outlines, create speaking notes, adapt content, and design supplementary materials. Students also practice questions management and impromptu speaking. By the end of the course, students will be able to design, develop, and deliver management presentations that employ a variety of audience-centered strategies.
MO 501 Human Behavior and Organization
Time: W 7:00- 10:00 pm R0220 BUS
Instructor: Baker
Class meets: Sept. 8-Nov. 1
Time: W 6:30- 9:30 pm R0220 BUS
Instructor: Baker
Class meets: Nov. 2-Dec. 15
The purpose of this course is to improve your effectiveness as a manager by introducing you to frameworks for understanding organizational processes and by giving you experience in applying these frameworks. The field of management and organizations is at the intersection of several social science disciplines and focuses on applying their insights to solving organizational problems and building organizational competencies. Topics include improving decision making, building networks, negotiation, power and politics, organization design, motivation and compensation systems, and leading (and surviving) organizational change.
MO 512 Bargaining and Influence Skills
Time: M W 8:00-10:20 am R2220 BUS
Instructor: Lytle
Class meets: Sept. 8-Oct. 23
Time: MW 2:10-4:30 pm E0530 BUS
Instructor: Lytle
Class meets: Sept. 8-Oct. 23
Time: W 2:10-5:10 pm
R1220 BUS
Instructor: Morgan
Class meets: Nov. 2-Dec. 15
Additional Class: F 8:30am- 5:30pm Dec. 4 R1220 BUS
Time: Tu 6:30pm-9:30 pm R2230 BUS
Instructor: Morgan
Class Meets: Nov. 2-Dec. 15
Additional Class: Sa 8:30am- 5:30 pm R2230 BUS
This course is premised on the fact that while a manager needs analytical skills to discover optimal solutions to business problems, a broad array of negotiation skills is needed to implement these solutions. This experiential course is designed to improve students' skills in claiming and creating value in deals and disputes. Learning objectives focus on the development and practice of key negotiation competencies. Extensive personal feedback, peer review, coaching, and personal journals are used to help each student develop strategic flexibility across a variety of contexts, whether cultural, professional, or personal. Given the experiential nature of the course and pedagogy, enrollment in each section will be limited, and in addition, attendance will be mandatory. Consistent with that policy, registered students must be present from the beginning of the first class session to retain their registration in the class.
MO 603 Navigating Change: Skills and Strategies for Consultants and Managers
Time: Tu 7:00-10:00 pm
R0320 BUS
Instructor: Cameron
Class meets: Sept. 8-Oct. 23
Time: Tu 6:30-9:30 pm R0320 BUS
Instructor: Cameron
Class meets: Nov. 2-Dec. 15
What makes change agents effective? What practices, capabilities, and approaches enable organizations to transform themselves appropriately? This course addresses these questions with focus on change management tools and approaches. We study successful and unsuccessful change, explore factors that shape the outcomes of change agents' efforts, and review students' experiences with organizational change from a variety of perspectives. We also consider the challenge of timing change in fast-paced industries and explore what the systems thinking perspective offers change agents.
MO 617 Developing and Managing High Performing Teams
Time: F 8:30am- 6:00 pm
R0320 BUS
Instructor: Caproni
Class meets: Nov. 13, Nov. 20
Additional class: F 8:30am-1:30 pm, Dec. 11
The purpose of this course is to improve your ability to create high-performing teams. The most effective team leaders understand that their job is to design a team environment that brings out the best in a diverse group of individuals. Specific course topics include: Foundations of high performing teams; decision-making in teams; managing cooperation and conflict within and across teams; avoiding dysfunctional team dynamics; managing diverse teams; managing virtual teams; and characteristics of superior team leadership. As part of this course, you will complete a self-assessment of your leadership style and receive feedback from 5 other people on your perceived style as well. This will enable you to see if your self-perception matches how other people perceive you.
BIT 512 Decision Support with Spreadsheets
Time: W 2:10-5:10 pm
R1220 BUS
Instructor: Schriber
Class meets: Sept. 8-Oct. 23
Time: W 7:00-10:00 pm R1220 BUS
Instructor: Schriber
Class meets: Sept. 8-Oct. 23
Spreadsheets have advanced to the point of providing powerful, general-purpose functionality and are among the most widely used decision-support tools in business today. This course deals with decision support using spreadsheets, including: what if analysis; financial, statistical and time/date functions; graphical presentation of data; organizing, sorting, querying and extracting information from spreadsheet and external databases and the World Wide Web; cross-tabulation of data; data tables; creation and management of scenarios; use of a solver to find optimal solutions to problems; the design to macros to support spreadsheet applications; and data maps. An expert level of spreadsheet use is achieved. Lecture-demonstrations illustrate relevant features of spreadsheet software. Students do assigned cases on a computer to reinforce and extend conceptual and operational aspects of the material. Windows-based spreadsheet software (such as Excel) is used..
BIT 551 Information Systems
Time: M 7:00-10:00 pm & Mo 6:30-9:30 pm
R2240 BUS
Instructor: Severance
Class meets: Sept. 8-Nov. 1
& Nov. 2-Dec. 15
An introduction to information systems for managers. Topics discussed include the kinds of information systems that support individual, group and corporate goals, with an emphasis not only on the hardware/software but also the managerial concerns with the design and implementation of information technology.
BIT 646 Solving Societal Problems Through Enterprise and Innovation
Time: TuTh 10:20 am-12:40 pm K1310 BUS
Instructor: Gordon
Class meets: Sept. 8-Oct. 23
The world's toughest problems can become opportunities for for-profit companies, non-profits, and other enterprises. These include challenges in the areas of poverty, health, education, the environment, and other social issues, such as treating women and children better. We will pay significant attention to how companies working at the economic base of the pyramid in the developing world and the West can develop successful businesses, though we will focus on other opportunities as well. We will see how many innovations in this area embrace new business approaches that are supported by leapfrog applications of information and communication technology.
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School of Public Policy
PUBPOL 578 Applied Policy Seminar
Time: MW 10:00-11:30am
1210 WEILL
Instructor: Horner
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
The Applied Policy Seminar (APS) is an opportunity for students to do public sector consulting work for state and local governments and community development organizations in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and other areas of Michigan. Projects range widely in policy area, level of quantitative analysis required, size, and complexity. All projects culminate in the publication of a final report and an oral presentation to the client.
PUBPOL 585 Political Environment of Policymaking
Time: TuTh 1:00-2:30 pm
1230 WEILL
Instructor: Parthasarathy
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course focuses on the political environment within which policy analysis takes place. In the United States, public policies are formulated and implemented in a political system of widely-shared power by participants with many different, and often conflicting, goals. To be effective, policy analysts and public managers must understand this political system. The goal of this course is to provide the student with some of the background necessary to develop strategies for dealing effectively with the political environment of policy and administration.
PUBPOL 587 Public Management
Time: TuTh 8:30-10 am 1230 WEILL
Instructor: Thacher
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course is designed to introduce the students to what public managers do and to help provide the students with perspectives and opportunities for practice that will help them become effective public managers. The course includes topics such as the motivation of employees, the distribution of tasks and authority, the negotiation of support and services, and the representation of a public organization or public policy to a variety of audiences.
PUBPOL 735 Professional Development: Pathways to Professional Success
Time: F 8:00 am-2:00 pm 1220 WEILL
Instructor: Staff
Class meets: Oct. 30-Nov. 6
Researchers have found that a person?s IQ and classroom performance is at best a moderate predictor of long term success. This seminar will help you learn skills (beyond analytical skills) that will help you achieve the professional goals that you desire; self-awareness, developing sustainable and ethical power and influence, managing organizational politics; managing your relationships with bosses, peers, and direct reports, effective networking, creating high performing teams; and achieving work/life balance.
PUBPOL 756 Local Government, Opportunity for Activism
Time: TuTh 1:00- 2:30 pm
1210 WEILL
Instructor: Hieftje
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course goes beyond the structure and theory of municipal government to look at how things really happen at the local level. It will explore the underlying dynamics of the city/suburb conflict, sprawl vs. density and how these issues influence local economies and state legislatures. There will be a focus on the interaction of citizen activists and elected officials in effecting change. Topics will include running for office, environmental and affordable housing campaigns and activist-generated ballot initiatives. Both past and present campaigns will be examined, including case studies of both successful and failed initiatives. Students will explore the unfolding Greenbelt and Greenway programs, and how these proposals may impact sprawl and affordable housing. Guest speakers will include elected officials and activists from past and present campaigns for social and environmental change.
School of Social Work
SW 502 Organizational, Community and Societal Structures and Processes
Time: M 1:00-4:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Savas
Class meets: Sept 8-Dec. 14
Time: M 1:00-4:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Tucker
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: Tu 8:00-11:00 am TBA
Instructor: Weissman
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: Tu 8:00-11:00 am TBA
Instructor: Reed
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: Tu 6:00-9:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Lee
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course examines theory and research knowledge about political economic and societal structures and process related to communities, groups and organizations within contemporary society. Consideration is given to ways in which these social systems have significant social, political, economic, and psychological impacts on the functioning of individuals, families and social groups. The course provides a framework for understanding the influences of medium to large social systems on individuals, families and groups with whom social workers practice. This course will also introduce students to the curricular themes and PODS concepts (i.e. Privilege, Oppression, Diversity, and Social Justice) that are infused in the advanced practice areas. There is a focus on oppression, discrimination, prejudice and privilege and their relationship to social and economic justice for populations served by social workers. This knowledge is considered within a context of social work values and ethics that support the general welfare of all citizens, especially the disadvantaged and oppressed.
SW 560 Introduction to Community Organization, Management and Policy/Evaluation Practice
Time: M 1:00-4:00 pm TBD
Instructor: Shanks
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: M 1:00-4:00 pm
TBD
Instructor: Shaefer
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: M 1:00-4:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Vinokur
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: Tu 2:00-5:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Shaefer
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: Tu 2:00-5:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Shanks
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: W 9:00 am-12:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Woodford
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: W 9:00 am-12:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Vinokur
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course is a generalist social work foundation offering in the Macro Practice Concentrations (Community Organization, Management, and Policy/Evaluation). It covers basic content in these areas of social work method and prepares students to take the more advanced courses in their concentration. It is partly survey in nature, touching on a range of methodologies and emphases, and providing an appreciation of the historical and contemporary importance of these methods in social work. In addition, it deals with the process of professionalization and introduces students to a range of practice tools. Issues of diverse dimensions [e.g. ability, age, class, color, culture, ethnicity, family structure, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion or spirituality, sex, and sexual orientation] will be emphasized throughout, with special focus on culturally sensitive practice - i.e., multicultural community organizing, culturally sensitive management practices, culturally sensitive analyses of policy proposals and their impact, and culturally sensitive research practices. Students' field experience and future methods courses will build upon the knowledge and skills presented in this course.
SW 608 Human Service Organizations: Theories and Approaches
Time: Th 9:00 am-12:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Tucker
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course focuses on organization theory and research from the perspective of learning what it can teach us about a particular category of organizations generally referred to human service organizations, or organizations mainly concerned with directly supporting, constraining, or changing human behavior. Students will briefly explore the basis for categorizing organizations into different forms, as well as the history of the study of organizations. Subsequently, they will learn about the context, operation, and structure of human service organizations, as well as the role and impact of such organizations on contemporary social welfare. The purpose of this course is threefold: 1) to advance student knowledge of organizational theory and research, particularly as it pertains to the description and analysis of human service organizations, 2) to relate human service organizations to the communities and social systems in which they are active with regard to the key diversity dimensions such as "ability, age, class, color, culture, ethnicity, family structure, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion or spirituality, sex, and sexual orientation", and 3) to familiarize students with the organizational contexts within which the management and change of human service organizations occurs.
SW 611 Social Change Theories
Time: Th 2:00-5:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Reed
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course will review theories and research from the social sciences on social change, focusing especially at the societal level. Theories of social conflict, interest groups, and social movements, and such processes as consciousness-raising will be covered. Dynamics of the diffusion of innovations in society will also be addressed. Examples will be drawn from areas of practice in which social workers are involved, such as mental health and chemical dependency, child and family welfare, civil rights, health care, and consumer protection.
SW 652 Organizing for Social and Political Action
Time: Th 9:00 am-12:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Gant
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course examines methods of organizing people for social and political action on their own behalf or on behalf of others. Students will analyze different approaches to bringing people together for collective action, building organizational capacity, and generating power in the community. The course includes the study of skills in analyzing power structures, formulating action strategies, using conflict and persuasive tactics, challenging oppressive structures, conducting community campaigns, using political advocacy as a form of mobilization, and understanding contemporary social issues as they affect oppressed and disadvantaged communities. Special emphasis will be placed on organizing communities of color, women, LGBT populations, and other under-represented groups in U.S. society.
SW 654 Concepts and Techniques of Community Participation
Time: F 9:00 am-12:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Richards-Schuster
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course examines concepts and techniques of community participation for diverse democracy. It analyzes the changing context and core concepts of participation, major models and methods of practice, and practical techniques for involving people in organizations and communities. It assesses formal efforts by agencies to involve people in their proceedings, indigenous initiatives by groups to influence institutions and decisions, and their potential for community empowerment and civic engagement in democratic societies which value diversity as an asset. Special emphasis is placed on increasing involvement of underrepresented groups located in economically disinvested and racially segregated areas worldwide.
SW660 Managing Projects and Organizational Change
Time: Th 9:00 am- 12:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Tropman
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Social work programs are focused packages of service delivery whose successful management requires social workers do develop competence to conceive, plan, design, implement, manage, assess, and change them. Central technical skills presented in this course will teach students of visualize and concretize planning and development (e.g., via flowcharting, Gantt and PERT charts, and quality management tools). Technical elements of program design will be augmented with complementary models and skills, especially those dealing with managing for results vis-a-vis a time deadline, meeting legitimate demands of diverse clients, and adapting to changing environments. The relationship of a particular program to other aspects of the agency's functioning will also be considered (e.g., staff and community participation and decision-making, funding, legitimacy, and support).
SW 663 Grantgetting, Contracting and Fund Raising
Time: Th 2:00-5:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Miller
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: F 2:00P-5:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Miller
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Human service organizations secure resources through a variety of venues, including fees, grants, contracts, gifts, bequests, in-kind (non-cash) contributions, and investments. Instruction will be provided in assessing an agency's resource mix and how to repackage or expand its revenue streams. Skill development will be emphasized in areas such as grant seeking, proposal writing, presentations, service contracting, campaign planning, campaign management, donor development, direct solicitation of gifts, and planning of fundraising events. This course will also address consumer and third-party fee setting and collection, outsourcing, income investment, and creation of for-profit subsidiaries.
SW664 Management of Human Resources
Time: F 9:00 am- 12:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Woodford
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course will focus on how human service administrators can increase their effectiveness and improve the quality and efficiency of agency staff performance through structured human resource practice methods. This course will present ways to develop an equitable, healthy, and viable workplace for employers and employees. It will explore the role of managers as change agents within organizations and the societal level impact of those changes. Students will learn relevant skills in staff recruitment, hiring, retention and termination, staff development, compensation and performance, and the development of benefit packages. Relevant laws and legislation governing workplace relationships such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will also be reviewed.
SW 683 Evaluation in Social Work
Time: W 9:00 am-12:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Burgio
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: Th 9:00 am-12:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Chadiha
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: Th 2:00-5:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Savas
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: Th 2:00-5:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Tidrick
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: F 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Instructor: Chadiha
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: F 2:00-5:00 pm
Instructor: Ingersoll-Dayton
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course will cover beginning level evaluation that builds on basic research knowledge as a method of assessing social work practice and strengthening clients, communities and their social programs as well as the systems that serve clients and communities. It addresses the evaluation of promotion, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services. Students will learn to assess and apply evaluation methods from various perspectives, including scientific, ethical, multicultural, and social justice perspectives.
SSW 799 Advanced Topics in Macro Social Work- Social Entrepreneurship
Time: TuTh 6:00-9:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Zwick
Class meets: Oct 27- Nov.10
This course explores current trends which are creating space for innovation and opportunities for individuals with management skills and a commitment to social justice to drive positive and large scale social change. We will explore the major opportunities and challenges presented by social enterprise through examining a variety of models ranging from social purpose business to nonprofits launching and running revenue generating enterprises. We will look at both domestic and international examples. This course will be beneficial for students who aim to be involved in the social sector (both in the international and domestic context) as nonprofit managers, service providers, business leaders, consultants, board members, philanthropists, foundation leaders, or social entrepreneurs.
School of Information
SI 501 Contextual Inquiry and Project Management
Time: Th 5:30-7:30 pm 110 DENN
Instructor: Faniel
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: Th 6:30-8:30 pm 315 DENN
Instructor: Faniel
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: Tu 4:00-6:00 pm B844 EH
Instructor: Faniel
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: Tu 5:00-7:00 316 DENN
Instructor: Faniel
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: F 1:00-3:00 1360 EH
Instructor: Faniel
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Time: F 2:00-4:00 pm 315 DENN
Instructor: Faniel
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course addresses a fundamental need of information professionals: how to examine an organization?s current information use in the context of work practice and discover and recommend improved ways of working. This is a projects based course. All projects are scoped to allow students to examine how information influences actions in some process or service within an organization and to develop and practice relevant skills.
SI 575 The Community Information Corps Seminar
Time: F 11:30-1:00 pm 311 WH
Instructor: Atkins
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Course brings together students and faculty who are engaged in diverse community and public interest work to hear from a wide range of fascinating guests and to engage in discussion around their expertise and experiences. Readings include those recommended by guests and a highly-focused group of context-setting community informatics articles. Students learn the roots of community informatics, how it is practiced, where public interest information professionals work, and consider citizenship, opportunity, and the public good in an information society.
SI 579 Government Information: Issues, Resources, and Policy
Time: Th 1:00-4:00 pm 412 WH
Instructor: Rosenberg
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Federal government publications as products of government activity and sources of information. Access issues and problems; methods of increasing access. Includes print, computer-based, and other formats.
SI 621 Ethics & Values
Time: Th 4:00-7:00 pm 412 WH
Instructor: Rezmierski
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
The "information" revolution and the expanding use of information technology within all organizations, profit and non-profit, public and private, has created an environment in which access to massive quantities of information, at startling speeds, is now possible through electronic means. This discussion and lecture course will provide in-depth study of the development of moral and ethical reasoning. It will focus on the ethical and values issues that arise within this new information environment. It will explore and the information and technology related ethical dilemmas faced by individuals and institutions as they become familiar with, and adjust to, the impact of the new technologies.
SI 627 Managing the IT Org
Time: Th 5:30-8:30 pm 409 WH
Instructor: Frost
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
In this course, students will develop skills and techniques in the areas of strategic planning, budgeting and finance, human resources administration, vendor relationships, and leadership. The course also explores alignment of IT initiatives with business objectives, simultaneous management of operational and development environments, and the impact of virtual and nodal organizations on IT infrastructure and services. This course is designed to be cross-disciplinary, with examples and activities drawn from information services, manufacturing, health care, public administration, higher education and other areas. A variety of instructional methods are used to engage students and help identify similarities and differences between IT applications in various professional fields.
SI 702 Seminar in Organizational Studies
Time: F 1:30-3:00 pm K1310 BUS
Instructor: Davis
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This seminar provides a forum for the discussion of research and theory about organizations and organizational processes. In keeping with its interdisciplinary character, the seminar will consider both macro and micro-processes and their intersection. Presentations will be made by faculty and advanced graduate students from within the university, as well as from other universities and centers for research on organizations.
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School of Education
ED 553 Administrative Leadership in Schools
Time: Tu 5:00P-8:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Holmstrom
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
The ways in which schools are organized, and the priorities and behaviors of school leaders, have profound implications for how students (and adults) act and learn in schools. This course considers organizational and administrative strategies which school leaders can employ to develop an effective school program. Topics include: organizational structure, resource allocation, student services, staff personnel support, organizational culture and climate, school relations with family and community, and school monitoring and accountability.
ED 555 Financial and Legal Policies for Schools
Time: Th 5:00-8:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Derezinski
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Examines the role of public policy in the organization, operation, finance, and governance of K-12 schools.
ED 561 Introduction to Higher Education
Time: W 1:00P-4:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Rowley
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Provides an overview of the postsecondary education system in the United States; examines the major features of this system and explores its effects; explores effects of various professional and disciplinary perspectives on the study of postsecondary education viewed as an interdisciplinary field.
ED 649 Foundational Perspectives on Educational Reform
Time: W 4:00-7:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Hill
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Critically examines selected contemporary reform efforts in education from the perspective of one or more of the foundation disciplines. Aims to develop in the career educator a broader and deeper understanding of the tensions between ideas and practice in dynamic social environments. Graduate course required of all new Educational Studies master's students.
ED 751 The Social Context of Schooling
Time: Th 1:00-4:00 pm TBA
Instructor: O'Connor
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
An analysis of how social, cultural, and institutional forces shape the K-12 educational system and the individuals within it. Topics include the changing nature of the family and its effects on schooling, the effects of race, class, gender, and ability on school processes and outcomes, educational attainment, and school-to-work transitions; and public expectations for schools.
ED 763 Financial Management and Strategy in Postsecondary Education
Time: Tu 9:00 am-12:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Alfred
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Examines financial management and budgeting practices internal to institutions of higher education. Intended for persons who seek a working knowledge of budget development, financial management, and fiduciary control in colleges and universities.
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College of Architecture and Urban Planning
UP 502 Environmental Planning: Issues and Concepts
Time: Th 6:00-9:00 pm 2213 A&AB
Instructor: Larsen
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This is an introductory graduate-level course on the issues and concepts underlying environmental policy-making and planning, with a focus on the United States. Rather than concentrating on one particular type of planning method (e.g., cost-benefit analysis, impact assessment, site design), the course is designed to address recurrent value-based and analytical conflicts that cross the array of various environmental policy-making and planning processes employed in the U.S. and abroad. The principal goal of the course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills they will need to be thoughtful and creative professional capable of recognizing the key disjunctions in communication and analysis that often hinder the achievement of effective and satisfying environmental policy and planning solutions. The course is designed to: provide students the ability to recognize and tease apart the competing values and analytical assumptions made by various stakeholders in environmental policy-making and planning debates; consider how those debates are shaped by and play themselves out within the political, legal, and administrative processes that characterize environmental policy-making and planning in the U.S.; and familiarize students with the various forms of contemporary environmental policy-making and planning practice that they will likely encounter in their professional work.
UP 537 Housing Policy and Economics
Time: MW 3:00-4:30 pm 2108 A&AB
Instructor: Deng
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
The objective of this class is to provide students with an understanding of policy and planning in housing, and the role of regulation in housing development, delivery, and choice. The course will address the economic, political, legal, and social forces that shape the house stock and its use by owner-occupiers and tenants. We will examine the policies and programs that are currently in place, and their effect on the quality and affordability of housing. The first part of the course will provide a broad conceptual understanding of the basic economics of housing supply and demand, including the economic and financial aspects of housing delivery, the legal and administrative framework in which housing is developed, and the way households make housing choices and adjust their housing consumptions. The second part of the class will focus on housing policy and planning to examine how affordable housing is delivered by both government and non-profit actors in the national, local, and community levels. The final part of the class will examine a variety of issues such as the links between housing and neighborhood transition, housing and transportation, and housing and local public finance.
UP 538 Economic Development Planning
Time: MW 10:30 am-12:00 pm 2210 A&AB
Instructor: Thomas
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Introduction to ways of thinking about the functioning of regional, urban, and local economics and the implications for planning economic development. The course examines regional and metropolitan industrial locations, processes of development and growth, international and inter-regional trade, labor markets, and migration. Close attention is given to how planning intervention can influence the location, speed, and character of growth.
UP 540 Planning Theory
Time: MW 2:00-3:30 pm 1227 A&AB
W 3:00-4:00 pm 2222 A&AB
Instructor: Thomas
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This is a course in the theoretical foundations of planning. This course will stress basic tools that will help you to invent new solutions to new problems in the real world. We will use case studies of urban regions across the US for class discussion to both bring theory to life and allow us to test established planning theory against real urban problems. We will cover the historical foundations of planning, the classical theoretical paradigms of planning, an examination of the major roles played by practicing planners, and finally the application of those theories and roles to the case study and to larger problems of environmental limits, economic globalization, and increasing social disparity.
UP 566 Structuring Real Estate Financial Deals
Time: Th 4:30-7:30 pm 2108 A&AB
Instructor: Cory/ Leinberger
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Using case studies, this course will give students the opportunity to work through the structuring of financing or alternatives for the structuring of financing for a range of complex real estate deals that involve public, nonprofit, and private sector developers. The perspective is that of the developer.
UP 634 Integrative Field Experience
Time: TuTh 12:30-6:30 pm 2207 A&AB
Instructor: Dewar/Dueweke
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
A one- or two-term capstone experience involving second-year students working directly with community-based organizations in urban neighborhoods and planning districts in Detroit. Following general introduction and orientation to the study area and issues, students form small groups to work intensively on projects in collaboration with neighborhood leaders and residents in improving their situation. Presentations will be made at community meetings in early December and late April.
UP 654 Concepts and Techniques of Community Participation
Time: F 9:00 am-12:00 pm TBA
Instructor: Richards-Schuster
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course examines concepts and techniques of community participation for diverse democracy. It analyzes the changing context and core concepts of participation, major models and methods of practice, and practical techniques for involving people in organizations and communities. It assesses formal efforts by agencies to involve people in their proceedings, indigenous initiatives by groups to influence institutions and decisions, and their potential for community empowerment and civic engagement in democratic societies which value diversity as an asset. Special emphasis is placed on increasing involvement of underrepresented groups located in economically disinvested and racially segregated areas worldwide.
UP 658 Urban and Regional Planning in Developing Countries
Time: F 9:00 am-12:00 pm 1221 A&AB
Instructor: Shatkin
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Course designed to emphasize the theories that underlie planning interventions in countries that are newly industrialized or industrializing. Countries such as India, Jamaica, Malaysia, Guatemala, China, Thailand, Tanzania, Hong Kong, Venezuela, and Egypt, varying in size and historical antecedent, will be used for drawing illustrative case studies. The demographic, technological, and ideological changes that have resulted in unprecedented population growth and migration during the development decades will be reviewed. Responses to migration, housing scarcity, need for physical and social infrastructure, for jobs and amenities will be studied.
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School of Natural Resources & Environment
NRE 562 Resource Policy & Administration
Time: TuTh 8:30-10:00 am 2024 DANA
Instructor: Yaffee
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Examines processes of resource policy formation and administration, and the behavior of government institutions as they shape natural resource policies and management programs. Develops an analytic ability to disaggregate complex political and management situations, assess the feasibility of resource policy changes, and build strategy to get such changes adopted and implemented. Cases explore situations at the federal, state, and local levels.
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School of Public Health
HMP 607 Corporate Finance for Health Care Administrators
Time: TuTh 10:00-11:30 am 3755 SPH1
Instructor: Wheeler
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Corporate finance theory and applications to health care organizations. Topics include the capital expenditure decision, the capital financing decision, financial feasibility, financial planning, cash management, and financial aspects of prepayment programs. The course makes extensive use of case studies.
HMP 608 Health Care Financial Accounting
Time: W 1:00-3:00 pm 1655 SPH1A
Instructor: Rauscher
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course provides an overview of financial accounting for students interesting in health care management and policy. It is designed to serve the needs of both students who have never had a course in financial accounting and students who have had an introductory course in financial accounting but without health care applications.
HMP 615 Introduction to Public Health Policy
Time: MW 10:00-11:30 am 1690 SPH1A
Instructor: Lantz
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course describes the nature of public policy interventions within the various domains of public health, the theoretical motivations for undertaking them, the influence of the political, bureaucratic, and social environmental in which policy decisions are made, the consequences of such decisions, and the key dimensions of analysis of the effects of public health policies. In addition to conceptual discussion of each of the above, the course includes evaluation of several case studies of public health policy decisions and their implications.
HMP 616 Understanding Organizations
Time: TuTh 3:00-4:30 pm 1170 SPH2
Instructor: Myers
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course provides an overview of key issues confronting modern organizations, with an emphasis on healthcare organizations but attention to supplier, customer, and other partnering organizations. The issues will be studied from several perspectives to familiarize students preparing for work in health care organizations with a working understanding of both organizational dynamics and approaches to understanding them. Students completing the course should understand fundamentals of how organizations are formed, governed, designed, and improved. They will also learn how workers and organizations relate to each other, and how organizations relate to their environment and other organizations.
HMP 643 Individual and Group Behavior in Health Service Organizations
Time: MW 11:30 am-1:00 pm 1112 SPH2
Instructor: Banaszak-Holl
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
This course provides the knowledge and skills for understanding and effectively managing individuals and groups within health care organizations. We consider a wide variety of motivations that draw individuals to their jobs and keep them productive. We also consider why organizations for small groups and the dynamics of these groups over time. Students learn techniques for persuasive communication and conflict management, develop strategies for dealing with interpersonal problems in an organizational setting, and processes for handling work teams. Common organizational problems that students solve include choosing the right person through the hiring process, evaluating employee performance, and negotiating contracts.
HMP 658 Governance and Leadership in Non-Profit Health Organizations
Time: MW 10:00-11:30 am 1750 SPH1
Instructor: Alexander
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
In nonprofit health organizations, boards of directors play far more important roles then in business firms. Because nonprofits have no owners, boards must simultaneously represent the public and the interests of donors and members, while at the same time serving as links to a variety of stakeholders, including funders, clients, beneficiaries, professional and industry groups, and the communities in which whey are located. Boards have ultimate authority to interpret organizational mission, to define goals, to hire and fire staff, and to allocate resources. Governing boards are held accountable when nonprofit organizations run into trouble. This course provides critical and practical understanding of the leadership role of nonprofit governance for managers, board members, and policy makers. It examines the legal characteristics of nonprofit entities, mechanisms of internal and external accountability, the governance implications of organizational structure, the powers and responsibilities of governing boards, factors affecting decision making, board/staff relations, the dynamics of board governance, and the role of stakeholders in governance. Readings include articles and monographs from the fields of anthropology, law, management, organizational behavior, and sociology, as well as cases and pertinent materials from the print media.
HMP 693 Mental Health Policy in the United States
Time: W 4:30-6:30 pm TBA
Instructor: Eisenberg
Class meets: Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
Students in this course will analyze mental health policies in the U.S. The class will meet once a week and have an interactive seminar format. We will approach various topics from both descriptive and analytical perspectives. Examples of topics include mental health insurance parity, the integration of mental health services and other health services, delivery of services in schools, delivery of services in prisons, and incentives influencing the balance between medication and therapy.
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School of Music, Theatre and Dance
THTREMUS 385 Performing Arts Management
Time: TuTh 1:00-2:00 pm B207 WDC
Instructor: Tupac
Class meets: Sept. 8-Dec. 14
An overall look at the administrative aspects of the performing arts, using a Theatre company as the standard model, but with a look at orchestras, dance, and opera. Exploration of theatre development, profit vs. non-profit companies, role of board of directors, unions, budgeting, marketing, public relations, and fundraising.
