Foundations of Public Safety Management

Catalog description

This course is presented as an overview of the primary aspects of public safety management. Major administrative, managerial and leadership components of public safety organizations will be examined. Also addressed will be administrative concerns for special issues and challenges such as coordinated public safety approaches, post-September 11, 2001, administrative worldviews, ethical foundations, critical thinking and analysis, and innovative solutions for pragmatic public safety problems. The course will also provide the student with a framework for individual progress. This will include the beginning development of an individualized plan toward educational and career goals and preliminary planning to link continuous learning with the capstone course at the end of the program.