Public Health Budget & Personnel: 3 semester hours

Catalog description

This course is an overview of issues pertaining to local health administration. Emphasis is placed on public sector organizational structures and the challenges they face in changing local and national economies with broad political dimensions. This course will examine the organization and management within public health settings including system influences, leadership, communication, organization behavior, team development, organization design, evaluation, productivity, performance improvement. It will provide an introduction to policy issues in healthcare including state and federal roles in healthcare, the policy process and various healthcare policy and help you explore values and American political processes as they influence health policy. Prerequisites: PHLT 2325 .