POLS 4202 - Interorganizational Behavior

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of the American federal system.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of public, private, and nonprofit organizations and how they interrelate.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of changes in the federal system and the bearing of these changes on state and local government, and the private and nonprofit sectors.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of how policy is formed and implemented in a federal system.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of how policy is financed in a federal system.

• Module 1. Conceptual & Theoretical Foundations
• Module 2. Legal Aspects of Intergovernmental Relations
• Module 3. Political Aspects of Intergovernmental Relations
• Module 4. Fiscal Aspects of intergovernmental Relations
• Module 5. Administrative Aspects of Intergovernmental Relations
• Module 6. Governing & Managing by Network Part 1
• Module 7. Governing & Managing by Network Part 2
• Module 8. Persuasive Presentations