PUBADM 671 - Information Management and Technology for Municipal Managers

3 Credit(s)

Description:
Information Management and Technology for Municipal Managers is a required graduate-level seminar course in the municipal managers track that introduces students to the essential theory of e-government and to a number of innovative IT practices in municipal government. The course consists of two parts. In the first section, important attributes of Information Society are examined put on a continuum of broader social transformation from Agricultural to Industrial, and to Information Age. The importance of building trust in the Information Society and the changing role of the public sector are discussed. The second section is dedicated to introducing students to various innovative IT practices in municipal government. The potential of these IT applications on municipal administration are examined as well as various institutional factors that enable their successful adoption and operation. This course gives students a well-rounded understanding of the potentials of the emerging technologies and of institutional factors that can leverage these potentials in improving municipal administration. Students are not expected to be (technically) proficient in creating these applications but have necessary knowledge in managing individuals or entities that can, whether it is technology produced in-house or through contracting-out relationships

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