1. Examine the basic components and functions of public sector administration.
2. Analyze the elements of effective planning in the public sector.
3. Examine the steps and models used in effective decision making.
4. Recommend ways to improve specific areas of public administration.
5. Examine the fundamentals and process of effective organizational design.
6. Evaluate the various strategies for and implications of implementing public administration programs.
7. Analyze leadership models, theories, characteristics, and skills.
8. Examine ethical issues and legal statues related to the various elements of public administration.
9. Analyze past and present political and legal issues, strategies, trends, and models that influence public policy and public administration.
10. Examine the various issues and the differing perspectives of federal, state, and local governments, as well as the managerial implications of these factors.
11. Analyze the major components of the system, processes, and methods for effective human resource management in the public sector.
12. Assess external organizational and employee conditions, trends, and implications of these factors for human resource management of the private sector.
13. Analyze ways in which international politics influence the various levels of public administration and its effects on groups and individuals.
14. Analyze the fundamental components of effective budgeting, including sources of revenue, political influences, purposes, types, and accountability of program administrators.
15. Examine the purposes, processes, major issues, and trends involved with information management for the public sector.
16. Use technology and information resources to research issues in public administration.
17. Write clearly and concisely about public administration using proper writing mechanics.