UST 619

City Management

Introduction to and overview of the study and practice of American city management. The governance of the American municipality is the primary focus, with a concentration on the role of city management as a public profession in the process of constitutional and equitable governance. Examines the basic administrative processes of modern local government and their roles in governance, that is, in formulating policy direction for the long-and short-term. It also examines the critical and political roles of the city manager as the municipal chief executive and the city administrator as the municipal chief administrative executive.

Units: 4.0