Explore external environments in which health care systems operate, political determinants of health care policy, politics of bureaucracy, social and economic demands placed upon the system.

Impact of modernization and industrialization upon emergent countries and nation-building processes.

Analysis of organizational theory as applied to public sector emergency and crisis management. Emphasis on structure, behavior, networks, and leadership. Prerequisites: Admission to the MPA program.

Analysis of public sector capacity in the four operational phases of emergency and crisis management; prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. Prerequisites: Admission to the MPA program.

Analysis of the emergency and crisis management considerations necessary to restoration of public services following a disaster. Prerequisites: Admission to the MPA program.