POLS 5155 - The White House: Management and Administration

The White House is the center of American public administration. Introduces the White House as a ”mini-bureaucracy” at the hub of the national government, to include the Executive Office of the President, the White House Office, and the far reaching extensions of presidential bureaucratic power as embodied in such operations as presidential travel. Explores the role of staff within the White House. Focuses on the questions: a) how does the White House work; b) what makes it different from other bureaucracies in the American system of government?

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I