# PUBAFFR 285: Strategic Public Management | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### schema version

6

### importer version

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### projection id

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### observed at

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### built at

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### courses

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### current instructors

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### limited

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### term

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### departments

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| --------- | ----- |
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| ACCTIS    | 36    |
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| C\&ESOC   | 73    |
| CBE       | 48    |
| CHEM      | 101   |
| CHICLA    | 52    |
| CIVENGR   | 133   |
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| CNP       | 10    |
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| GNS       | 38    |
| GREEK     | 27    |
| HDFS      | 41    |
| HEBR-BIB  | 13    |
| HEBR-MOD  | 10    |
| HISTORY   | 233   |
| HISTSCI   | 56    |
| HONCOL    | 13    |
| ILS       | 43    |
| INFOSYS   | 9     |
| INTEGART  | 7     |
| INTEGSCI  | 22    |
| INTER-AG  | 18    |
| INTER-HE  | 11    |
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| INTEREGR  | 16    |
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| KINES     | 128   |
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| MUSPERF   | 126   |
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| NE        | 44    |
| NEURODPT  | 11    |
| NEUROL    | 7     |
| NEURSURG  | 4     |
| NTP       | 11    |
| NURSING   | 111   |
| NUTRSCI   | 65    |
| OBS\&GYN  | 18    |
| OCCTHER   | 39    |
| ONCOLOGY  | 14    |
| OPHTHALM  | 5     |
| OTM       | 43    |
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| PATH-BIO  | 29    |
| PEDIAT    | 26    |
| PHARMACY  | 31    |
| PHILOS    | 77    |
| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
| PHMPRAC   | 45    |
| PHMSCI    | 60    |
| PHYASST   | 37    |
| PHYSICS   | 88    |
| PHYSIOL   | 3     |
| PHYTHER   | 37    |
| PLANTSCI  | 52    |
| PLPATH    | 35    |
| POLISCI   | 192   |
| POPHLTH   | 58    |
| PORTUG    | 33    |
| PSYCH     | 101   |
| PSYCHIAT  | 22    |
| PUBAFFR   | 54    |
| PUBLHLTH  | 23    |
| RADIOL    | 11    |
| REALEST   | 41    |
| RELIGST   | 90    |
| RHABMED   | 9     |
| RMI       | 24    |
| RP\&SE    | 102   |
| S\&APHM   | 17    |
| SCANDST   | 73    |
| SLAVIC    | 89    |
| SOC       | 149   |
| SOCWORK   | 87    |
| SOILSCI   | 46    |
| SPANISH   | 83    |
| SRMED     | 21    |
| STAT      | 94    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## course

### run id

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### semester

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### course number

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### subjects

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### title

STRATEGIC PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

### description

Designed to teach the role that strategy plays in maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of a public organization. Work in a collaborative environment to learn how to design and implement strategic management plans with a specific focus on measurable goal setting through analytics, how to identify and mitigate organizational risks, motivate employees to execute strategy, and finally how to mobilize adequate financial resources through dynamic budgeting to ultimately achieve success. Learn about careers in the public sector and understand how strategic management will enhance individual performance and that of the public organization.

### requirements text

Sophomore standing

### credit offering ids

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### llm task version

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### llm search status

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### llm summary

Teaches strategic management to maximize public organization effectiveness, covering analytics, risk, motivation, and budgeting.

### llm topics

* Strategic management plans
* Goal setting through analytics
* Organizational risk management
* Dynamic budgeting
* Public sector careers

### llm skills

* Design and implement strategic management plans
* Set measurable goals through analytics
* Identify and mitigate organizational risks
* Motivate employees to execute strategy
* Mobilize financial resources through dynamic budgeting

### llm assumed background

None recorded.

### llm search phrases

* strategic management public sector
* public organization effectiveness
* measurable goal setting analytics
* organizational risk mitigation
* dynamic budgeting public sector

### llm requirements status

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### llm student summary status

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### llm experience status

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### catalog variants

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### student summary

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#### current instructors

None recorded.

#### difficulty workload

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#### errors

None recorded.

#### historical context

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#### message

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#### offered

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#### profile hash

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#### quick take

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.57 GPA, 64.3% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.68 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.42 GPA, 70.8% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

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### statistics

#### gpa

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#### graded

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#### counts

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* 26
* 13
* 3
* 1
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### grade conflicts

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### evidence

#### history

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course\_7fd9258ad9021b693fb665fe-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_7fd9258ad9021b693fb665fe-0.json)

#### traces

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course\_7fd9258ad9021b693fb665fe-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course_7fd9258ad9021b693fb665fe-0.json)

#### results

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course\_7fd9258ad9021b693fb665fe-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_7fd9258ad9021b693fb665fe-0.json)

### revision

e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349

## context

### all

#### term



#### gpa

3.537974683544304

#### count

79

#### university

##### size

3031

##### gpa Percentile

29

##### count Percentile

47

##### median Count

85

##### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 1     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 19    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 232   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 818   | true    |
| 3.6–4.0 | 1961  | false   |

#### departments

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### terms

#### 1224

##### term

1224

##### gpa

3.522727272727273

##### count

22

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| PUBAFFR |            |

#### 1234

##### term

1234

##### gpa

3.5714285714285716

##### count

14

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| PUBAFFR |            |

#### 1242

##### term

1242

##### gpa

3.6842105263157894

##### count

19

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| PUBAFFR |            |

#### 1252

##### term

1252

##### gpa

3.4166666666666665

##### count

24

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| PUBAFFR |            |

### benchmarks

#### all

##### school

###### size

3031

###### gpa

3.661513007227633

###### top Share

82.14073976817465

###### count

85

##### PUBAFFR

###### size

20

###### gpa

3.70022954160303

###### top Share

85.86213312042162

###### count

82.5

#### terms

##### 1224

###### school

###### size

1171

###### gpa

3.5627882428500937

###### top Share

76.37271640560496

###### count

64

##### 1234

###### school

###### size

1188

###### gpa

3.5799441677552393

###### top Share

77.18256448537606

###### count

65

###### PUBAFFR

###### size

10

###### gpa

3.755929146640761

###### top Share

89.57379929781504

###### count

49

##### 1242

###### school

###### size

1295

###### gpa

3.595302892737449

###### top Share

78.36291889885307

###### count

67

##### 1252

###### school

###### size

1333

###### gpa

3.619494049739118

###### top Share

79.71442190500672

###### count

69

## instructor Trends

```json
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        "gpa": 3.6842105263157894
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  },
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    "name": "GREG NELSON",
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    "name": "ROGER ERVIN",
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      }
    ]
  }
]
```

## following

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