Public Management and Leadership

Ranked No. 7 by U.S. News & World Report for Public Management and Leadership

Glenn College faculty produce innovative research and academic programs that support future public and nonprofit leaders. In addition to scholarship creation and our top-ranked curricular programs, we work with over 3,000 public sector professionals annually to provide continuing education, technical assistance and leadership training, supporting our mission to improve public management and leadership within local, state and federal organizations.

Faculty Experts

Recent Public Management and Leadership Research

All Research
New development: Loyalty to principle or politics—The US civil service under attack … but is it justified?
Public Money & Management
2024
Jos Raadschelders studies the threats to merit-based, apolitical civil service, necessary reforms and risks to democracy.
Preference for Group-based Social Hierarchy and the Reluctance to Accept Women as Equals in Law Enforcement
Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory
2024
Jill Davis and Russell Hassan study whether police officers motivated to protect existing social power hierarchies are more likely to resist organizational diversity and hold more negative views about women's suitability for law enforcement.
Gender Differences in Workplace Incivility Experiences and Their Impacts on the Wellbeing and Retention of Women in Law Enforcement Organizations
Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice
2024
Jill Davis, Russell Hassan and colleagues examine higher rates of workforce incivility reports from policewomen versus policemen. Policewomen also report heightened emotional exhaustion and express a greater intention to leave their current positions than policemen.
The Nexus of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Nonprofit Studies: An Empirical Mapping of Research Topics and Knowledge Integration
Public Administration Review
2022
Megan LePere-Schloop examines the empirical knowledge integration among public administration (PA), public policy studies (PP), and nonprofit studies (nonprofit), revealing low citation rates between PA/PP and nonprofit journals, and identifies three categories effectively integrating knowledge from these fields.
Conflict and Cooperation Within Police Units: The Importance of Manager Inclusiveness
Public Management Review
2022
This study by Russell Hassan assesses the influence of manager inclusiveness on unit-level relational conflict and interpersonal helping behavior.
Same Product, Different Price: Experimental Evidence on the Transaction Cost Expenditures of Selling to Governments and Firms
Public Administration Review
2022
Dean Trevor Brown examines whether governments pay more than firms when contracting.

Public Management and Leadership Studies at the Glenn College

Programs:

Coursework:

  • 2130 – Leadership in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
  • 3500 – Public Management
  • 4030 – Public Budgeting 
  • 4010 – Public Affairs Decision-Making
  • 4040 – Public Sector Data Sciences and Management
  • 5592 – Marketing for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

Programs:

Coursework:

  • 5592 – Marketing for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
  • 6010 – Legal Environment of Public Organizations
  • 6050 – Managing Public Sector Organizations
  • 6055 – Judgment in Managerial Decision-Making
  • 6060 – Managerial Leadership in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
  • 7503 – Higher Education Policy for Public Leaders
  • 7555 – Strategy for Public Organizations

Tailor your doctoral studies toward public management and leadership.

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Management Advancement for the Public Service

Programs for Ohio Women Empowered to Represent (POWER)

Public and Nonprofit Leadership Certificate

Military to Civilian Leadership Certificate

Public Leadership Academy for Elected Officials

Public Safety Leadership Academy for Law Enforcement

Custom Executive Education

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