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Find a Degree in Organizational Leadership
Instructor Information
Instructor:
Raymond E. Foster, MPA
Day/Time/Location: TBD
Office Hours:
As needed
Office Telephone: (909) 599.7560
Email:
raymond@hitechcj.com
Instructor CV
Raymond E.
Foster
Course Description
The course is designed to provide students with theoretical
perspectives, which will be useful in understanding the significance of
organizations in society and in analyzing and solving managerial problems in
government sectors. The course focuses much more on individuals and groups,
the ways they behave in formal structures like government bureaucracies, and
ways of modifying behavior or directing behavior towards the achievement of
organizational goals, development, and changes.
Learning Outcomes &
Competencies
University Outcomes:
- Express and interpret ideas
clearly, using a variety of written, oral and/or visual forms;
- Integrate ones own ideas with
those of others to address an issue; and,
- Articulate and evaluate the reasons
and justifications that support particular values
Major Outcomes:
- Discuss the relationship that
exists between the political arena and public administration;
- Explain and employ the ethics
associated with public administration;
- Provide effective leadership in the
administration of public affairs;
- Appraise the significant causes of
expansion within the public sector and the resulting proliferation of laws,
rules, regulations, and problems associated with effective change in that
environment; and,
- Communicate effectively and express
complex ideas, both orally and in writing.
Course Specific Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this
course, the learner should be able to:
- Define and describe organizational
development within public agencies;
- Explain factors surrounding human
behavior in organizations;
- Demonstrate an understanding of
theories pertinent to organizational development;
- Examine the nature of leadership,
motivation, power, teams in organizations;
- Identify the nature and effect
groups have on behavior within organizations;
- Compare and contrast the concepts
of leadership and management;
- Discuss the concept of culture and
its effect on an organization; and,
- Assess the importance of
organizational change and explain change as a source of stress in the
organization.
Instructor Biography
Raymond E. Foster was a sworn member of the Los Angeles
Police Department for 24 years. He retired in 2003 at the rank of Lieutenant.
He holds a bachelors from the Union Institute and University in Criminal
Justice Management and a Masters Degree in Public Financial Management from
California State University, Fullerton. He completed all of the course work in
his doctoral studies in business research. Raymond is a graduate of the West
Point Leadership program and has attended law enforcement, technology and
leadership programs such as the National Institute for Justice, Technology
Institute, Washington, DC.
Raymond is currently a part-time lecturer at California
State University, Fullerton and the Union Institute and University. He has
experience teaching upper division courses in law enforcement, public policy,
technology and leadership. Raymond is an experienced author who has published
numerous articles in a wide range of venues including magazines such as
Government Technology, Mobile Government, Airborne Law Enforcement Magazine, and
Police One. He has appeared on the History Channel and radio programs in the
United States and Europe as subject matter expert in technological applications
in law enforcement. For instance, he was recently interviewed by the London
Independent on the use of cellular telephone technology in explosive devices.
Raymonds complete CV can be viewed at
www.police-technology.net/raymond.foster.cv.html.
Readings & Resources
Required Readings:
Wendell, F. & Bell, C. (2003)
Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement (6th Edition) Prentice Hall, 1998 6/e,
ISBN No. 978-0132422314 (click on title to go to Amazon for book)
This course is organized into four modules of instruction.
In this eight week session, each module is two weeks in length. In the semester
format modules are approximately one month is duration. This is the "on ground"
version of the course. Contact the instructor for the syllabus and
instructions regarding the tutorial version.
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