Course Syllabus

Indiana University Kokomo

School of Business

 Syllabus: PAHM V550_Topics in Public Affairs (Strategic Management)_2026 Summer 6W2 -1.docx

PAHM-V550: Topics in Public Affairs-Strategic Management

 Summer II 2026

Class Number: 8863

(July 6, 2026-Aug 14, 2026)

 

Instructor: Hyunkang Hur, Associate Professor                                                    Email: hyunhur@iu.edu

Office: KO 174G                                                                                                       Class Time: Online

Office Hours: By Appointment                                                                                Class Location: Online

 

Course Description and Objectives

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.

 

Learning Outcomes

1) Learn the basic theory of strategic management in the public sector.

2) Build and apply targeted strategies to meet operational goals.

3) Measure and analyze the effectiveness of strategic management in the public sector.

 

Textbook

No Textbook Required

-The student will use various academic articles

 

Class Structure

This independent study course content will be delivered completely online through Canvas during the 2026 6W2 Summer semester. 

The course requires students to be diligent in completing weekly reading assignment about academic articles and weekly article summary.

Students are expected to access Canvas at least twice a week to read e-mails, and upload assignments, and complete individual assignments. Students will need to plan for this online class accordingly. 

Course Grading

Course grades will be determined by the following weighting. Each course element will be weighted out of a total of 100 points.

 

Course Requirements                                                           Grade                         Due Date

1. Article Summary #1                                                        15pts    July 12, 11:59 pm via Canvas
2. Article Summary #2                                                        15pts   July 19, 11:59 pm via Canvas
3. Article Summary #3                                                        15pts   July 26, 11:59 pm via Canvas
4. Article Summary #4                                                        15pts   Aug 2   11:59pm via Canvas
5. Article Summary #5                                                        15pts    Aug 9,   11:59pm via Canvas
6. Article Summary #6                                                        25pts   Aug 14, 11:59pm via Canvas

            Total                                                                            100pts(%)

 

Grading Scale

No curves in grading are anticipated. Letter grades will be assigned according to the following point totals:

A = 95% (95)-100%(100); A- = 90%(90)-94%(94)

B+ = 89%(89)-87%(87); B = 86%(86)-84%(84); B- = 83%(83)-80%(80)

C+ = 79%(79)-77%(77); C = 76%(76)-74%(74); C- = 73%(73)-70%(70)

F = 69%(69) and below

I = Incomplete

 

Requirement for completing Independent Study Class (PAHM V550)

*The major requirement for completing this independent study class (PAHM V550) is a Weekly Article Summary written by the student that reflects upon the independent study as a learning experience. Article Summary assignment are to be turned in to the course professor via Canvas as scheduled below. 

 

*Weekly Article Summary: Each student will keep two article summaries of his/her weekly reading assignment routine from week 1 to week 6 during 6W2_Summer 2026 Semester. A successful article summary might review the primary themes of each two articles, any research questions and hypotheses considered, the population/sample studies, key data employed, main conclusions drawn, strengths and weaknesses of the approach taken, and broader implications drawn from the article (e.g., relationship to course concepts and topics). Not all articles will fit this outline, students may modify their summary to suit a particular reading.

Students are expected to prepare a brief summary of the main points from the readings in approximately 4-5 single-spaced pages.

 

• Article Summary Assignment Submission Schedule (All Articles will be available on Canvas Site!)
• Article Summary #1 (Week 1)_ Due: July 12, 2026 (Sunday, 11:59 pm) via Canvas

     Assigned Articles for Article Summary #1_Week 1

• Skok, James E. (1989). Toward a Definition of Strategic Management for the Public Sector. American Review of Public Administration. 19(2):133-147  (1. Skok (1989)_Review of Public Personnel Administration-2.pdf)
• Watad, Mahmoud & Spina, Sonia (1999). Integrated Managerial Training: A Program for Strategic Management Development. Public Personnel Management. 28(2):185-196. (2. Watad & Ospina (1999)_Public Personnel Management-2.pdf)

 

 

• Article Summary #2 (Week 2)_ Due: July 19, 2026 (Sunday, 11:59 pm) via Canvas

     Assigned Articles for Article Summary #2_Week 2:

• Johnsen, Age (2015). Strategic Management Thinking and Practice in the Public Sector: A Strategic Planning for All Seasons. Financial Accountability & Management 31(3):243-268. (3. Johnsen (2015)_Financial Accountability and Management-2.pdf)
• Ongaro, Edoardo and Ferlie, Ewan (2020). Strategic Management in Public Organizations: Profiling the Public Entrepreneur as Strategist. American Review of Public Administration 50(4-5):360-374. (4. Ongaro & Ferlie (2020)_American Review of Public Administration-2.pdf)

 

 

• Article Summary #3 (Week 3)_ Due: July 26, 2026 (Sunday, 11:59 pm) via Canvas

      Assigned Articles for Article Summary #3_Week 3:

• Boyne, George A. & Walker, Richard M. (2010). Strategic Management and Public Service Performance: The Way Ahead. Public Administration Review. 70(5):s185-s192. (5. Boyne and Walker (2010)_Public Administration Review-2.pdf)
• Walker, Richard M. (2013). Strategic Management and Performance in Public Organizations: Findings from the Miles and Snow Framework. Public Administration Review. 73(5): 675-685. (6. Walker (2013)_Public Administration Review-3.pdf)

 

• Article Summary #4 (Week 4)_ Due: Aug 2, 2026 (Sunday, 11:59 pm) via Canvas

      Assigned Articles for Article Summary #4_Week 4:

• Walker, Richard M., Andrews, Ryes, Boyne, George A., Meier, Kenneth J., and O’Toole, Laurence J. (2010). Wakeup Call: Strategic Management, Network Alarms, and Performance. Public Administration Review. 70(5): 731-741. (7. Walker et al. (2010)_Public Administration Review-2.pdf)
• McGuire, Michael & Schneck, Debra (2010). What if Hurricane Katrina Hit in 2020? The Need for Strategic Management of Disasters. Public Administration Review. 70(s1): S201-S207 (8. McGuire and Schneck (2010)_Public Administration Review-2.pdf)

 

 

• Article Summary #5 (Week 5)_ Due: Aug 9, 2026 (Sunday, 11:59 pm) via Canvas

      Assigned Articles for Article Summary #5_Week 5:

• Bryson, John M., Berry, Frances S., and Yang, Kaifeng (2010). The State of Public Strategic Management Research: A Selective Literature Review and Set of Future Directions. American Review of Public Administration. 40(5):495-521. (9. Bryson, Berry, and Yang (2010)_American Review of Public Administration-2.pdf)
• Poister, Theodore H., Pitts, David W., and Edwards, Lauren Hamilton. (2010). Strategic Management Research in the Public Sector: A Review, Synthesis, and Future Directions. American Review of Public Administration. 40(5):522-545 (10. Poister, Pitts, and Edwards (2010)_American Review of Public Administration-2.pdf)

 

• Article Summary #6 (Week 6)_ Due: Aug 14, 2026 (Sunday, 11:59 pm) via Canvas

      Assigned Articles for Article Summary #6_Week 6

• Poister, Theodore H. (2010). The Future of Strategic Planning in the Public Sector: Linking Strategic Management and Performance. Public Administration Review. 70(s1): s246-s254 (11.Poister (2010)_Public Administration Review-2.pdf)
• Roberts, Patrick & Edwards, Lauren H. (2023). Portfolio management: A New Direction in Public Sector Strategic Management Research and Practice. Public Administration Review. 1-13. (12. Roberts and Edwards (2023)_Public Administration Review-2.pdf)

 

Assignment Policy

All written assignments must be submitted in Microsoft Word, using Times New Roman font and 1-inch margins.  As is the norm in many policy briefs, documents should be single-spaced. All sources must be cited using APA format.  Guides to APA formatting and style can be found online at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ and at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Style.html

 

Failure to adhere to these style and formatting guidelines for assignments may result in a point deduction equivalent to half a letter grade.

 

Late assignments will not be accepted, except in the case of a documented emergency.  Late assignments disrupt my ability to grade quickly and return graded assignments to students. 

 

If you miss an assignment or test due to illness, you must provide a note from a doctor written on letterhead with the doctor’s name, signature and telephone number.  The doctor must be local unless you are out of state, in which case a doctor in your location is acceptable. 

A doctor’s note fitting the above criteria is the only way to make up a missed assignment due to illness.  

If you miss an assignment or test due to a family emergency, you must notify me via email before the assignment due date/test date.  In addition, you must provide a written explanation of the nature of the emergency, the dates on which you were away from school, where you stayed during those dates, the telephone number of the person with whom you stayed, and the name and telephone number of the officiating party (funeral director, minister, rabbi, etc.) in the case of a death, the name of the treating doctor in the case of a family member’s serious illness).  I understand that providing this information may be a burden on you at a particularly difficult and sensitive time.  Unfortunately, we have found that assignment deadlines and particularly tests have led to unexplained epidemics of illnesses and family deaths.

 

Disability Services

Students who have a documented disability or other needs that may require consideration during this course are responsible for contacting the Disability Services Office at 765.455.9301, Kelley Center Room 200 or via e-mail at disserv@iuk.edu. The office of Disability Services will make an assessment and then provide written notification for the faculty.

 

Please contact the Office of Disability Services within the first week of the semester or as soon as the need is identified since faculty cannot make arrangements for special consideration until written notification is provided. Documentation requirements and student responsibilities can be found on the Disability Services websites at: http://www.iuk.edu/ada

 

Policy Regarding Sexual Misconduct

As your instructor, one of my responsibilities is to help create a safe learning environment on our campus. Title IX and our own Sexual Misconduct policy prohibit sexual misconduct.  If you have experienced sexual misconduct, or know someone who has, the University can help.

If you are seeking help and would like to speak to someone confidentially, you can make an appointment with Beth Barnett, Room KC234, Kelley Student Center, 765-455-9553.  More information about available resources can be found here:  http://stopsexualviolence.iu.edu/help/index.html

 

It is also important that you know that federal regulations and University policy require me to promptly convey any information about potential sexual misconduct known to me to our campus’ Deputy Title IX Coordinator or IU’s Title IX Coordinator.  In that event, they will work with a small number of others on campus to ensure that appropriate measures are taken and resources are made available to the student who may have been harmed.  Protecting a student’s privacy is of utmost concern, and all involved will only share information with those that need to know to ensure the University can respond and assist. 

 

I encourage you to visit stopsexualviolence.iu.edu to learn more.