Subject: JSG School of Public Policy
Credit units: 3
Offered: Term 2 only
Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours
College: Graduate and Postdoc Studies
Department: JSGS Executive Director Office

Examines the manner in which decisions are made in organizations, with a particular focus on policy decisions. The course uses a wide variety of behavioral theories to look at phenomena such as policy traps, framing, unwarranted optimism, and group think.

Restriction(s): Admission to the M.P.A., M.P.P., Ph.D. or permission of the instructor.

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