Governmental Relations

This course is designed to help not-for-profit managers learn how to engage the public sector effectively. Through applied research and case study, students will acquire a wide range of knowledge and action skill in such diverse areas as improving performance through organizational change, the budget process, identifying and pursuing funding opportunities and how the federal or local government’s public policy and fiscal decisions affect not-for-profit organizations’ strategic goals and operations. Particular attention is given to state and local government operations in Hawai’i.