Preparing public managers for the digital era: incorporating information management, use, and technology into public affairs graduate curricula

Qian Hu

Public Management Review, 2018, vol. 20, issue 5, 766-787

Abstract: This study examines how current public affairs graduate programmes prepare students for governing in the digital age and offer suggestions for how to better incorporate information management, use, and technology into public affairs curricula in the United States. Through surveys of graduate programme directors and content analysis of course syllabi, this study shows that current curricula have failed to keep pace with rapid changes in the industry. Courses on information management, use, and technology need to balance their focus on technology with their focus on government. It remains a challenge to integrate information management, use, and technology topics into mainstream management and policy foci.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2017.1327180

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