Office:  ELA 341
Email:  hb02@txstate.edu
Phone:  512.245.3453

Curriculum Vitae

B.A., City University of New York
M.U.P, Ed.D., Texas A&M University

Professor of Political Science
Director of the William P. Hobby
Center for Public Service
Holder of the Hobby Professorship

Dr. Howard R. Balanoff is Professor of Political Science at Texas State University. He is also the Chair of the University's William P. Hobby Center for Public Service and also serves as the Director of the Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program. He has taught at Texas State University for over 30 years and has also served as an adjunct professor of public affairs and educational administration at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of numerous articles in the area of public administration and planning and is the editor of the textbook, Public Policy and Administration. He is currently Chair of ASPA’s Section for Certified Public Management (SCPM). He is a former member of the National Council of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and a former President of the National Certified Public Manager (CPM) Consortium. He has also served as Chair of ASPA's International Affairs Committee and Chair of ASPA's Section on Professional & Organizational Development (SPOD).

His specialty areas are personnel administration, public policy, organizational theory and behavior, human resources administration and professional development and education in the public sector. He also teaches courses and conducts research in the area of international and comparative public administration. For seven years he served on active duty as a communications-electronics officer and missile combat crew commander in the United States Air Force. He also served for 13 years a member of the Air Force Reserves. He holds the rank of Major USAF-Retired. Dr. Balanoff received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from Hunter College of the City University of New York. He received his Master's and Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from Texas A&M University.

 3316 Introduction to Public Administration. The organization and management of the machinery for executing public policies, with particular emphasis upon the Federal bureaucracy.

3318 Public Personnel Administration. A study of public personnel systems in the United States with major concentrations on the national civil service system. Special emphasis is given to current research in the areas of leadership, informal organization, motivation, and small group theory.

3320 Comparative Public Administration. A survey of the field of Public Administration that will emphasize those aspects of administration that are common to all administrative systems. (May be used to satisfy Group IV requirements.)

4345 American Foreign Policy. This course focuses on how foreign policy is made. The major institutions involved in the decision-making process as well as the ideological setting in which they function are examined. Topics studied include the foreign policy roles of Congress, Interest Groups, the State Department and the Secretary of State, the Military Establishment, the Intelligence Community, the Presidency, and Public Opinion. Specific foreign policy decisions will be examined to illustrate the various roles of these institutions in the decision-making process. (May be used to satisfy Group V requirement)

5314 Organization Theory.  Analysis of the theoretical perspectives of organizations, with particular reference to public organizations and public administration.

5315 Problems in Public Personnel Administration.  Analyses and evaluations of major personnel management problems in government; employee-management relations; interagency and inter-governmental relationships.  Impact of automation.  Evaluation of personnel systems.

5316 Labor Management Relations.  An examination of the historical development of public employee unions and the reaction of public employers and the effect of collective bargaining agreements on personnel policy development.  The legal position of public laws concerning collective bargaining arguments as well as analysis of organizing procedures and strategy on the part of public managers will be covered.

5317 Management Practices in Public Personnel Administration.  Examines recent developments in Public Personnel Administration.  Special attention will be paid to the use of the Personnel Office as a center for job assignment, employee development, organizational development, and affirmative action.  In addition, students will become familiar with specific personnel practices including the development of pay plans, job classifications, and employee manuals.

5333 Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity.  An examination of major issues, theoretical, involved in the crisis areas of declining energy resources, arable land, water, and food, amidst increasing population and pollution of the environment.

5340 Problems in American Public Policy.  Problems arising in the area of political decision-making, executive-legislative relationships, functions of government, and regulatory activities of the government.  May be repeated once with different emphasis and professor for additional credit.

5341 Seminar in the Policy Process.  Critical examination of the policy process with emphasis on analytical applications in the administrative and management environment.