The CPM Schedule
Track 1: Public Personnel Administration
Focus: To provide essential information concerning personnel and labor relations to public administrators. Examples of topics that will be covered include recruitment/selection, equal employment opportunity/affirmative action, performance evaluation, discipline/termination, health/safety, collective bargaining, classification, compensation and employee benefits.
UTB/TSC 2006 – 2/3-4 & 2/24-25
2007 – 1/19-20 & 2/23-24
TX State 2006 – 9/7-8 & 10/5-6
Austin 2007 – 4/12 & 5/10 & 6/14
San Antonio (City) 2006 – 4/14 & 5/12 & 6/9
Track 2: Managing for Quality
Focus: To provide essential information concerning the practice of building quality into public and non-profit organizations. Practices such as Re-engineering, Total Quality Management (TQM) and Strategic Planning will be explored in detail. The course will also focus on how a systems approach can help public administrators to understand the way in which organizations can improve their operations
UTB/TSC 2006 – 3/3-4 & 4/7-8
TX State 2006 – 11/9-10 & 12/7-8
Austin 2007 – 7/19 & 8/16 & 9/13
San Antonio (City) 2006 – 7/14 & 8/18 & 9/22
Track 3: Organizational Communication
Focus: To provide essential information concerning the practice of communication within the organization. Topics include communicating with governing and oversight bodies, barriers to effective communication and dealing with disagreement, conflict and groupthink.
Improving oral and written communication skills will also be covered in this track.
UTB/TSC 2006 – 4/28-29 & 6/9-10 (TBC)
TX State 2005 – 11/3-4 & 12/1-2
Austin 2006 – 1/19 & 2/9 & 3/9
San Antonio (City) 2006 – 10/20 & 11/17 & 12/15
Track 4: Public Finance and Budgeting
Focus: To provide essential information concerning the practice of public finance and budgeting. The basics of finance, budgeting and public sector accounting and auditing will be explored in detail.
UTB/TSC 2006 – 7/7-8 & 8/18-19
TX State 2006 – 1/12-13 & 2/23
Austin 2006 – 4/12 & 5/12 & 6/9
San Antonio (City) 2007 – 1/12 & 2/16 & 3/16
Track 5: Productivity and Program Evaluation
Focus: To provide essential information on how to conduct public administration research leading toward the evaluation of public and non-profit sector programs. Benchmarking, program evaluation and the tools and techniques of public administration research will be explored. In addition, the basic principles of legal research will be covered in this track.
UTB/TSC 2006 – 9/15-16 & 10/20-21
TX State 2006 – 3/2-3 & 4/6-7
Austin 2006 – 6/13 & 8/10 & 9/14
San Antonio (City) 2007 – 4/13 & 5/18 & 6/15
Track 6: Information Systems for Managers
Focus: To provide essential information about management information systems used by public sector and non-profit sector managers. Tools and systems such as the Internet and on-line federal and state databases will be identified and discussed in detail.
UTB/TSC 2006 – 11/10-11 & 12/8-9
TX State 2006 – 5/4-5 & 6/1-2
Austin 2006 – 10/12 & 11/9 & 12/14
San Antonio (City) 2007 – 7/20 & 8/17 & 9/14
Track 7: Applied Projects Practicum
Focus: To provide students with the opportunity and tools necessary to prepare a major applied project/projects related to their organization or area of interest. This track is the “capstone” of the CPM Program and will incorporate lessons and information provided in the other six tracks.UTB/TSC 2007 – 3/9-10 & 4/27
TX State 2006 – 7/6-7 & 8/3-4
Austin 2007 – 1/11 & 2/9 & 3/9
San Antonio (City) 2006 – 1/20 & 2/17 & 3/17