PUBLIC MANAGEMENT TRAINING: PHILOSOPHY

AND METHODS

Michael Stahl uses an interactive, participative approach to training courses which he has practiced for 16 years as an adjunct professor at George Mason University, using scenarios and role-playing exercises. He offers customized training experiences for organizational units, individual managers, teams of managers, the full cadre of managers from an organization, and for organizations in need of a strategic change to better suit their mission and increase their public value.

Among the training courses offered are the following:

PROGRAM PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION

A survey of important thinking and how-to approaches to strategic planning, program implementation, and evaluating and measuring the performance of public programs.

LEADING PERFORMANCE-BASED GOVERNMENT

Increase the emphasis on managing to achieve objectives and performance targets through this course on giving priority attention to defining and measuring performance in an organization.

MANAGING IN A CUTBACK ERA

For organizations facing significant reductions in resources, this course provides tools for inventorying existing projects and programs, setting priorities to guide future investment, and making choices to reduce in the right places that won’t adversely impact the effectiveness of the organization.

NEW IMPERATIVES FOR PUBLIC MANAGERS

A review of the kinds of skills and attributes managers will need as long-term leaders in public service.

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT 101

Comprehensive review of the fundamentals of performance measurement, including purposes and benefits of performance measures, definition of measurement types, implementing measurement systems and using them to manage and drive organizational performance.

IDENTIFYING, IMPLEMENTING, AND USING PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Focuses on developing performance measurement systems through a three-step process for identifying, implementing, and using measures as a management tool.

PROBLEM-BASED PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

Directing the focus of an organization to work systematically on identifying and solving important public problems within the mission of the organization can lead the organization to redirect their focus to important aspects of the mission that have been previously ignored or deemphasized.