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University of Maryland College Park Public Sector Financial Management

University of Maryland College Park Public Sector Financial Management
http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/degree-programs/master-of-public-policy/areas-of-specialization/public-sector
The PSFM specialization prepares future leaders and the individuals who will assume major management responsibilities at the local, state and/or federal level. Leadership and management are needed now more than ever. The public demand for excellence in the management of public resources has never been stronger. Virtually every level of government faces unprecedented pressure for improved accountability while striving to provide high levels of service at low cost. This growing challenge requires a keen understanding of complex financial mechanisms, management and leadership theories and practices, and the ability of government to work with the private and nonprofit sectors.

Public Sector Financial Management Alumnus Jobs
Senior Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton
Senior Budget Analyst, City of Pittsburgh, Office of Management and Budget
Asst Director, National Policy Programs, Rural Policy Research Institute
Asst Director of Operations, State of Maryland, Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene
Policy Analyst, State of Maryland, Office of Legislative Services
Deputy Director, Communications, Office of the Comptroller, State of Maryland
State Representative, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Budget and Management Analyst, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Senior Associate, Under-Secretariat of Treasury, Turkey
Asset Manager, Urban Housing Solutions, Inc.

PSFM Specialization Curriculum
In addition to meeting the overall requirements of their degree program, students electing to specialize in public sector financial management take at least three of the following courses:

Financial Systems & Control (PUAF 699E) discusses how to create financial systems that permit leaders to ensure that resources are being allocated as planned.
Analysis of Fiscal Conditions (PUAF 712) introduces students to information and methods used to analyze the financial condition of state and local governments. Offers a framework for analysis of government revenues, expenditures, debt, pensions, and internal resources.
State and Local Government Budgeting (PUAF 716) looks at how capital and operating budgets are developed, legislatively reviewed, adopted, administered and evaluated. Emphasizes how community dynamics, demography, fiscal conditions and politics shape budgets and state and local revenue forecasting; and the implications of governmental reinvention for budgeting. Relies on original source materials and budget documents from state and local governments.
Federal Budgeting: Policy and Process (PUAF 717) examines budgeting as a political and administrative instrument of the government. Considers the development of budgeting; the multiple uses of the budget, including the budget's role in fiscal policy and resource allocation; the roles and relationships of the major participants; and current issues such as the effects of resource scarcity on budgeting behavior. Emphasizes the federal level, but state and local practices are also considered.
Plus at least one of the following courses:

Leadership (PUAF 692) provides a multi-sector (public, private and not-for-profit), multi-disciplinary, and comparative overview of leadership, and employs lectures, case analyses, readings, films and structured exercises; at every turn, theory is tied to practice -- to the exploration and development of those skills, tactics, and strategies most commonly associated with effective leadership and management.
Leading & Motivating People (PUAF 699L) explores the theories, models, and research findings concerned with human motivation and behavior most relevant to the task of influencing people so that they are able to achieve positive and timely results. It includes an introduction to leadership theory, cognitive development and human motivation theories, and positive, depth, and other psychological approaches. It then applies such knowledge to the development of self-mastery and interpersonal skills, the building of healthy and effective teams and organizations; and to the direction of successful change efforts.
Issues in Information Policy & Technology (PUAF 698P) introduces students both to the thicket of issues surrounding the public availability of information and the use of information technology to make government more efficient, accessible, and effective.
Managing Differences: Resolving Conflict & Negotiating Agreements (PUAF 752) enhances students' negotiation and leadership skills for managing differences; uses a group relation perspective on the behavior of groups and individuals in groups to understand negotiation dynamics; studies the nature of conflict, how to handle two and multi-party conflicts, and the impact of mediators on negotiations; and blends skill-building exercises, theory discussions, and dialogue.
Advanced Negotiations (PUAF 753) deepens the student's negotiation and leadership skills for managing differences between individuals and groups; covers conflict, escalation, dealing with intractable conflicts, sustaining agreements in inter-group conflicts, and the effects of trauma on; studies identity-based conflicts using the ARIA (Antagonism, Resonance, Invention, Action) model; and blends skill building exercises and theory discussions.
Finally MPP Students are also required to take MF&L Project Course (PUAF 790) Students analyze and recommend responses to a current management issue for a real-life client. Emphasizes problem definition, organization of information, and presentation of results.

Typical MPP Student Public Sector Financial Management Academic Plan
Fall Semester I
Spring Semester I

Core: PUAF 610 "Quantitative Aspects of Public Policy " OR 611 "Quantitative Analysis of Policy Issues "
Core: PUAF 670 "Finance"

Core: PUAF 620 "Political Analysis "
Core: PUAF 711 "Public Management & Leadership"

Core: PUAF 640 "Microeconomics and Policy Analysis" OR (with permission of Professor Ruth) PUAF 698x"Microeconomic Applications of Public Policy"
PSFM: PUAF 699E "Financial Systems & Control"

Core: PUAF 650 "Moral Dimensions of Public Policy " OR PUAF 698x "Proseminar in Politics, Philosophy and Public Policy"
PSFM: PUAF 717 "Federal Budgeting: Policy and Process " (or elective if taking PUAF 716 in Fall semester II)

Fall Semester II
Spring Semester II

PSFM: PUAF 712 "Analysis of Fiscal Conditions"
PSFM: PUAF 790 "Project Course"

PSFM: PUAF 716 "State/Local Government Budgeting" (or elective if taking PUAF 717 in Spring Semester I)
PSFM: PUAF 692 "Leadership: Principles and Practices or PUAF 698x "Information Policy" (or elective if took PUAF 752 in Fall semester II)

PSFM: PUAF 752 "Managing Differences: Resolving Conflict and Negotiating Agreements (or elective if taking PUAF 692 or 698x "Information Policy" in Spring Semester II)
Two electives

One elective

Primary Public Sector Financial Management Faculty

Name
Expertise

Apfel, Kenneth
Professor of the Practice
Director, MFL
Public management, federal budgeting, entitlement programs, public finance

Brown, Judy
Senior Scholar, CPPPE & Burns Academy of Leadership
Leadership, change, public/private partnerships

Brown, Marita
Senior Scholar
State and local government finance, budgeting and fiscal policy

Falk, David
Senior Scholar
Public policy process, real estate and housing finance, development and policy, state and local government fiscal policy

Field, Charles
Senior Research Scholar
Negotiation and conflict resolution, housing

Finn, Karen
Lecturer
Performance results, accountability & management

Fosler, R. Scott
Visiting Professor & Roger C. Lipitz Senior Fellow
Governance, public management and leadership, public-private partnership, nonprofit organization, intergovernmental relations

Gabriel, Kenneth
Senior Research Scholar, Adjunct Professor & Program Manager, CPPPE
Venture creation, strategic management, supply chain modernization, nanotechnology and advanced materials

Gansler, Jacques
Professor, Director & Roger C. Lipitz Chair in CPPPE
National security, globalization, supply-chain management, government acquisition, advanced technology, public-private partnerships, competition, defense industry, DOD management

Gordon, Tracy
Assistant Professor
Public finance, state and local finance

Lucyshyn, William
Senior Research Scholar & Director of Research, CPPPE
Information assurance, market based government supply chain

Manning, Tracey
Senior Fellow, Burns Academy of Leadership
Transformational leadership development, leadership education

McGinnis, Pat
President, Council for Excellence in Government
Federal government management

McGoff, Chris
Adjunct Lecturer
Information policy & technology

Pearson, Carol
Professor of the Practice & Director, Burns Academy of Leadership
Leadership and organizational development and assessment; authentic branding; mental models affecting policy formation

Rogers, Jacqueline
Senior Research Scholar
Housing and community development, state and local government budgeting and finance, military family housing privatization

Shapiro, Peter A.
Senior Fellow, Burns Academy of Leadership
Leadership studies

Short, Charles L.
Adjunct Lecturer
Managing social services

Sorenson, Georgia
Founding Director, Burns Academy of Leadership
Leadership studies

Zhang, Mengzhong
Senior Lecturer
Public sector management; comparative management