Public Management Innovation
Learn about tools for public sector crises, small business growth for inequality, and philanthropy in management, with an emphasis on tri-sector leadership and addressing global issues.
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Course Description
- Investigate how small business growth can be harnessed as a tool to tackle inequality, gaining insights into its potential impact.
- Delve into the realm of philanthropy and its pivotal role in the sphere of development, enhancing your comprehension of its contributions.
- Acquire the ability to diagnose and rectify shortcomings in public sector management programs with a focus on poverty reduction, amplifying program effectiveness.
- Gain proficiency in sustainability management practices and evidence-based management principles, including hands-on experience with tools like CompStat for crime prevention.
- Explore the domain of data-smart governance, discovering methods to optimize government services through effective data utilization.
What You Will Learn
By the end of this course, learners will:
Develop a profound understanding of a wide range of innovative tools applicable to the public sector, expanding a toolkit for addressing complex challenges.
Gain insights into breakthrough solutions within markets, politics, and services, while exploring and implementing pioneering strategies.
Investigate the potential of small business growth as a vehicle for addressing inequality, understanding its capacity to promote inclusive economic development.
Delve into the realm of philanthropy and its dual role in both domestic and international development, enriching your comprehension of its profound impact.
Develop the ability to diagnose and enhance public sector management programs with a specific focus on reducing poverty, illustrated through a case study of Afghanistan.
Attain proficiency in sustainability management practices and evidence-based management principles, including hands-on familiarity with CompStat for crime prevention.
Acquire the skills to navigate data-smart governance, harnessing data for improved government services and more effective decision-making.
Course Outline
Module 1: Innovative management in fiscally challenging times
Module 2: The smart power advantage in markets, politics, and services
Module 3: Engineering a new technology of people, platforms, and processes
Module 4: The global need for tri-sector leaders
Module 5: Tri-sector leadership and technology enabled microfinance
Module 6: Introduction to social value investing
Module 7: 40 Chances methodology
Module 8: Social value investing methodology
Module 9: Public management innovation in Afghanistan
Module 10: Sustainability management practices
Module 11: Innovation in evidence-based management
Module 12: Responsive city: Data-smart governance
Instructors
William B. Eimicke is a Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs and founding director of the Picker Center for Executive Education at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He teaches courses in cross-sector partnerships, innovation, applied policy analysis, and management. Professor Eimicke has developed and directed numerous executive training programs at the Picker Center for public and private organizations across the United States, China, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, and other countries. He has co-authored a book, Social Value Investing: A Management Framework for Effective Partnerships, with fellow SIPA faculty member Howard W. Buffett. Eimicke has served as housing "czar" of New York State, housing team member of Vice President Al Gore's National Performance Review, FDNY Deputy Fire Commissioner, and New York Governor Cuomo's deputy secretary for policy and programs. He holds a BA, MPA, and PhD from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
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