Management and Leadership

The M&L 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.

 Management & Leadership Alumni 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.

 

Management & Leadership Specialization Curriculum

In addition to meeting the overall requirements of their degree program, students electing to specialize in management & leadership take the following courses:

Either Ethical Dimensions of Public Leadership (PUAF 699F) OR any one of the MFL “Leadership” courses.  PUAF 699F examines the ethical dilemmas that leaders face, the basis o moral choice and the implications of making tough decisions within public organizations.  It examines how leaders convey values through their actions and their behavior as role models.  It aims to expand students’ moral point of view by first considering personal ethics, then moving on to look at leadership and the common good, and finishing with an examination of ethics in a global community.  Through readings, case studies and presentations it explores these ethical challenges and the role of personal values and an organization’s ethical culture and their impact on leaders.  Ethical theories related to public leadership will be explored as students develop and shape their personal characteristics and principles as future leaders.

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.

Either Managing Differences: Resolving Conflict & Negotiating Agreements (PUAF 752) or Advanced Negotiations (PUAF 753).  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.  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.

At least one finance elective from the following options:

Finance Systems & Control (PUAF 699E)

Analysis of Fiscal Conditions (PUAF 712)

State and Local Budgeting (PUAF 716)

Federal Budgeting (PUAF 717)

Tax Policy (PUAF 798V)

MPP Students Only: 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 Management & Leadership 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"	M&L: PUAF 699F “Ethical Dimensions of Public Leadership”
Core: PUAF 650 "Moral Dimensions of Public Policy " OR PUAF 698x "Proseminar in Politics, Philosophy and Public Policy"	M&L: PUAF 715 or PUAF 717 (or elective if taking PUAF 712 or 716 in Fall semester II)
Fall Semester II	Spring Semester II
M&L: PUAF 752 "Managing Differences: Resolving Conflict and Negotiating Agreements. "	M&L: PUAF 698P "Information Policy"
M&L: PUAF 712 or PUAF 716 (or elective if taking PUAF 715 or 717 in Spring semester I)	M&L: PUAF 790 "Project Course"
Two general electives	Two general electives

 

Management and Leadership Town Hall

Each semester, the chairperson of each specialization holds a Town Hall. At this event, students and faculty discuss course offerings for the upcoming semesters, changes to the specialization and solicit feedback for improvements. Suggestions from previous Town Halls have resulted in new courses. Student led specialization councils also describe their current activities and efforts for student advocacy and engagement. These events are the best way for students to get a comprehensive overview of the specialization and to shape its future direction.

Proposed courses for Fall 2012-Spring 2013 semesters (subject to change).

 

Primary Management & Leadership Faculty 

Name	Expertise
Apfel, Kenneth Professor of the Practice Director, MFL	Public management, federal budgeting, entitlement programs, public finance
Brown, Judy Senior Scholar, CPPPE	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	Transformational leadership development, leadership education
McGinnis, Pat President, Council for Excellence in Government	Federal government management
McGoff, Chris Adjunct Lecturer	Information policy & technology
Rogers, Jacqueline Senior Research Scholar	Housing and community development, state and local government budgeting and finance, military family housing privatization
Short, Charles L. Adjunct Lecturer	Managing social services
Zhang, Mengzhong Senior Lecturer	Public sector management; comparative management

 

Centers Conducting Management & Leadership Research

 Center for Public Policy & Private Enterprise (CPPPE)

 Institutute for Philosophy & Public Policy (IPPP)
            

Management & Leadership Specialization Director

For more information on the Management & Leadership specialization, contact:

Office of Admissions & Student Affairs
301-405-6331
policy-applications@umd.edu