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The Ohio CPM Program is a nationally accredited management development program for public managers in Ohio, offering comprehensive training and professional certification. Collaborating with the State of Ohio and Ohio's state universities, the program provides academic credit and equips managers with the skills to effectively manage people, projects, and resources. Join the Ohio CPM Program to enhance your career in public administration.
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Taking Public Management to its Highest Level: OCPM is a nationally accredited management development program for public managers in Ohio
The Ohio CPM Program • Comprehensive management development • Provides a professional certification • Nationally-recognized, accredited in 27 states and the District of Columbia • Collaboration between the State of Ohio and Ohio’s state universities • Ohio’s state and university collaboration is a model in the nation • Possible academic credit at the undergraduate and graduate level
OCPM Program Partnership The National Certified Public Manager Consortium (NCPMC) The State of Ohio • Ohio Board of Regents • Ohio Department of Administrative Services • OCPM Advisory Board The Ohio Public Management Consortium • Urban University Program (UUP) • Rural University Program (RUP)
Program Participants • Designed for high achieving career public managers • Management position in state, county, or local government • Senior and Middle Managers • Manage people, projects, or resources that impact your agency
Core Curriculum Learning Areas • General Administration & Organization • Technical & Quantitative • Analytical & Conceptual • Human Relations
Hours of Instruction & Requirements • Complete 300 required hours of professional training broken into easy to manage quarterly units over two years • Classes are held at least twice a month on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays • Complete two required projects, • Project #1 - Process Improvement project • Project #2 - Collaborative, inter-agency project
Job-related OCPM Projects • Document improvements in products, service and/or work processes • Benefit internal and external customers • Integrate classroom learning with real issues in the workplace • Provide hands-on application of knowledge and skills • Join “theory” with “practical application”
Job-related OCPM Projects… a return on investment !! Sample Award Winning Ohio Cohort projects • 2006 National Askew Award winning project, “Developing a Storm Water Utility for the City of Ashland” will generate new income of $540,000 per year for five years while fulfilling new federal and state EPA state water mandates. • 2005 National Askew Award winning project, the “Regional Emergency Warning System”, will be used to protect citizens of 8 counties from weather related dangers. • 2004 National Askew Award winning project, “Public Education in Achieving Mercury Abatement”, will be used to educate citizens on the dangers of mercury.
Job-related OCPM Projects… a return on investment !! • Sample OCPM projects, continued • Joint state project provides therapeutic and educational outdoor experience for disabled and handicapped citizens. • Two Cuyahoga County agencies develop long-term comprehensive strategic succession plans to ensure consistent and dependable leadership and service. • Four cities collaborate to establish a joint emergency management policy to provide residents better protection and save tax dollars.
Benefits to Government • Professionalism in public management • Organizational innovation • High ethical and educational standards • Forum to discuss emerging issues and contemporary problems • Framework to acquire management knowledge
Benefits to Your Agency • Required projects accomplish research/ studies previously contracted to consultants • Encourages • workplace efficiency ideas • job-related problem solving • future planning • Access to innovative national and statewide networks
Benefits to You • National standards & recognition • Professional designation • Network with professional public managers regionally & statewide • Keep up-to-date with new knowledge in public administration • Become change agents • Achieve career goals / increase job satisfaction • Linkages to formal academic study
Contact The Northeast Site of the Ohio Certified Public Manager Program Zoë Tyler, OCPM Site Manager (216) 687-5497 E-mail: zoe@urban.csuohio.edu
Getting you started Please visit our documents webpage at: http://urban.csuohio.edu/academics/ocpm/ocpmdocs.html