PSPA 610 - Budgeting and Financial Management in Public Service Organizations

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Theory and practice of budgetary processes, analyses, and presentations in public and nonprofit organizations.

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MPA Competencies:

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• Effectively work with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders.

• Communicate effectively with diverse audiences both orally (public speaking) and in writing (analytical and persuasive) for a public service organization and in the public policy process.

• Meaningfully engage with people holding diverse perspectives to address public service issues.​

• Motivate and engage peers and stakeholders to enhance organizational capacity

• Effectively participate in the public policy process in a role appropriate to a professional public manager.

• Apply theoretical knowledge for program competencies in the following ways: Use performance management to facilitate goal identification and execution.

• Integrate current and preferred management practices of budgeting and financial management to improve organizations.

• Apply decision-making theories to frame and solve public service problems.

• Evaluate public service issues in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, equity and economy.

• Incorporate professional codes of ethics in public service decision-making to enhance integrity of public services.

• Identify and apply strategies for improving democratic accountability in governance, including improved transparency and civic participation.

• Apply theoretical knowledge for budgeting and financial management competencies in the following ways:​​

  • Be able to communicate budget and financial information about public service organizations to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including through appropriate graphs and spreadsheets.

  • Be able to develop and implement entity-wide financial management policies for public service organizations in accordance with recommendations by GFOA and similar professional organizations.