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Currently, UMT offers four Executive
Certificates.
The following two Executive
Certificates are under UMT's Professional Development
and Training Programs:
The following two Executive
Certificates are under UMT's Academic Programs:
Public Administration
UMT's Executive Certificate
in Public Administration requires the completion
of five courses, which are comprised of the concentration
courses for the Master
of Public Administration will be required.
Students who have transfer credits for the required
courses
may petition to substitute appropriate courses
from the list of core courses. In all cases,
students must complete five courses.
Required courses include:
Mgt 270. Principles of Public
Sector Management
The role of government in society.
Public vs. private sector management. Fiduciary
responsibilities in government. The central
role of ethics. Public vs. private goods. Accountability
in the public sector. How governments operate.
Mgt 271. Structure and Function
of Government
Different approaches to governance at the national,
state (provincial), and municipal levels. Articulating,
adjudicating, and enforcing government policies.
The legal system and the role of the courts.
The chief executive in government vs. the legislature.
Operating in a fishbowl environment.
Mgt 272. The Budget
Process
Appropriation,
obligation, and commitment of funds. Zero-based
budgeting. Mathematics of budgeting.
The budget/fiscal year cycle. Audits. Cost control.
Budgets and the procurement process. The role
of different players in the budgeting process.
Mgt
202. Business Law and Ethics
Commercial law at the national, state (provincial),
and municipal levels. Forms of organizational
structure (e.g., sole proprietorship, partnership,
corporation). Taxes. Occupational safety and
health. Labor regulations. Ethics.
Mgt 279. Management
of Major Programs
An overview
of tools, processes, and regulations governing
the management of large complex programs: the
program life-cycle, establishing and running
a program office, contracting and procurement
issues, regulations on large systems acquisitions,
implementing earned value management, coordinating
work efforts among subcontractors, the link
between the budget cycle and the program cycle,
managing a project portfolio.
Core courses include:
Mgt 200. Business Basics
Mgt 210. Quantitative Methods in Decision-making
Mgt 220. Information Technology
Mgt 250. Project Management
Mgt 254. Contracts and Procurement
Mgt 230. Leadership and Organization
Information
Technology
Consistent with UMT’s
other executive certificates, the Executive
Certificate in Information
Technology requires the completion of five (5)
courses. To earn the certificate, the student
must complete five of the BSIT
core curriculum courses.
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