Public employees in the
southwest region of the state began taking advantage of Ohio
Certified Public Manager (OCPM) program training in January 2002.
With the addition of the southwest region, the two-year program geared toward
enhancing the managerial skills of government employees now covers four of
the five regions of the state.
The program, which began in 1998, is gaining
popularity among local governments. For example,
the Northeast region cohort or class active at the
end of the biennium includes seven mayors.
Those seven were part of the 264
students enrolled in the training during the
biennium, including 19 who graduated in October
2001 and 47 who graduated in October 2002.
The graduates are part of
the alumni group OCPM Society,
which was invited by the American
Academy of Certified Public Managers
to host its 2008 national conference
in Ohio. As a result, the academy will
celebrate its 20th anniversary with a
conference in Ohio.
OCPM is accredited by the National
Certified Public Managers Consortium.
Graduates receive the Certified Public Manager
designation, a professional certification
recognized in 28 other states and entities
and by the federal government.
The curriculum, developed
by the Office of Training and Development
Services and its 12 state university partners,
helps create thoughtful practitioners who apply
effective managerial techniques to real world
problems in the public sector.
The OCPM program is providing state
and local government with an effective
tool to develop future leadership and help
with succession planning. The maturing public manager
workforce, exploding technological advances and privatization
pressures together make the highly trained and skilled manager
a necessity at every level of government.
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| This article was reprinted from the 2002-2003 DAS Biennial Report. |