New Leadership Program Provides Tailored Strategies To Public-Sector Professionals
New Leadership Program Provides Tailored Strategies To Public-Sector Professionals
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (January 18, 2005)—Penn State Executive Programs at the Smeal College of Business has reconfigured two of its most successful and long-running education programs into one comprehensive offering designed for leaders in the public-service sector.
“Management Program for Emerging Leaders in Public Service,” slated to premier March 20 - 25 at Penn State’s University Park campus, will provide middle- to senior-level professionals with tailored strategies for addressing challenges inherent to positions in government and other public-sector organizations. The curriculum includes content on communication effectiveness, strategic and financial management, conflict resolution, decision making, leadership, and other areas specific to the public sector.
The course—also scheduled for September 11 - 16—combines elements of Smeal’s former “Management Program for Natural Resource Managers” and the “Management Program for Transportation and Highway Engineers.” Both courses have been offered by Penn State Executive Programs for more than 20 years and have attracted attendees from numerous organizations including the U.S. military, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the Department of the Interior, and NASA.
“Penn State Executive Programs has long provided professionals at a variety of public entities with a full range of tools to enhance leadership and decision-making abilities,” said Patrick Cataldo, associate dean for executive education. “With the new course, we’ve merged elements from those two successful programs with fresh content and fresh perspectives. As a result, the ‘Management Program for Emerging Leaders in Public Service’ has even broader appeal.”
Charles J. Ninos, president of C. Joseph Ninos and Associates, will serve as program faculty director for the new offering. Other faculty leaders include Cataldo; Dennis Gioia, professor of organizational behavior; Barbara Gray, professor of organizational behavior and director of the Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation; Duane “Andy” Gustafson, assistant professor and director of the Managerial Communication Program; and Stephen Jablonsky, associate professor of accounting.
For more information, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/mpps.html or call Jeffrey L. Spearly, managing director of Penn State Executive Programs, at 814-865-3435.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
