MPM Course Information

The Master of Public Management program at Heinz College offers elective courses taught by faculty and industry practitioners that are leaders in their field. Below is a sample of electives.

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Course Number	Title	Faculty
90-744	Accounting and Control in Not for Profit Organizations	Kathleen A. Smith
94-801	Acting for Management	Melissa Martin
90-831	Advanced Financial Management of Health Care	Mark J. Giaquinto
94-819	Advanced Negotiation in Complex Environments	Jared Simmer
91-845	Advanced Power and Influence	David M. Krackhardt
94-704	Advanced Strategic Writing (Writing for Entrepreneurs)	Edward H. Barr
94-703	Advanced Strategic Writing (Writing for Policy)	Edward H. Barr Stacy Rosenberg
90-712	BRAZIL today: Ethnicity, Economy and Environment
91-812	Budgeting and Management Control in Schools	Janice Klein
90-737	Budgeting And Management Control Systems	Kathleen A. Smith
91-869	Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice	Lola Komisin Mason
90-747	Cost-Benefit Analysis	Karen B. Clay Tiong Kiong Lim
91-866	Counseling Issues in Higher Education
90-885	Counterinsurgency History and Theory	Terrence Kelly
94-824	Creating Results-Oriented Programs	Matt Hannigan
90-864	Cross-Cultural Management
91-801	Data Analysis For Managers	Kathleen A. Smith
94-833	Decision Analysis and Multi-Criteria Decision Making	Jonathan P. Caulkins
90-886	Decision Making in Counterinsurgencies	Terrence Kelly
94-831	Design & Policy for Humanitarian Impact	Tim Zak
90-801	Desktop Publishing	Gary Franko
90-781	Digital Transformation	Karyn E. Moore
90-807	Diplomacy and Statecraft	Jendayi E. Frazer
94-821	Diversity Management in U.S. Corporations	Candi Castleberry-Singleton
91-803	Economic Principles Of Policy Analysis	Mark Wessel
90-768	Energy and the Environment	Karen B. Clay
90-803	Environmental Economics	Karen B. Clay
90-798	Environmental Policy And Planning	Matthew Mehalik
91-828	Ethical Issues In Management	Peter Madsen
90-758	Ethics and Public Policy	Riaz Esmailzadeh Peter Madsen
94-814	Evidence-Based Management	Denise M. Rousseau
91-804	Financial Analysis For Managers	Robert Bartolacci
91-855	Financial Management	Robert Bartolacci Tiong Kiong Lim
90-830	Financial Management of Health Systems	Mark J. Giaquinto
91-857	Financial Modeling and Analysis	Lynne Pastor
90-811	Foundations of Social Innovation and Enterprise	Tim Zak
90-777	Globalization and International Trade	Mark Wessel
94-706	Health Care Information Systems	Rema Padman
90-832	Health Law	Gary L. Kaplan
90-861	Health Policy	David J. Dausey
91-878	Human Capital Management
91-879	Human Capital Strategy
90-797	Human Resources Management
91-822	Human Resources Management
90-796	Human Resources Policy and Modeling	Shelby Stewman
90-763	Human Rights Policy	Silvia Borzutzky
90-804	Industrial Organization
90-802	Information Security: Comparison of US and European Policies	Albrecht Funk
91-802	Information Systems for Managers	Karyn E. Moore Murlikrishna Viswanathan
91-873	Information Technology Strategy and Management	Christopher A. Kowalsky
90-821	Innovation for Energy and the Environment	Wilpen L. Gorr
94-702	Intermediate Writing Skills	Edward H. Barr Stacy Rosenberg
94-802	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	Wilpen L. Gorr Kristen S. Kurland
94-810	Introduction to Supply Chain Management and Systems	Tim Zak
90-764	Just War in the 21st Century	Terrence Kelly
90-791	Law and Economics	Karen B. Clay
91-810	Leadership: Innovation And Organizational Change
91-865	Legal Issues in Higher Education	James Mercolini
91-824	Legal Issues In Human Resources Management	Toni Pellegrini
91-832	Legal Issues in K-12 Education	Joseph Dimperio
90-840	Legislative Policy Making	Jonathan W. Delano
91-862	Managed Care
94-808	Management Consulting	Chris W. Brussalis
91-851	Managerial And Cost Accounting
91-844	Managing Quality Improvement	Joseph J. Balestreire
91-838	Managing The Training And Development Function
94-829	Market Research
90-778	Media And Public Policy	Jonathan W. Delano
90-726	Money & Politics	Jonathan W. Delano
90-782	Multi-Media	Gary Franko
94-800	Negotiation	Linda C. Babcock Jared Simmer
91-877	Non-Profit Marketing
91-809	Organizational Change: Transition And Transformation	Denise M. Rousseau
91-800	Organizational Management: Theory And Practice	Terry F. Buss David Lassman
91-808	Performance Management	Denise M. Rousseau
91-843	Power And Influence	David M. Krackhardt
91-863	Process Analysis and Improvement
90-823	Program Evaluation
91-823	Program Evaluation
94-813	Project Management	Riaz Esmailzadeh Laura W. Synnott
90-844	Public Leadership	Robert B. Webb
90-812	Public Management
90-842	Public Policy Implementation	Jonathan W. Delano
91-600	Quantitative Methods	Haijing Hao Laura A. Kleber
90-817	Regional Finance and Education Policy	Robert P. Strauss
90-845	Social Enterprise Incubator
91-858	Spreadsheet Modeling and Analysis for Management Decision Making	Lynne Pastor
90-790	State And Local Finance	Robert P. Strauss
91-815	State and Local Government Law
91-820	Strategic Planning	Terry F. Buss
91-718	Strategic Presentation Skills	Pamela Payne Lewis
91-717	Strategic Writing Skills	Edward H. Barr
94-701	Strategic Writing Skills	Edward H. Barr
94-811	Strategy Development	Tim Zak
91-825	Student Services Seminar
91-856	Technology and Staff Development
90-855	Technology for Developing Communities
91-835	Technology Goals, Instruction and Assessment
91-847	Technology, Evaluation and Research
90-776	The Global Financial System: Growth, Crisis & Opportunity	Mark Wessel
91-829	Total Compensation
90-743	Urban And Regional Economic Development	Donald F Smith
90-767	Welfare Policy Analysis	Gordon Lewis

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