Certified Public Manager Program® of Illinois
What are the CPMPI Core Content Competency Areas?
The CPMPI has eight core competency areas. They are:
- Leadership and Ethics: The knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding: the importance of reflective practice in leadership development; understanding the importance of leadership in the development and articulation of organizational vision; understanding the role of leadership in the development of an ethical organizational climate and culture; the importance of ethical standards in leadership; the nature of effective leadership in the public sector; public sector leadership in the 21st Century.
- Effective Supervision: The knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding: staff’s understanding of what is expected of them; staff performing their work effectively and efficiently; staff understanding how their role contributes to the overall performance and success of their organization; staff understanding the policies and procedures that govern their employment position and the workplace; access to systems and resources that support staff in their work; ensuring staff are treated fairly and equitable; building a cohesive, productive and effective work team.
- Cultural Competency: The knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding: the integration of cultural knowledge into the practice methods of a system, agency, or its professionals; ways staff can work effectively in cross cultural teams and situations; the integration of cultural knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific practices and policies applied to appropriate cultural settings and situations; the creation of a culturally inclusive workplace environment.
- Building Effective Partnerships: The knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding: the methods and strategies of building effective partnerships internally and externally; the importance of a shared vision for the partnership and setting clear expectations for what both partners want to achieve; understanding the process and structure of collaboration; and, the development of systems to monitor the progress of the partnerships relative to organizational objectives.
- Human Resource Management: The knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding: understanding the relationship between the value an organization’s places upon its human capital/resources to the results an organization is working to achieve; aligning the primary functions of HR: recruiting/hiring and training the best employees, productivity and performance issues, personnel and management practices connection with various regulations, to organizational vision, mission, and success.
- Program/Project Management: The knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding: planning, organizing, staffing, managing, and leading programs or projects from start to finish; program design and development; the development of program/project budgets and the ways costs are tracked for programs and specific projects; how to use indicators and established instruments to document program performance and outcomes.
- Organizational Management: The knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding: the processes, methods and structures that improve organizational effectiveness and capability; understanding the relationship among organizational vision, mission and purpose, organizational climate, culture and values, strategic planning, and employee performance and productivity to organizational success and achievement.
- Public Policy and Administration: The knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding: the body of laws, regulations, decisions and actions of government that impact a public sector organization’s mission, purpose, and function; understanding the meaning and purpose of government, bureaucracy, budgets, governance, and public affairs.
The core competencies areas exemplify the recognized knowledge, skills, and standards of performance essential to be an effective manager in the public sector workplace. These core competencies are the cornerstones for the CPMPI course curriculum. All course offerings have identified competency areas that inform the development of the learning objectives for each course. Course performance is evaluated and assessed relative to the identified knowledge, skills, and attitudes of each core competency, making explicit the standards for achievement.
What are the benefits to CPMPI Competency-Based Learning?
The CPMPI Competency-Based Learning is a tool that enables you to do the following:
- Enables you to evaluate your knowledge and skill levels for each of the core competency areas;
Partner with your instructors to identify your learning outcomes; - Provide reflective analysis of your learning process, by actively assessing and evaluating your progress and identifying areas for improvement and development;
- Transfer and apply new skills and knowledge acquired in the classroom to authentic work situations and environments;
- Build confidence and skills as you succeed in mastering specific learning competencies;
Produce a tangible product that contains the accumulation and synthesis of your coursework and professional experience, which you can then use as a life long resource for professional growth and development; - Create their own connection to knowledge out of the rich materials of your coursework and professional work;
- Gather and present evidence of what you have learned, demonstrate growth and development overtime, and document how you have used what they have learned to strengthen your professional work and life.
CPMPI Competency-Based Learning places you in the driver’s seat, guiding and managing your own professional growth and development.