TTC Series 200

History of Public organizations; structure and function of contemporary public organizations; intergovernmental and regional organization forms and functions; principles of organizing and administration; public sector organizational and administrative research.

Concepts and fundamentals of democratic elections; overview of types of elections; practical tips for planning and administering local candidate elections; procedural and legal issues; review of election resources and references available to assist election officials.

Principals and practices of financing local governments; nature, sources and varieties of municipal revenue; regional approaches to municipal financing; financial analysis and fiscal management; analyzing current and future revenue trends; review research findings on financing local government in the State of California.

Exploration of the elements of the codification process; ordinance proposal, drafts and codification; organization and care of ordinance and code historical and current data; electronic publication; in-house versus consultant codification; development of request for proposal and evaluation of submissions; timing, cost and readiness for codification and benefits.

Exploration of advancing technologies; identification of needs and funding sources; review of best practices to increase productivity and enhance service delivery.

Learn techniques to guide you through the decision–making process and better contribute to the team; become aware of and learn to avoid stopgaps to productive decision-making; using problem-solving techniques and tools learn to help teams reach effective and practical decisions in timely and productive ways.

Introduction to principles of communication; intrapersonal, interpersonal and organizational communication; verbal and non-verbal communication; management team communication; public speaking and oral presentation skills; business writing principles; communication skills practicum.

Organizational values set acceptable or expected norms or bounds of behavior for the individual members of the organization; study how to use a team approach to define organizational values and use a broad-spectrum approach to educate members about them; highly successful organizations do not simply proclaim a set of values, but immerse their managers as well as their employees in the ideology; learn how to teach new employees the values of the organization through initial socialization processes with other members of the organization, and how to integrate organizational values into organization rules and policies.