Human Resources - Training and Development - Certified Public Manager Program
Benefits of Participation
To the Participant
Graduates of the CPM program receive:
- CPM designation
- Best-practice management strategies and enhancement of personal leadership strengths
- Increase in intergovernmental networks and communication
- Eligibility for membership in the American Academy of Certified Public Managers, a national professional association of public sector manager
- One year's experience for some state job classifications
- Nine hours of graduate credit from Drake University, which may be applied toward a Master of Public Administration degree
To the Organization
The CPM Program offers benefits that directly impact the workplace:
- Work-related projects that enhance research, problem-solving, and planning
- Improved efficiency, effectiveness, and cost-saving skills and knowledge
- Enhanced skills to build a high performing workplace
- Innovative approaches
- Improved intergovernmental communication