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The Effective Public Works Manager

Vancouver, WA

The author has developed a flowchart that shows the skills required for quality infrastructure management. Areviewof job announcements for infrastructure managers ratifies his findings—that people skills are the greatest such requirement. A course is now taught inWashington State and Oregon based on the author’s analysis; the course is taught by experienced professionals to students who want to be public works administrators and who are willing to undertake a self-assessment as part of the course. The author recommends that any curriculum for infrastructure managers should be 50% people-skill oriented. Administrative training, analytical skills, and governmental finance familiarity should be about one quarter of the course of study. The remainder should consist of training in law, planning, and other day-to-day governmental activities. The courses should be taught by experienced managers using something like the Washington course as an introduction and guide for individual learning plans.

Public Works Management & Policy, Vol. 5, No. 4, 336-339 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X0154009


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