Services
The Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management in the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston is dedicated to improving efficiency, effectiveness, governance, and accountability at all levels of government, with a particular focus on state and local government. The Center’s aim is to enable public entities to provide high quality services to the people they serve on a sustainable basis.
Consultant services include, but are not limited to, the list below. However, if you have a service need not identified here, we will strive to find a qualified team to assist you.
- Budget and Financial Assistance
- Charter Change Assistance and Government Study Committee Facilitation
- Classification and Compensation
- Executive Recruitment
- Human Resources System
- Management and Operational Reviews
- Performance Management
- Regionalization and Collaboration
- Strategic Planning and Community Involvement
- Training and Education
Budget and Financial Assistance
For more information about our Financial Management services, click here.
- Capital Improvement Plan development
- Financial and budget forecasting
- Financial management policies development
- Budget transparency and improvements
Charter Change Assistance and Government Study Committee Facilitation
- Charter revisions or amendments
- Special Acts
- Study committee facilitation
- Public presentations
- Research
Classification and Compensation
- Position descriptions
- Salary and compensation surveys
- Classification structure review and recommendations
- Compensation structure review and recommendations
Executive Recruitment
- Recruitment
- Transition services
Human Resources
- HR Organizational and operational reviews
- HR Policy review and development
- City/Town-School shared services review and recommendations
- Succession planning
Management and Operational Reviews
- Administrative code development and revisions
- Analyses of departmental operations
- Compensation and classification studies
- Human resource audits and policy recommendations
- Information technology assessments
- Public safety operations and organizational reviews
Performance Management
- System design and implementation
- Data and analytical support
- New England StatNet
Regionalization and Collaboration
- City/Town – School collaboration assistance (for more information on this, click here)
- Development of inter-municipal agreements
- Feasibility studies for shared services
Strategic Planning and Community Involvement
- Community needs assessment
- Economic development research and planning
- Meeting facilitation
- Strategic planning
- Trends analyses
Training and Education
- Customized professional development
- Leadership coaching
- Management, supervisory, and leadership training
- Performance management for governments and nonprofits
Project Reports
Check out our reports from recent projects.
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Helping Government Work Better
View this brochure which provides a quick tour through some of the work that the Center has done.