Best Practices from the 2023/2024 Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program
The GGW-CPM is an open access, peer reviewed, multidisciplinary symposium issue, which is committed to expanding the base of public policy and public administration issues in general with an emphasis on local government. The journal and the CPM symposia issue are aimed at advancing the cause of robust intellectual conversations through informed research, analyses and commentaries. The second GGW-CPM issue was compiled from the outstanding capstone research papers prepared by participants in the 2023 Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program in Arlington, Texas and the participants of the 2023 Texas Internet CPM Program.
Introduction, Preamble & Table of Contents
SYMPOSIA ISSUE #5 VOLUME 1: SEPTEMBER 2024
Best Practices from the Texas Certified Public Management (CPM) Program
Pages 1 – 6
Article 1 : A Pursuit of Collaborative and Efficient Procurement
Kevin S. Hennessey
Pages 1.1 – 1.12
Article 2 : Advancing Law Enforcement Professional Development: A Comprehensive Examination of Strategies, Challenges, and Future Directions
Megan Lescallett
Pages 2.1 – 2.13
Article 3 : The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Community Risk Reduction
Paul Henley
Pages 3.1 – 3.24
Article 4 : Empowering Communities through Youth Sports
Jimmy Rogers
Pages 4.1 – 4.12
Article 5 : Growth and Infrastructure in the City of Waxahachie, Texas
Shon Brooks
Pages 5.1 – 5.11
Article 6 : Organizational Culture Development in Municipal Government
Jessica Carpenter
Pages 6.1 – 6.12
Article 7 : Affordable Housing: Is it Possible and How Do We Achieve it?
Ashley Miller
Pages 7.1 – 7.13
Article 8 : Retaining Public Health Professionals: Factors Influencing the Workforce in a Post-Pandemic World
Whitney S. Craig, DrPH, MPH
Pages 8.1 – 8.14
Article 9 : Developing a Philosophy and Effective Approach to Employee Communications in Plano, Texas
Shannah Hayley
Pages 9.1 – 9.14
Article 10 : Boosting Local Business: The Power of Community Events & Festivals
Lynsie M. Gomez
Pages 10.1 – 10.12
Dr. Sheriff F. Folarin
Professor of International Relations & Visiting
Scholar, Department of Political Science, Texas State University
Dr. Sheriff F. Folarin is a professor of international relations, with specialty in foreign policies and the soft power of African states, governance and politics in Africa, international and comparative public administration, foreign policies of the great powers, and Middle East politics. He was among others, a 2015 Carnegie ADFP and 2007 SUSI fellow, a member of the Citizen Diplomacy Research Group of America, Midwest Political Science Association, Nigerian Political Science Association, and American Society for Public Administration.
Dr. Folarin has been serving as a visiting professor in Texas State University and University of Rwanda, where he teaches asynchronously and in-person graduate classes respectively.
Mst. Thahsina Aktar Asha
Graduate Instructional Assistant, Department of Political Science, Texas State University
Mst. Thahsina Aktar Asha is a public administration professional pursuing her Master of Public Administration program in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University, where she also serves as a Graduate Instructional Assistant. She has a first degree in public administration from the University of Barishal, Bangladesh. She served as a research assistant at the Institute for Government Innovation, which inspired her interest in pushing the grounds of research in, and practice of good governance.
Asha’s diverse experience through academic, community, student leadership, and policy-focused roles, has given her an advantage in understanding complex policy challenges. Her research interests encompass environmental policy, urbanization policy and planning, and community development.