[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2020-2021 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
    Dec 26, 2024  
[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2020-2021 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CRM 413 - Planning & Financial Management for Criminal Justice

3 credits


This course is an examination of the interactive process of strategic planning and financial management within an agency. An emphasis will be placed upon this process as a system of organizational development, with Program Budgeting as the visible product. Topics will include: identifying, developing, and securing fiscal resources; comparisons of levels of planning; distinguishing between operational and managerial plans; the political context of criminal justice planning/ budgeting as it relates to the preparation, presentation, executive and legislative approval, execution, and audit; and enhancements and alternatives to an agency's routine funding base.