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Achieving a High Performance Organization Through Strategic Planning and Performance Measurement. A seventy plus page manual for a workshop of the same title, sponsored by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Social Services, Division of Community Services. Summer of 2001.

Achieving a High Performance Organization. A twenty five page training manual prepared for the Fall,2000 meeting of the Facility Administrators, Department of Mental Health Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services, Commonwealth of Virginia. December, 2000.

Strategic Planning for Macedonian Municipal Associations. A seventy five page training manual prepared for a two day Training program for board members of the Association of Mayors and the Finance Officers Association of Macedonia. August, 2000.

Strategic Planning for Bulgarian Local Government Officials. A one hundred-page training manual prepared for a week-long training program conducted under the Local Government Training Initiative, Sofia Bulgaria, Summer, 1998.

Training of Trainers Manual. Co-authored with Jerry Wood and Deni Kamov, prepared for a week-long training of trainers program conducted under the Local Government Training Initiative, Sofia Bulgaria, Summer, 1998.

Modernizing Hungarian Local Government Financial Management. A series of training manuals co-authored by Philip Rosenberg, for the USAID funded project in Hungary, April-November, 1996.

Program Budgeting for Department of Health Managers: A 300 plus training manual used in training approximately twenty supervisors and managers in the Richmond, Va. City Health Department. Winter 1992.

Establishing a Performance Measurement System: A training manual prepared for the Office of Budget and Strategic Planning, City of Richmond, VA. Summer, 1991. Used in the training of budget staff and staff of ten selected city departments.

Cost-Benefit Analysis: A thirty hours workshop designed for planners, budget analysts and program managers of the Department of Motor Vehicles, Commonwealth of Virginia. Fall, 1989.

Increasing Performance Through the Design of Appropriate Organizational Structures: A three day workshop for mid to top level public managers from developing countries.

Budget Preparation for Public Managers: A three to five day workshop for mid to top level public managers.

Introduction to Financial Management: A three to five day workshop for mid to top level public managers.

Managing a Productive Organization: Atwo-day training program designed for municipal and county administrators in Virginia, senior author, June 1981.

Local Government Cash Management Procedures: Aone-day training program designed for the selectmen, clerks, treasurers, and managers of Vermont, senior author, June 1981.

Managing Productivity Improvement : Three-day seminar for mid-top managers, Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, May 1981.

Revenue Management for Local Government: A one-day training program designed for the selectmen, clerks, treasurers, and managers of Vermont, 1981.

Developing the Budget: A one-day training program designed for the selectmen, clerks, treasurers, and managers of Vermont local governments, December 1980.

An Introduction to Productivity Improvement for Elected Officials: Annual Meeting of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials. November 1980.

Introduction to Productivity Improvement: A training manual prepared for the Community Health Services Administration Conference, Department of Health, Commonwealth of Virginia. senior author, June 1980.

Regional Economic Planning: A training manual prepared for the Peninsula Planning District Commission, Virginia, senior author, October 1979.

Program Scheduling, Monitoring, and Control: A training manual prepared for the Department of Health, Commonwealth of Virginia, senior author, March 1979.

Local Public Budgeting: A training manual prepared for the elected and appointed officials of the City of Seat Pleasant, Maryland,1978-1979.

Program Budgeting: Techniques and Procedures : A training manual prepared for the Department of Health, Commonwealth of Virginia, co-authored, 1978-1979.

Financial Management Techniques: Public Budgeting Techniques: a training manual prepared for Virginia's chief administrative officers and top assistants, sponsored by the Virginia Local Government Administrators Committee for Professional Development, December 1978.

Public Budgeting for State and Local Administrators: a training manual prepared for the Joint Center for Political Studies Training Institutes on Public Finance, Budgeting, and Management, co-authored, February 1979.

Virginia Commonwealth University | College of Humanities and Sciences
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
Blue Wooldridge, associate professor of public administration
P.O. Box 842028 | Richmond, VA 23284-2028
Phone: (804) 828-8037 | Fax: (804) 827-1275 | E-mail: bwooldri@vcu.edu