Module 5: Administrative Management Practices

Helps local officials understand the importance of, and the components of, a good business plan. Explains (a) the issue of restructuring, (b) types of management structures, and (c) the advantages and disadvantages of each. Topics include:

• Overview of capacity development
• Maintaining managerial capacity
• Business plans for managing a drinking water system
• Introduction to planning (background information, long- term goals, financial plan, capital improvements plan)
• Working as a team
• Common drinking water system management structures
• Examples of partnership opportunities
• Regionalization, consolidation, privatization
• Issues to consider when restructuring

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