# Managing Money, People, and Technology Course (Self-Paced)

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## Overview

This course explores the strategies needed to excel in the Executive Core Qualification (ECQ) Driving Efficiency. You will evaluate emerging technologies and learn how to apply them strategically to improve organizational performance. The course covers responsible and ethical use of technology, including cybersecurity, data protection, and accessibility considerations. You will also apply financial management strategies to align mission priorities with budget proposals, monitor expenditures, and conduct cost-benefit analysis. Finally, you will strengthen your people management practices by diagnosing workforce challenges, using data and analytics to inform staffing decisions, and building high-performing teams. Through federal case studies, exercises, and real-world examples, you will learn to align people, funds, and technology to advance organizational priorities and achieve measurable results.

## What you'll learn

- Evaluate emerging technologies and their potential applications.
- Apply technology strategically to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Discuss responsible and ethical use of technology.
- Apply effective financial management strategies to allocate, track, and oversee federal resources responsibly.
- Use data-informed approaches to justify investments, monitor expenditures, and assess program value.
- Align people, funds, and technology to advance organizational priorities and achieve measurable results.
- Demonstrate strong people management practices that support high-performing teams and effective resource stewardship.

## Curriculum

#### Module 1: The Federal Technology Landscape

- Define the current ECQ requiring driving efficiency.
- Describe what it means to leverage technology and how that skill set shapes modernization and influences leadership.
- Identify and describe key categories of emerging technologies relevant to Federal missions.

#### Module 2: Applying Technology to Improve Organizational Efficiency and Effectiveness

- Evaluate new technologies based on mission alignment, readiness, risks, and potential ROI.
- Design or sponsor pilots that test technology in a controlled, low-risk environment.

#### Module 3: Cybersecurity, Data Protection, and Accessibility

- Use tools to strengthen cybersecurity and data protection practices.

#### Module 4: Responsible & Ethical Use of Emerging Technology

- Identify core principles of responsible and ethical technology use.
- Evaluate ethical risks associated with emerging technologies.
- Apply federal ethical standards, privacy requirements, and risk-mitigation steps to real-world scenarios.
- Make informed decisions that balance mission impact, fairness, transparency, privacy, and public trust.
- Explain how leadership behaviors shape organizational culture around responsible tech adoption.

#### Module 5: Aligning, Allocating, Managing, & Monitoring Financial Resources

- Align mission priorities with budget proposals.
- Identify core strategies to manage and allocate financial resources.
- Apply methods to monitor expenditures and ensure fiscal compliance.
- Use real-world federal examples to recognize effective and ineffective resource management.
- Identify opportunities to reduce unnecessary costs.
- Apply base cost-benefit analysis in federal decision-making.

#### Module 6: Managing People and Workforce Resources

- Identify core strategies for planning, developing, and allocating employee training, tools, and support services.
- Use effective management practices to maximize employee productivity, growth, accountability, efficiency, and engagement.
- Recognize real-world federal examples of effective and ineffective workforce management.
- Diagnose root causes of workforce capacity or performance issues.
- Use data and workforce analytics to inform staffing decisions.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $649