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Resources,
Budget, and Finance Problem
Diagnosis and Change
Curriculum
Guideline Four
Budgeting
and resource management and acquisition require anticipating, identifying,
and diagnosing court problems; differentiating among problems with
financial roots or causes and those having other origins; and working with
others to address emerging and persistent court budget and finance
problems. This ensures that
financial problem diagnosis is consistent with the purposes, vision, goals
and long-term financial plan of the court.
Knowledge,
Skills and Abilities
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Ability to relate the identification and diagnosis of court
budgetary and performance problems to court purposes and goals;
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Skill in anticipating political and social trends and the
public’s and funding authorities’ expectations, then acting on
their implications for court workloads and resource needs;
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Knowledge of environmental scanning and forecasting and how
their application can help courts anticipate trends that will affect
court costs, resource availability, court workloads (quantitatively
and qualitatively), and community and political support;
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Ability to differentiate among budgetary problems with high
and low impacts on court performance or the cost of delivering court
services;
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Skill in defining court budget problems so that practical,
action-oriented solutions are designed, accepted, and implemented;
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Ability to generate and accurately assess the costs and
benefits of alternative solutions to court budget issues and
challenges;
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Ability to resist premature problem closure and to marshal
adequate personal and organizational attention to effective court
budget problem diagnosis;
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Skill in making persuasive resource requests that link
problem identification and proposed solutions to impacts on the
court’s performance.
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Ability to assess the need for change in court programs,
priorities, and resources, to
communicate effectively why and when change is needed, and to lead the
change process.
View
the Summary
of Resources, Budget and Finance Curriculum Guidelines or click on each of the
other five Curriculum Guidelines to see the
associated Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
 Curriculum
Guidelines
Court
Purposes and Vision
Fundamentals Leadership
Teams and Interpersonal Effectiveness Problem
Diagnosis and Change Technology
Budget
Controls and Performance Monitoring
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