Faculty: Michael Nadol
Michael Nadol is Managing Director in the Strategic Consulting Practice of
Public Financial Management. Before joining PFM, Mr. Nadol served as Deputy
Mayor, Director of Labor Negotiations, and Director of Finance for the City of
Philadelphia. He has also served as Deputy Commissioner of the Philadelphia
Water Department and as co-editor of America’s Water and Wastewater
Industries: Competition and Privatization and Management Innovation in
U.S. Public Water and Wastewater Systems. Mr. Nadol received his BA from
Yale University and his Master in Governmental Administration from the Fels
Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.
Email: nadolm@pfm.com
Courses Taught
Contracting for Public Services (Spring 2012)
This course examines how different strategies of ownership affect the performance of programs. The course explores the different forms of privatization, including asset sales, deregulation, and public-sector contracting; ownership and managerial behavior; state-owned enterprises and mixed-ownership enterprises; US and overseas experience; and techniques and politics of privatization. This course satisfies an elective requirement in the Master of Public Administration, Certificate in Public Finance, and Certificate in Economic Development and Growth.
Contracting for Public Services (Spring 2013)
This course examines how different strategies of ownership affect the performance of programs. The course explores the different forms of privatization, including asset sales, deregulation, and public-sector contracting; ownership and managerial behavior; state-owned enterprises and mixed-ownership enterprises; US and overseas experience; and techniques and politics of privatization. This course satisfies an elective requirement in the Master of Public Administration, Certificate in Public Finance, and Certificate in Economic Development and Growth.
Advanced Budgeting (Fall 2012)
This course will build on the fundamentals taught in the introductory budgeting unit to help build students’ competence in budgetary analysis. Using detailed data from a major city as a course-long case study, and incorporating Excel skill-building exercises, students will develop a hands-on understanding of budgets by working through such factors as: economic drivers of fiscal performance, revenue analysis and forecasting, including tax policy considerations; expenditure analysis and projection, with an emphasis on workforce costs; and capital budgeting and financing. Students will also be introduced to key fiscal policies, budget monitoring and performance measurement, and the development of effective budget communications for various audiences.
Advanced Budgeting (Fall 2013)
This course will build on the fundamentals taught in the introductory budgeting unit to help build students’ competence in budgetary analysis. Using detailed data from a major city as a course-long case study, and incorporating Excel skill-building exercises, students will develop a hands-on understanding of budgets by working through such factors as: economic drivers of fiscal performance, revenue analysis and forecasting, including tax policy considerations; expenditure analysis and projection, with an emphasis on workforce costs; and capital budgeting and financing. Students will also be introduced to key fiscal policies, budget monitoring and performance measurement, and the development of effective budget communications for various audiences.
