Principles of Facilities Management
BUSA-X400.63
Learn critical and practical skills needed for facilities management that you can apply immediately, whether you are looking to enter the industry or increase your knowledge and skill set. Review both the theoretical and applied aspects of facilities management. Gain an understanding of facilities operation, maintenance, staff management, budget, schedules, design and construction management, energy management, and effective relationships with contractors and vendors. Discuss facilities management as a process, and consider its relationship to other functions within an organizational setting. Explore the most current strategies and issues in the industry today, including sustainability, productivity, as well as human and environmental factors.
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- Understand organizational theory and facility management
- Gain insight on planning, finances, and budgeting
- Gain knowledge, skills and abilities in building systems, operations and maintenance, leadership, real estate, and space planning
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
Textbooks:
The Facility Management Handbook, 4th edition; by Kathy Roper and Richard Payant; AMACOM; ISBN-9780814432150
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As Vice President of Facilities Management and Special Projects for the San Diego Padres, he oversees facilities operations, strategic planning, capital projects, and real estate across multiple locations, including Petco Park and team training facilities.
McWilliams directs multimillion-dollar operating and capital improvement budgets and brings extensive hands-on experience in building operations and maintenance, construction management, budgeting, energy management, sustainability, life safety, and vendor management.
He holds a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from the University of Redlands and a Certificate in Facilities Management from the University of California Irvine. In Principles of Facilities Management, McWilliams brings a practical, real-world perspective to the field, connecting core facilities management principles with the challenges of leading people, managing buildings and budgets, delivering capital projects, and creating safe, efficient, and sustainable facilities.
