This course provides participants with an appreciation of the link between constitutions and administrative action and also introduces them to the legislative process and its impact on the functioning of the civil service. In addition, the course explores the concepts of administrative laws and oversight bodies, and examines the implications of supranational institutions for national decision-making.
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This course normally follows the completion of the taught courses. Students will work on a significant field-based project, which will be designed and completed under faculty guidelines and supervision. During fieldwork, students are required to investigate aspects of their projects that demonstrate competence in the use of skills acquired during the taught element of their programme.
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The changes in the theories and practices of state intervention, in both developed and developing countries, are examined in this course. The course explores the machinery of government, the administrative traditions and the principal agency relationships. It also presents critical analyses of the movement away from more rule-based approaches to government activity to the introduction of market-based/market-driven models of state interventions and institution creation.
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Among other things, the course examines the different models of Public-Private Partnership (PPP), their advantages, disadvantages, obstacles to implementation, and implications for the delivery of social services, as well as the role of public servants in PPPs. The course also explores the inherent contradictions of maintaining the ethos of the public service while employing some of the mechanisms of the market.
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This course explores the content and expressions of values and ethics within the public service and identifies the debate around the differences between public and private sector ethics. It covers the elements of public sector ethics at the professional level, examines their implications for the activities and attitudes of public servants and determines the extent to which these values remain relevant, given the introduction of commercial values and increasing interface with the private sector.
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This course explores the major debates that inform why and how public policies are developed. Students are exposed to the basic ideal type model of policy making and acquire a working knowledge of policy analytic techniques.
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This course builds on the traditional market communication models and applies the latest methods of digital communications and social media applications to the cross-cultural market. Students are apprised of the impact and use of mobile communications in the advancement of international marketing.
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An overview of Project Management Theory, Strategy, Framework & Structure, is the primary focus of this course. It also provides an introduction to the Project Initiation Domain, covering analytical techniques for creating, evaluating and selecting product/service development business cases, assessing high-level project risks, identifying key stakeholders, and developing a project charter for a sponsor’s signoff.
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This course will cover the following critical technical planning topics: collecting requirements; developing a detailed Scope & Work Breakdown Structure; sequencing & estimating Activity Durations using various estimating techniques; scheduling manually using the Critical Path Methodology (CPM); developing an HR staffing plan; using a RACI Chart for assigning roles and responsibilities; identifying, analyzing & planning responses and reserves for Risk & Opportunity events; planning when and how to carry out procurements and use of Expected Monetary Value to determine build-or-buy; planning quality management and process improvement methods and objectives; optimising & baselining the Scope, Schedule and Budget; compiling the Integrated Project Management Plan and documents.
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The interpersonal knowledge and skills needed to effectively direct and manage project work will be addressed in this course. On the “people” side of the project, it will cover the theory and frameworks for leading, since project leadership is different from managing day-to-day operations. On the Deliverables side of the Domain, the topics will include conducting procurements, performing Quality Assurance, facilitating process improvement efforts, & reporting on quality metrics; implementing approved changes, and implementing risk responses.
