Major combinations:
NQF Level: 5: PUB1501, PUB1601
NQF Level: 6: (for the College of Human Sciences): PUB2601 & TWO of PUB2602, PUB2603, PUB2604, PUB2605
For other Colleges): PUB2601 & ONE of PUB2602, PUB2603, PUB2604, PUB2605, PUB2606
NQF Level: 7: Any FIVE of PUB3701, PUB3702, PUB3703, PUB3704, PUB3705, PUB3706, PUB3707
| The Nature, Content and Scope of Public Administration - PUB1501 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to develop a fundamental knowledge and understanding about public services rendered by government in the Republic of South Africa. The module will assist students to get to know what public administration is with reference to the needs within a society and the different types of services provided to a society. The students will be able to understand why public services are necessary and define who receives public services. In addition, the module will enable the students to understand that, in addition to public services provided by the government, there is room for public services to be provided by the private sector. |
| Local Government Finance I - PUB1502 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To equip students with a fundamental knowledge of: the historical background to the local government finance and constitutional framework; the local government processes and functions; the accounting framework for municipalities; and the financial risk management within local government structures. |
| Local Government Functions I - PUB1503 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To induce students to a fundamental knowledge and insight into the municipal financial legal and Constitutional framework; an understanding of operational municipal functions/services; and the ability to apply this knowledge in the work environment.
|
| Public Resource Management I - PUB1504 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To develop fundamental knowledge and understanding of public resources management in South Africa. To gain competency skills and application of financial and budgetary control processes in the public sector. To understand the different environments within which public resources occur. And, to gain an informed understanding of the importance of legislation and rules applicable to public resources management. |
| Public Supply Chain Management - PUB1505 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To equip students with a fundamental knowledge and insight into supply chain management in the public sector; an understanding of operational supply chain management; and the ability to apply this knowledge in the work environment. |
| Public Office Management I - PUB1506 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To equip students with fundamental office management skills particularly in the public sector. Included is practical knowledge on administrative matters such as client service, office reporting, filing, archiving, security measures and work study. |
| Public Information Services I - PUB1507 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To develop informed knowledge, understanding and competence in public information services. Students credited with this module will be able use institutional systems such as obtaining, storing and retrieving information, information dissemination and communications, e-government and other information outlets as well as Government Information Systems (GCIS). |
| Public Service Delivery I - PUB1508 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To introduce students to the public service delivery environment public service delivery and ethical conduct which is expected of a public servant; and politics, government and governance. |
| Public Decision-Making I - PUB1509 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To introduce students to the processes involved when making decisions; fundamentals of decision-making; and how creativity affects decision-making. |
| Self Management I - PUB1510 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To develop fundamental knowledge and an understanding of self management, time management, how to delegate tasks successfully and manage meetings. |
| Local Government Management - PUB1511 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To equip students with fundamental local government management skills and intergovernmental relations. Included is the theoretical knowledge on the duties of local government and intergovernmental relations. |
| The Structuring and Functioning of Public Services - PUB1601 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
|
Co-requisite: PUB1501 |
| Purpose: To develop a fundamental knowledge and understanding about the structure and functioning of public services in terms of their management. |
| Human Settlements Management I - PUB1602 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to enable the student to identify and explain social housing concepts, principles and processes especially regarding affordability, community development, sustainability and location. Furthermore, students will be able to collect, analyse and critically evaluate information, pertaining to funding op-tions for social housing. The module is intended for middle and senior managers. It is also intended for students of Public Administration and Management who desire to specialise in the administration, management and upgrading of Human Settle-ments in South Africa. Indeed, it is intended for students, senior managers and for that matter anyone involved in administering and formulating policy pertaining to housing for informal settlements, townships, locations, squatter camps and the like. This module makes use of continuous assessment and does not have a formal, written examination. |
| Foundations of Public Administration - PUB2601 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: Students have a solid knowledge of the nature of the relations and interaction between various role players in the state, their rights and obligations and the functions required for the provision of public services (e.g. policy making, planning, personnel provision and utilisation, funding and logistics).provision of public services (e.g. policy making, planning, personnel provision and utilisation, funding and logistics). |
| Protection Services - PUB2602 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in Afrikaans |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: To create and implement learning opportunities for students to acquire information and skills on the reasons why protection service exist, its philosophical grounds, the environment within which it arises and the institutions that are responsible for providing it. This module is also intended to build capacity around issues such as policy instruments for providing protection, varying protection services types, and unique aspects of managing protection services. The module further contributes to the learning and experiences on problems surrounding the management of role players in protection services during national, provincial and local disasters. |
| Creation of Wealth - PUB2603 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: To develop an understanding of the activities involved in wealth creation and the rights and duties of the South African government in wealth creation. |
| Welfare and Social Services - PUB2604 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: To develop a sound understanding pertaining to the nature and scope of public services of health, welfare and housing. Students should be able to demonstrate a solid knowledge base regarding contributions of the stakeholders in the provision of public services. |
| Culture and Education - PUB2605 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: To enable students to analyse the features of and common patterns in the governance and management of divergent public services for education, science and technology, culture, and sport and recreation technology, culture, and sport and recreation. |
| Environmental Affairs - PUB2606 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to foster an understanding in students about the role that government plays in environmental affairs at national, provincial and local level and to investigate the contribution that other role-players such as the international community make in this regard. |
| Public Financial Management II - PUB2607 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1504 |
|
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to a fundamental knowledge and insight into the public sector expenditure management and control including policy requirements; an understanding of auditing process and functions; and
the financial misconduct and control within the public sector. |
| Public Financial Control II - PUB2608 |
| Diploma,Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1504 |
|
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to a fundamental knowledge and insight into the public sector expenditure management and control including policy requirements; an understanding of auditing process and functions; and the financial misconduct and control within the public sector. |
| Public Human Resource Management IIB - PUB2609 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to equip students with knowledge and insight into public human resource management systems and practices particularly within South African context. In addition, the module is intended to help public managers increase their capacity to respond creatively to the human resource challenges of the new millennium. |
| Public Procurement & Logistics Management II - PUB2610 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1504 |
|
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to provide students with fundamental knowledge and give them insight of the tendering systems and procedures within the public sector, acquisition management and foundation of logistics management. |
| Local Government Finance IIA - PUB2612 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to enable students to gain knowledge, insight and competencies regarding local government financial control measures; understand the operational local government financial control environment and processes; and apply this knowledge in the work environment. |
| Local Government Finance Systems IIB - PUB2613 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to enable students to gain knowledge, insight and competencies regarding local government financial control measures; understand the operational local government financial control environment and processes; and apply this knowledge in the work environment. |
| Local Government Management II - PUB2614 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1511 |
|
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to enable students to gain knowledge, insight and competencies regarding local government management; to understand the operational local government management environment and processes and to apply this knowledge in the work environment.
|
| Project Management IIA - PUB2615 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: This module will be useful to students who would like to obtain knowledge or are preparing themselves for a career in project management within the public sector. Students will be introduced to important aspects of project management including project management theory and principles, project management cycle, project policy problem identification, and project team set-up.
|
| Project Management IIB - PUB2617 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
|
Co-requisite: PUB2615 |
| Purpose: This module will be useful to students who would like to obtain knowledge or are preparing themselves for a career in project management within the public sector. Students will be introduced to important aspects of project management including the project definition and scope, project planning, project implementation, and project control and evaluation.
|
| Fundamentals of Public Administration Research II - PUB2618 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to induce students to fundamental knowledge and insight into the management and execution of research activities for the public sector. |
| Public Human Resource Management IIA - PUB2619 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to equip students with knowledge and insight into public human resource management systems and practices particularly within South African context. In addition, the module is intended to help public managers increase their capacity to respond creatively to the human resource challenges of the new millennium. |
| Stock and Purchasing Management II - PUB2620 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip students with knowledge and insight into stores maintenance, stores control, receiving and dispatching of stock, planning for stock needs, estimating medium and longer terms, contracts and other legal aspects. |
| Human Settlements Management IIA - PUB2621 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1602 |
|
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to theories, principles and best practice of human settlements. The student will also know the stakeholders or role players involved in the process of providing housing to communities and assist them in understanding the power of politics in the process of providing houses. The module will assist students in developing their skills in the understanding of challenges facing human settlements in developing countries with special focus in South Africa, and also enable students to take note of possible sustainable development remedies or solutions in the provisioning of houses. |
| Human Settlements Management IIB - PUB2622 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB2621 |
|
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to equip students with the knowledge and skills to understand the importance of public participation during the provision of social housing. The module will assist students to design public participation processes relating to the provision of social housing with specific reference to the interaction between society and the environment. The students will be able to understand the importance of having an environment team consisting of environmental specialists, planners, developers and engineers as part of the process of social housing provision. Ultimately, the module will enable the students to manage public participation processes relating to social housing while considering the interaction between society and affected role-players and stakeholders within the environment. |
| Public Management Skills - PUB3701 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: Students will gain systematic and fundamental information in the field of public management skills by reviewing case studies from the public sector. |
| Public Human Resource Management - PUB3702 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: After completing this module, students will be able to analyse, interpret and evaluate public human resource management. Students will have the ability to engage with scholarly literature and case studies relevant to personnel provision and utilisation, training and development, remuneration and maintenance. |
| Public Policy - PUB3703 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: After completing this module, students will be equipped with systematic knowledge, insight and capabilities to proactively analyse the changing environment and nature (dynamism) of public policy; and equip with capabilities to develop solutions initially steeped in the African context and globally. Students will have the ability to engage with scholarly literature and case studies relevant to the administration of policy, forces that impact on the policy process, approaches to policy making, and components of the policy making process. |
| Organisational Studies in the Public Sector - PUB3704 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: After completing this module, students will be able to analyse and interpret the hierarchical placement of personnel in the public sector. Students will have the ability to engage with scholarly literature and case studies relevant to organisational structure and design, organisational dynamics, development and change, and the relationship between the public sector organisation and its environment. |
| Public Financial Administration and Management - PUB3705 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: After completing this module, students will be able to analyse and evaluate the relationship between public finances and the realisation of management goals. Students will have the ability to engage with scholarly literature and case studies relevant to prioritisation of goals, allocation, management and control of funds, and the responsibilities of financial managers. |
| Reflective Public Administration - PUB3706 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: After completing this module, students will be able to articulate and analyse Reflective Public Administration, especially within the subject and a research context. |
| Ethics in Public Administration and Administrative Justice - PUB3707 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1501 & PUB1601 |
|
| Purpose: After completing this module, students will be able to explain and evaluate the norms and values that promote democratic public administration in order to enable them to identify and analyse ethical issues in public administration, develop solutions to these, and act with professionalism. Students will have the ability to engage with scholarly literature and case studies relevant to the principles underlying administrative justice such as fairness, reasonableness and lawfulness and to interpret the contribution of these principles to transparency, accountability and active participation in public administration. |
| Local Government Finance: Control Measures III - PUB3708 |
|
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to enable students to gain knowledge, insight and competencies regarding local government financial contrl measures; understand the operational local government financial control environment and processes; and apply this knowledge in the work environment. |
| Local Government Finance: Budgeting III - PUB3709 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to enable students to gain knowlwdge, insight and competencies regarding budgeting in local government financial functions; undertsnad the operational local governement financial environment and processes; and apply this knowlwdge in the work environment. |
| Local Government Management III - PUB3710 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB2614 |
|
| Purpose: The purpose of this mofule is to develop a solid knowledge as well as a sound and well-rounded understanding of local government management and municipal administration in the Republic of South Africa. |
| Approaches to Programme Management III - PUB3711 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB2617 |
|
| Purpose: Students will gain well-rounded and systematic knowledge of, and insight into the use of projects and programme management for service delivery in the public sector. |
| Aspects of Programme Management III - PUB3712 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB2617 |
|
| Purpose: After completing this module, students will be able to critically evaluate the processes associated with programme human resource management, quality management, cost and procurement and programme risk management for public service delivery. |
| Stock and Purchasing Management - PUB3713 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To enable students to critically understand the processes involved in establishing, sustaining and promoting effective and efficient utilisation of public resources in the public service and the realisation of management goals (e.g. prioritisation of ethical values, allocation and handling of government materials, management and control of government contracts or vendor management, and the responsibilities and techniques of solving public sector problems by financial and sector managers). |
| Local Government Accounting III - PUB3714 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: To equip students with integrated knowledge of and insight into the statements of the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice (GRAP), a model set of annual financial statements (AFS) for municipalities and how to compile a cash flow statement. |
| Public Financial and Procurement Management IIIA - PUB3715 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB2607 & PUB2610 |
|
| Purpose: After completing this module, students will be able to analyse and evaluate public financial management as expressed by public institutions operating at provincial and national level. It will be useful to students who are preparing themselves for a career in public financial management within the public sector. Students will be introduced to important aspects in planning, costing, estimating and prioritising for budgeting. The focus is also on budget preparation, -approval, -implementation, -control and -procedures in the public sector. |
| Public Financial and Procurement Management IIIB - PUB3716 |
| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB2607 & PUB2610 |
|
| Purpose: After completing this module, students will be able to critically analyse public financial management, as expressed by public institutions operating at provincial and national level. It will be useful to students who are preparing themselves for a career in public financial management within the public sector. Students will be introduced to important aspects in performance measurement and reporting. The focus is also on identification and utilisation of other sources of revenue and internal control in the public sector.
|
| Public Human Resource Management III - PUB3717 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB2609 & PUB2619 |
|
| Purpose: After completing this module, students will be able to describe and analyse human resource planning, recruitment and selection, performance management, human resource training legislation as well as career planning and development. |
| Management of Information III - PUB3718 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB2611 |
|
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to critically develop and fundamentally enhance students' knowledge of the role, which information management plays in the public sector. |
| Management of Information Systems III - PUB3719 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB2611 |
|
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to enhance students' integrated knowledge of the role information management systems plays in the public sector. |
| Policy Studies III - PUB3720 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to develop a critical knowledge pertaining to policy studies. Students should be able to demonstrate a critical knowledge base regarding the meaning of policy, policy environment, policy-making process, participants in policymaking process as well as the ethics and value systems in the policy process. |
| Public Management Practice III - PUB3721 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip students with the ability to demonstrate a practical and functional understanding of the public management world of work. Students will be able to use a range of specialised skills to identify, analyse and address functional and real-life problems in the workplace, applying evidence-based solutions drawing on appropriate ethical values and approaches in public management. Lastly students will be able to identify, evaluate and address learning tasks autonomously, professionally, responsibly and ethically with due consideration of their continued professional growth and development. |
| Intersectoral Collaboration - PUB3722 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to equip students with a well-rounded and systematic knowledge and insight into:
The approaches to the study and classification of Intersectoral Collaboration; Intersectoral collaboration with various other stakeholders; negotiation skills, the processes and the tactics involved; managing different types if information and
managing disasters.
|
| Human Settlements Management IIIA - PUB3723 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB2622 |
|
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to equip students with the integrated knowledge and skills to effectively manage housing development in South Africa.The module will assist students in developing their understanding of the complexity of housing policy-making and, as a result being able to ensure optimal service delivery. The students will further be able to identify shortcomings facing human settlements and suggest appropriate solutions in the provision of houses. Students are finally exposed to land ownership and management in South Africa. |
| Human Settlements Management IIIB - PUB3724 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB2622 |
|
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to equip students with the knowledge and skills to identify suitable land for housing development purposes. The module will assist students to apply policy and legislative requirements to access land at the provincial and local spheres of government. |
| Research Report: Public Administration - HRPUB83 |
| Honours |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 36 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
|
Co-requisite: HMEMS80 |
| Purpose: After completing this module, students will be equipped with the competency required to plan, execute and write up an acceptable academic research proposal and report in Public Administration. |
| Public Human Resource Management - PUB4860 |
| Honours |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: After completing this module, students will be able to engage with contemporary public human resource management challenges on a practical and theoretical level more particularly within the global, BRICS, African and South African contexts, and develop strategic human resource management capacity with specific reference to the local and African context. Students will have the ability to increase their knowledge, skills, competencies and expertise to respond creatively to the human resource challenges of the new millennium.
|
| Public Financial Management - PUB4861 |
| Honours |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: Students will be able to analyse, interpret and evaluate the complexities of the relationship between public and municipal finances in South Africa, and the realisation of management goals and principles (e.g. reflection on issues in municipal financial issues, public revenue, expenditure budgets, intergovernmental financial relations, ethics, and the responsibilities of financial managers). |
| Governmental Planning and Policy Analysis in the Public Sector - PUB4862 |
| Honours |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The main purpose for of this module is to empower students with necessary knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes to comprehend the following; The foundations of government planning, The institutional infrastructure responsible for government planning, The administrative dynamics of government planning, The theoretical foundations of policy studies and policy analysis, The nature of policy analysis in developed and developing states,The need for capacity building for policy improvement.
In addition, the module is intended to help public managers and other individual working in this field, increase their ability to respond creatively to the planning and policy analysis challenges of the new millennium.
|
| Study of Organisations and the Public Sector - PUB4863 |
| Honours |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: Students will acquire a comprehensive and systematic knowledge base of organisational studies in the public sector. Students will also be able to engage with various theories of organisation which includes the politics-administration dichotomy, the attributes of open and closed organisations, Max Weber's bureaucracy, humanism, and contemporary forms of public administration such as New Public Management and the New Public Service. Students will be able to indicate how these theories could be applied to resolve current complex organisational deficiencies in the public service. In addition, students will be able to identify root causes of public service inefficiencies contributing to poor public service delivery and suggest organisational remedies to resolve these root causes. |
| Management and the Public Sector - PUB4865 |
| Honours |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: Students will be able to analyse, interpret and evaluate the complexities of public management issues and challenges in the public sector. |
| Public Information Practices II - PUB2611 |
| Diploma |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: PUB1507 |
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| Purpose: The purpose of this module on public information practice is to impart knowledge about the introduction to information and communication technology, the use of electronic mail for effective service delivery, information technology and software, effective communication, communication and protocol as well as conflict management and negotiation in the South African public sector. This module makes use of continuous assessment and does not have a formal, written examination. |
| Strategic Public Management IV - PUB4867 |
| Honours,Post Graduate Diploma |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: Students will be able to engage with the changing environment in which public institutions function and to analyse, interpret and evaluate the value of strategic management in a comprehensive and systematic manner. Students will also be able to implement project management and to conceptualise the importance of strategic and transformational leadership in the public sector. |
| Strategic Public Human Resource Management - PUB4868 |
| Post Graduate Diploma |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: : After completing this module students will be able to strategically implement and manage public human resource management in the South African public sector. In particular, the skills that are taught in this module are limited to the statutory and regulatory framework, labour relations, diversity management and conflict resolution, communication and negotiations, disciplinary and grievance procedures and public human resource management information systems. |
| Public Policy Management - PUB4869 |
| Honours,Post Graduate Diploma |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: Students will be able to analyse, interpret, evaluate and deal with advanced aspects of policy analysis, evaluation and implementation in the field of Public Administration. |
| Public Financial Accountability - PUB4870 |
| Post Graduate Diploma |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: The purpose of the module Public Financial Accountability is to impart comprehensive and systematic knowledge about the design, implementation and evaluation of internal control systems, risk management, cost management, financial planning based on Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), budget integration and analysis, performance management as well as financial and performance reporting in the South African Public Sector.
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| Reflective Public Administration - PUB4871 |
| Post Graduate Diploma |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: After completing this module students will be able to think philosophically about the subject Public Administration. Students will have in-depth knowledge about the development and moments in the history of Public Administration. Students will have the ability to engage with current research and scholarly literature relevant to the discipline that will enable them to compile a sound research report. |