Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration aims to prepare senior managers for their roles in managing complex problems in the public sector. It is aimed at persons at the levels of Assistant Director, Deputy Director, Director and Chief Director in public service. The qualification contains modules covering the core functions of management, namely leadership, governance, strategy, finance and people management.
High-level problem-solving, systems thinking, and innovation are threads that run through each of the modules. In the final compulsory module, the Integrated Public Service Project, students are required to use all the knowledge and skill acquired in earlier modules to identify a real-world problem and to critically review information-gathering, synthesis of data, evaluation and management processes in this specialized context in order to develop a creative response to the problem identified.
WHO SHOULD ENROL?
Managers who wish to enhance their managerial capabilities within the senior echelons of the public sector. Managers who work full-time, who cannot afford extended periods of time away from work.
Successful completion of this qualification should enable the student to:
- Apply relevant theories and concepts in the fields of management, leadership, finance, human resources and strategy to solve complex problems in a public sector setting.
- Manage the conceptualization and implementation of strategies, policies and plans in a public sector environment with due regard to national and global contexts.
- Promote ethical decisions on complex institutional issues with sensitivity and awareness of consequences in an autonomous manner.
- Collect, interpret and process data and information in order to make informed decisions.
Course Key Modules.
- Strategic Public Management and Governance
- Public Sector Leadership
- Strategic Public Sector People Management
- Programme Monitoring and Evaluation
- Public Financial Accountability
- Integrated Public Service Project
- Development Economics Public Policy Management