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 provides the opportunity for current/future HR managers and line managers to understand the place of human resource management (HRM) in a business and to grasp the issues and processes that are integral to effective identification of HR needs in the strategic development of organizations. The course also explores theories, concepts, techniques, and applications that inform the design and implementation of policies and programmes bearing upon the acquisition and retention of employees with the competency sets that will ensure organisational effectiveness and competitive advantage.
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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.
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This course is quantitative in focus. Students will manually experiment with crashing, fast-tracking, and adjusting scope to improve project performance. They will also examine issues in assessing change requests, making recommendations and monitoring the change approval process, monitoring subcontracts and contracts, and facilitating stakeholder engagement.
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This course will examine different corporate and project governance systems, and through use of real cases and discussions at the international and local level, analyze complex situations, ethical dilemmas, and difficult decisions that can be traced back to the governance structure of the organization, the project, or both.
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This course provides a critical review of learning theories and models which seek to explain the learning process along with implications for instruction. Students will have the opportunity to compare and contrast the work of prominent theorists while taking into account the role of the learner and the facilitator in the teaching/learning process.
