1.0 COURSE OVERVIEW

The Public Administration Management course offers an applied, problem-based approach, blending new theoreticaldevelopments and practice, with a view to managing public policies domestically and overseas. The course aims to provide participants with the practical tools and the academic knowledge that public policy managers need to implement effectively and successfully achieve their agendas.

Public Administration is a field of service that focuses on implementing management policies and programmes for  the effective functioning of the government.  Public  administrators work behind the scenes of our governmentcarrying out various functions and developing systems to serve the public and make a positive difference.

The public sector requires competent practitioners with current knowledge

and skills to improve quality standards, increase productivity levels and address performance requirements.

The course fulfils the needs of management in the public sector where both hard and soft skills are in short supply. The course content will provide you with a range of relevant and essential management and administrative skills that will increase your

opportunities to successfully contribute to, and grow in the public sector. If you have foundational management knowledge and work experience in the public sector you will have the opportunity to advance in your career, as it will expand your management and administrative competencies.

  2.0 WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS COURSE?

• Manager within local, provincial and national government
• Public administration officer
• Supervisors and administration clerks in the various branches of public sector and quasi-government organisations
• Staff of the Anti-Corruption Commissions
• And all people interested in the subject matter.

3.0 COURSE OUTLINE

• Local Government Management
• Public Management
• Public Personnel Management
• Public Relations
• Concepts of Management Computing
• Project Management
• Disaster Management
• Business Ethics
• Public Law
• Corporate Social Responsibility