SOUTH AFRICAN LEGISLATION AND POLICY AFFECTING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Unit Standard |
Credits |
Unit Standard ID no. |
| Apply South African legislation and policy affecting public administration |
10 |
120307 |
| Apply knowledge of ethical principles, standards and professional conduct in public sector management and administration |
8 |
119342 |
Each Learning Unit can be presented as a separate short course if required
Total Credits: 18
Course Duration: 7 days
Course Outline:
LEARNING UNIT 1: APPLY SOUTH AFRICAN LEGISLATION
Apply financial management techniques in the implementation of sector specific policy programmes.
- Different Types Of Expenditure Are Defined And Distinguished According To Policy.
- Improving Financial Management Performance
- Structures of Public Policy-Making in the South Africa Context
- Institutional Mechanisms in Policy Making and Implementation
- South Africa’s Public Policy-Making Approach: a Brief Perspective on Social Policy
- The Public Finance Management Act (PFMA),
- Analyse Factors Affecting Policy-Making In The Relevant Sector.
- Socioeconomic Factors and Concepts
- Public Sector Governance - A Guide to the Principles of Good Practice
- The concepts of political and managerial accountability
- Participatory Democracy
LEARNING UNIT 2: APPLY KNOWLEDGE OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES, STANDARDS AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT IN PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
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Ethical Values
- The core public sector ethical values
- Overall Responsibility of all Public Servants
- The reasons for ethical standards in the public sector
- The Public Sector Code of Conduct
- Standards of professionalism and ethical principles are identified
- Areas of ethical conflict between personal and public interests
- Seven Strategies for Managing Ethical Conflict
- Conflict of interest.
- Ethical dilemmas with case studies
- Disciplinary and grievance procedures to deal with Ethical problems
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