Introduction to Public and Local Government Administration and Management

Main Outcomes

After completion of the module learners should be in a position to:Possess a comprehensive introduction to the discipline of public administration/management from its early days to the present
Demonstrate an understanding of the role and scope of the activity of public administration or public management and in the context of the contemporary state
Analyse the patterns of interaction between public administration at work, and other formal political institutions of the state and as well as other components of civil society
Evaluate the role of public administration in the process of public policy-making
Examine and evaluate the on-going changing role and scope of the state and it administration
Understand and analyse the importance of the administration and/or management of public affairs and the role and functions of the public manager within this context

Main Content

Public Administration as a field of study
Government functions and services
Intergovernmental relations
The relationship between governance and public management
Policy implementation, impact and evaluation
The role of and functions of the public manager
An introduction to the composition and structure of the local sphere of government.
The importance, role, functions, structures and process of the local sphere of government in South Africa