BPA

This course focuses on the nature of public enterprises or state -owned enterprises, relationship between the government and the public enterprise sector; issues of managerial autonomy, public accountability, and their role in national economic development and stabilization. 

This course focuses on the nature of public enterprises or state -owned enterprises, relationship between the government and the public enterprise sector; issues of managerial autonomy, public accountability, and their role in national economic development and stabilization. 

This course will provide students with an understanding of selected theories of strategic management as applied to the public sector and of how these theories translate into practical skills and strategies for effective future public service leaders. This focuses on developing practical knowledge and skills public sector managers require to effectively “get things done” through others. Management skills developed include self-assessment / reflection, goal-setting, teamwork/collaboration, verbal/written communication, influence / persuasion, conflict resolution, stress management, and creative thinking.

Politics and Administration for BPA M13 3D

This course deals with the nature of mathematics, the appreciation of its practical, intellectual, and aesthetic dimensions, and the application of mathematical tools in daily life.

The course begins with an introduction to the nature of mathematics as an exploration of patterns (in nature and in the environment) and as an application of inductive and deductive reasoning. By exploring these topics, students are encouraged to go beyond the typical understanding of mathematics as merely a set of formulas that is a study of mathematical language and symbols but as a source of aesthetics in patterns of nature, for example, and a rich language in solving problem in itself (and of science) governed by logic and reasoning.

The course provides students with a systematic view of human resource management and the functions of recruitment, planning and selection, training and development, performance appraisal, compensation, labor-employee relationship, and health and safety. Further, the course will also present comprehensive discussions on the importance of workforce management in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. This course subject is limited to public personnel.

Voluntary Sector Management course focuses in management and leadership in the voluntary sector. The course covers topics such as leadership and management development, managing team performance, service improvement, project management, strategic planning, resource management and working collaboratively.