Bachelor of Administration

Purpose

• Prepare learners for careers in the public sector and in the broader area of government (encompassing, for example, the media and non-governmental organisations).
• Provide the qualifiers with graduate level challenges in the field of social sciences, using specific industrial psychological principles.
• Provide South Africa with a significant number of competent learners who will be able to display effective management and leadership skills.

Rationale

The structure and content of the qualification is designed to develop skills and competencies of learners to prepare them for a career in the public sector. The qualification offers learners an opportunity to gain insight into the theory and practice of public affairs, administration and development management. The qualification lays the foundation for a work force to address the skills deficit at higher levels of public, public-private partnerships and non-governmental organisations. It provides a platform for those wanting to advance to Postgraduate Studies in Public Governance.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

The institution accepts the principle underlying outcomes-based, source-based and life-long learning, in which considerations of articulation and mobility play a significant role, and subscribes to the view that Recognition of Prior Learning, whether acquired by formal education curricula at this or another institution or informally (by experience) is an indispensable element in deciding on admission to and awarding Credits in an explicitly selected teaching-learning qualification of the institution.

A learner who falls outside of the formal qualifications system, but who can demonstrate (through the production of substantial and satisfactory evidence) experiential or work-based learning or a non-formal qualification (or a combination), may be considered for admission and/or for the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for the achievement of the qualification in part or in full. A learner who after such assessment, is deemed to have sufficient potential, but is in need of further academic development, must be directed to other suitable learning qualifications prior to admission or to parallel qualifications after admission.

Entry Requirements.

The minimum entry requirement for this qualification is

• National Senior Certificate Level 4, granting access to Bachelor's Degree studies.
• Senior Certificate, Level 4 with matriculation exemption.

This qualification consists of the following compulsory and elective modules at National Qualifications Framework Level 7 totalling 384 Credits.

Compulsory Modules, 128 Credits

• Management Science 101, 16 Credits.
• Introduction to Public Administration, 16 Credits.
• Introduction to Public Management, 16 Credits.
• Management, 16 Credits.
• Organisational Change and Leadership, 16 Credits.
• Global and Regional Trends in Public Admin, 16 Credits.
• Public Service Delivery: Principles and Process, 16 Credits.
• Development Policy and Project Management, 16 Credits.

Elective Modules, (Choose 16 or more totalling 256 Credits)

• Principles of Social Behaviour and Group Dynamic, 16 Credits.
• Introduction to commercial Law, 16 Credits.
• Principles of Macroeconomics, 16 Credits.
• IS and T Development Fundamentals, 16 Credits.
• IS and T for Business, 16 Credits.
• End User computing, 16 Credits.
• Accounting 103, 16 Credits.
• Elementary Macroeconomics, 16 Credits.
• Development and Applications Fundamentals, 16 Credits.
• Financial Reporting 1A, 16 Credits.
• Introduction to Individual Behaviour and Human Resource Management, 16 Credits.
• Principles of Microeconomics, 16 Credits.
• Elementary Microeconomics, 16 Credits.
• Basic isiZulu Language Studies A, 16 Credits.
• Introduction to Operations Management, 8 Credits.
• Introduction to Human Resource Information Systems, 16 Credits.
• Introduction to Public Policy Management, 16 Credits.
• Intermediate Macroeconomics and Applications, 16 Credits.
• Introduction to Public Sector Financial Management, 16 Credits.
• Intermediate Microeconomics and Applications, 16 Credits.
• Introduction to Public Sector Human Resources Management, 16 Credits.
• Introduction to Local Government, 16 Credits.
• Managerial Ethics in the Workplace, 16 Credits.
• Employee Wellness, 16 Credits.
• Introduction to Human Resources, 8 Credits.
• Systems Analysis and Design, 16 Credits.
• Managing Workforce Diversity, 16 Credits.
• Databases and Programming, 16 Credits.
• Career Management, 16 Credits.
• Introduction to Marketing, 8 Credits.
• Introduction to Entrepreneurship, 8 Credits.
• Research Methodology: Statistical Methods and Analysis, 16 Credits.
• Project Management, 8 Credits.
• Labour Legislation, 16 Credits.
• Purchasing Management and Contemporary Issues, 16 Credits.
• Security, 8 Credits.
• Applied Systems Analysis, 8 Credits.
• Development Economics, 16 Credits.
• Industrial Organisation, 16 Credits.
• International Business, 16 Credits.
• International Economics, 16 Credits.
• Advanced Systems Analysis, 8 Credits.
• Business Process Management, 8 Credits.
• Info Infrastructure for Bus Solutions, 8 Credits.
• Special topics in IS and T, 8 Credits.
• E-Commerce Deployment, 8 Credits.
• Individual and Organisational Development, 16 Credits.
• Advanced Systems Design, 8 Credits.
• Information Systems and Technology Strategy, 8 Credits.
• Operations and supply chain Management, 16 Credits.
• IS and T Communication Skills, 8 Credits.
• Database Management, 8 Credits.
• Collective Employment Relations and Law, 16 Credits.
• Individual Employment Relations and Law, 16 Credits.
• Applied Systems Implementation, 8 Credits.
• Technology Management, 16 Credits.
• Public Economics, 16 Credits.
• International Trade, 16 Credits.
• Special Topics in Supply Chain Management, 16 Credits.
• Environmental Economics, 16 Credits.
• Consulting, 8 Credits.
• Financial Risk Management, 16 Credits.
• Corporate Strategy, 16 Credits.
• Logistics and Physical distribution, 16 Credits.
• Employment Relations and Contemporary Issues, 16 Credits.
• Monetary Economics, 16 Credits.
• Employment Resourcing, 16 Credits.
• Business Ethics, 16 Credits.
• Advanced Systems Implementation, 8 Credits.
• Quantitative Economics, 16 Credits.
• Corporate Financial management 16 Credits.
• Labour Economics, 16 Credits.
• Macroeconomic Policy in South Africa, 16 Credits.

1. Work effectively with others as a member of a team, group, organisation, community.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem solving contexts do not exist in isolation.
3. Interpret and present basic quantitative data effectively using appropriate technology.
4. Understand the value and importance of the human element and its contributions to society at large and in an industrial setting in particular.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcomes

• Undertake human resources management functions and activities.
• Cope with the challenges facing human resource management.
• Understand the process of job analysis.
• Understand human resource planning (forecasting, supply and demand).
• Appreciate the importance of organisational entry (equal employment opportunity, recruitment, selection and placement).
• Demonstrate appropriate conceptual and analytical skills in r discussions of contemporary public affairs, policy, administration and management.
• Understand how to develop human resource productivity (training and development, productivity and quality interventions).
• Understand performance appraisal and reward systems.
• Apply the basic strategies for maintaining human resources (conditions of the work environment, labour relations, collective bargaining).
• Realise how individual's personal beliefs, decisions, actions and opportunities are shaped and limited by larger social forces that surround one.
• Apply and use the sociological point of view so as to have a knowledge of the social structures that will affect people throughout their lives.
• Understand the most fundamental features of human society, for example, how to promote stability and continuity in patterns of social life, given the diversity of human motives, group interests and collective human activities in social institutions.
• Interpret the nature of conflict amongst individuals and groups and the forces that trigger the condition in organisations.
• Understand the process of social change in organisations which occur either through evolutionary development or social and political revolutions.
• Interpret and analyse processes and policies in the public domain that are pertinent to public governance.
• Localise global theories and practices, so as to interpret them realistically, and apply them effectively to local circumstances.
• Exhibit critical judgment, analytical skills and cultural sensitivity in discussions.
• Display scholarly written communication and presentation skills, as well as the ability to work as part of a team.

Integrated Assessment

A variety of assessment methods will be utilised. These will vary in modules but will generally include: written assessments, report writing, class presentations, role-playing, portfolios of evidence and written examinations.