Course Overview
The course focuses on the tools and understanding that public managers in all parts of the public sector require to ensure the successful use of resources to carry out good public policy design, implementation and operation.
The Main Reasons to attend is to obtain Competency in.
• Identifying and explaining the role of government frameworks and institutions in formulating policies and regulations
• Identifying and interpreting public policy issues and problems and relating them to policy imperatives of the country
• Conducting policy design through evaluation of different policy alternatives
• Applying basic cost-benefit analysis techniques to evaluate different policy alternatives
• Applying ethical principles to policy design and analysis
The course focuses on the tools and understanding that public managers in all parts of the public sector require to ensure the successful use of resources to carry out good public policy design, implementation and operation.
BENEFIT OF ATTENDING
· National, provincial and local government processes and structure
· The process of promulgating an act
· The public sector manager’s role in act formulation
· Generic public policy instruments
· Relevant legislation
· Policy determination
· Operational policy implementation
· Techniques of financial analysis and decision-making
· Basic environmental scanning techniques
· Methods for communicating research findings
· Situational and stakeholder identification