Bachelor of Arts in Legislative Studies and Parliamentary Administration
Study legislative institutions through public governance, lawmaking and parliamentary administration.
About the course
Study legislative institutions through public governance, lawmaking and parliamentary administration. You will examine how legislatures organise scrutiny, representation and institutional records in a Southern African context.
What you'll learn
Explain legislative and oversight functions within a constitution.
Trace a proposed law through institutional stages.
Prepare accurate committee and parliamentary records.
Analyse evidence for a scrutiny or representation task.
Evaluate administrative arrangements supporting accountable legislative work.
Requirements
Prepare with academic English, quantitative reasoning and digital study skills. Prior qualifications and any recognition of prior learning must be assessed against BMIT admission rules before enrolment.
Course content
The complete subject sequence below moves from foundations to specialist application. Stages show learning progression. Practical work and the final project draw together the subjects studied.
3 learning stages 30 subjects
1Stage 1: Foundations10 subjects
2Stage 2: Core subjects10 subjects
- Parliamentary Institutions and Administration
- Legislative Process and Policy Scrutiny
- Committee Administration and Oversight
- Constitutional Law
- Interpretation of Statutes
- Administrative Law
- Public Organisation and Management
- Public Finance and Fiscal Policy
- Public Human Resource Management
- Records and Information Management
3Stage 3: Specialist subjects and application10 subjects
- Public Policy Analysis
- Public Participation and Administrative Communication
- Political and Development Communication
- International Human Rights Law
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Strategic Public Management
- Regional Integration and SADC Governance
- Corporate Governance and Accountability
- Workplace Learning and Professional Portfolio
- Integrated Business Research Project
Subjects in this programme
The complete subject sequence below moves from foundations to specialist application. Stages show learning progression. Practical work and the final project draw together the subjects studied.
30 subjects are listed below with a short description of each. The Subject descriptions tab contains the learning outcomes, topics, practical tasks and assessments.
Stage 1: Foundations
- Academic Literacy and Study Practice. Develop the reading, writing and evidence skills needed for study. You will examine reading strategies, argument structure, academic paragraphs. Write an evidence-based essay and document your revision decisions.
- Digital Business Skills. Use everyday digital tools to organise business information accurately. You will build reliable spreadsheets, manage documents and share work responsibly. Activities address uneven connectivity, accessible communication and the protection of personal information in small organisations and public offices.
- Business Communication. Prepare purposeful communication for colleagues, customers and decision makers. You will organise evidence, adjust tone for different audiences and check whether a message leads to the intended action. Examples include multilingual workplaces, professional correspondence and short management reports.
- Foundations of Public Administration. Examine how public institutions organise accountable services. You will examine public purpose, administrative systems, institutions. Map responsibilities and service flow in a public-service case.
- Political Studies. Compare political institutions, ideas and participation. You will examine political authority, ideologies, political institutions. Analyse a public decision through contrasting political perspectives.
- Microeconomics. Study how households and firms make choices under scarcity. You will examine prices, incentives and market structures, then use diagrams and calculations to explain changes in behaviour. Examples include food markets, informal enterprises and access to essential services.
- Macroeconomics. Examine output, employment, inflation and external trade at economy level. You will connect household and business conditions to fiscal, monetary and exchange-rate decisions. Work with published indicators while distinguishing nominal values, real changes and differences between national contexts.
- Public Ethics and Accountability. Evaluate conduct through public duties and transparent reasoning. You will examine public interest, conflicts of interest, transparency. Analyse an ethical public-service case and document a response.
- Business Statistics. Summarise data and judge the strength of numerical evidence. You will distinguish a population from a sample, choose appropriate summaries and interpret uncertainty. Business examples cover demand, customer service, workforce information and variation in operating performance.
- Research Methods and Evidence Analysis. Plan an enquiry suited to a specific social or organisational question. You will compare qualitative and quantitative approaches, prepare ethical data collection and assess evidence quality. The module connects research questions to sampling, analysis and clear reporting of uncertainty and limitations.
Stage 2: Core subjects
- Parliamentary Institutions and Administration. Organise administrative support for representative institutions. You will examine legislative institutions, parliamentary offices, procedures. Prepare a parliamentary committee workflow.
- Legislative Process and Policy Scrutiny. Evaluate legislation and its anticipated effects. You will examine legislative stages, bill analysis, consultation. Produce a neutral briefing on a supplied draft bill.
- Committee Administration and Oversight. Support committee work through evidence and accurate records. You will examine work programmes, agendas, evidence sessions. Prepare a committee pack and recommendations register.
- Constitutional Law. Examine rules allocating and constraining public authority. You will examine constitutional supremacy, separation of powers, legislatures. Prepare a comparative constitutional case analysis.
- Interpretation of Statutes. Develop reasoned interpretations of legislative text. You will examine text, purpose, context. Compare statutory interpretations and defend the strongest reading.
- Administrative Law. Examine legal controls on public decisions. You will examine administrative action, lawfulness, procedural fairness. Analyse a decision and a reasoned review pathway.
- Public Organisation and Management. Analyse coordination in public organisations. You will examine structures, delegation, coordination. Evaluate an organisation and propose a specific administrative improvement.
- Public Finance and Fiscal Policy. Study how governments raise and spend resources. You will examine taxation, public expenditure and borrowing, then assess the distributional and economic effects of fiscal choices. Cases connect policy objectives with budget constraints, service outcomes and the need for transparent public accountability.
- Public Human Resource Management. Plan staffing within public-service obligations. You will examine workforce planning, recruitment, development. Prepare a staffing and development plan.
- Records and Information Management. Organise reliable evidence of decisions and actions. You will examine record creation, classification, retention. Design a records classification and retention schedule.
Stage 3: Specialist subjects and application
- Public Policy Analysis. Analyse policy problems through evidence and alternatives. You will examine problem framing, policy actors, options. Prepare a policy brief comparing practical alternatives.
- Public Participation and Administrative Communication. Design accessible participation with accountable follow-up. You will examine stakeholders, consultation methods, accessible communication. Prepare a consultation plan and response-to-submissions report.
- Political and Development Communication. Plan public communication around participation and evidence. You will examine public audiences, campaigns, development communication. Produce a civic communication plan.
- International Human Rights Law. Examine international rights systems and domestic interaction. You will examine rights instruments, regional systems, state duties. Prepare a comparative human-rights briefing.
- Monitoring and Evaluation. Build evidence systems for programme decisions. You will examine theory of change, indicators, baselines. Prepare a monitoring plan and evaluation questions.
- Strategic Public Management. Connect public mandates with resources and results. You will examine public value, mandates, strategic choices. Develop an institutional strategy and results dashboard.
- Regional Integration and SADC Governance. Evaluate regional cooperation through institutional evidence. You will examine regionalism, sadc institutions, trade integration. Prepare a regional cooperation brief.
- Corporate Governance and Accountability. Examine how boards, executives and assurance functions share responsibility for organisational direction and control. You will analyse accountability arrangements and conflicts of interest, then assess the quality of governance information. Cases consider private companies, public entities and member-based organisations.
- Workplace Learning and Professional Portfolio. Connect taught subjects with supervised or carefully designed simulated professional work. You will agree learning objectives, record tasks and evaluate your decisions against evidence. The portfolio makes your individual contribution visible and identifies areas requiring further practice or specialist supervision.
- Integrated Business Research Project. Investigate a defined business problem by combining knowledge from several management subjects. You will frame a useful question, gather appropriate evidence and compare feasible responses. The final report explains the recommendation, implementation implications and limitations of the enquiry rather than claiming certainty.
Assessment and practical learning
- Institutional and legislative-process analyses.
- A committee briefing and minutes exercise.
- A researched scrutiny dossier and presentation.
Practical application
Create a proposed committee-support dossier for a fictional public hearing. Include an evidence brief, participation arrangements, agenda, minutes template and follow-up register. Use official rules for the jurisdiction selected.
Subject descriptions
Select a subject to read its learning outcomes, main topics, practical task and assessment.
Stage 1: Foundations
Academic Literacy and Study Practice
Develop the reading, writing and evidence skills needed for study. You will examine reading strategies, argument structure, academic paragraphs. Write an evidence-based essay and document your revision decisions.
Learning outcomes
- Explain reading strategies in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between argument structure and academic paragraphs.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing referencing, information checking and study planning.
Main topics
- Reading strategies
- Argument structure
- Academic paragraphs
- Referencing
- Information checking
- Study planning
Practical task
Write an evidence-based essay and document your revision decisions.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Digital Business Skills
Use everyday digital tools to organise business information accurately. You will build reliable spreadsheets, manage documents and share work responsibly. Activities address uneven connectivity, accessible communication and the protection of personal information in small organisations and public offices.
Learning outcomes
- Build a checked spreadsheet
- Organise retrievable business documents
- Apply appropriate access permissions
Main topics
- File organisation
- Word processing
- Spreadsheet formulas
- Presentations
- Collaborative working
- Privacy and access
Practical task
Create a shared office information pack with formulas, document versions and access instructions.
Assessment
Assessment combines applied exercises, a documented case or practical portfolio and an individual written or oral explanation. Judgement considers technical accuracy, reasoning, evidence quality and the feasibility of recommendations.
Business Communication
Prepare purposeful communication for colleagues, customers and decision makers. You will organise evidence, adjust tone for different audiences and check whether a message leads to the intended action. Examples include multilingual workplaces, professional correspondence and short management reports.
Learning outcomes
- Write a concise business report
- Record decisions and assigned actions
- Present evidence for a defined audience
Main topics
- Audience and purpose
- Professional correspondence
- Report structure
- Meeting records
- Presentations
- Intercultural communication
Practical task
Produce a report, meeting record and five-minute briefing about a service problem.
Assessment
Assessment combines applied exercises, a documented case or practical portfolio and an individual written or oral explanation. Judgement considers technical accuracy, reasoning, evidence quality and the feasibility of recommendations.
Foundations of Public Administration
Examine how public institutions organise accountable services. You will examine public purpose, administrative systems, institutions. Map responsibilities and service flow in a public-service case.
Learning outcomes
- Explain public purpose in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between administrative systems and institutions.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing public servants, service delivery and accountability.
Main topics
- Public purpose
- Administrative systems
- Institutions
- Public servants
- Service delivery
- Accountability
Practical task
Map responsibilities and service flow in a public-service case.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Political Studies
Compare political institutions, ideas and participation. You will examine political authority, ideologies, political institutions. Analyse a public decision through contrasting political perspectives.
Learning outcomes
- Explain political authority in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between ideologies and political institutions.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing representation, participation and power.
Main topics
- Political authority
- Ideologies
- Political institutions
- Representation
- Participation
- Power
Practical task
Analyse a public decision through contrasting political perspectives.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Microeconomics
Study how households and firms make choices under scarcity. You will examine prices, incentives and market structures, then use diagrams and calculations to explain changes in behaviour. Examples include food markets, informal enterprises and access to essential services.
Learning outcomes
- Analyse a market change
- Calculate and interpret elasticity
- Compare competitive and concentrated markets
Main topics
- Scarcity and choice
- Demand and supply
- Elasticity
- Consumer choice
- Production and costs
- Market structures
Practical task
Explain a local price change using data, diagrams and alternative explanations.
Assessment
Assessment combines applied exercises, a documented case or practical portfolio and an individual written or oral explanation. Judgement considers technical accuracy, reasoning, evidence quality and the feasibility of recommendations.
Macroeconomics
Examine output, employment, inflation and external trade at economy level. You will connect household and business conditions to fiscal, monetary and exchange-rate decisions. Work with published indicators while distinguishing nominal values, real changes and differences between national contexts.
Learning outcomes
- Interpret a macroeconomic indicator
- Explain a policy transmission process
- Distinguish nominal and real changes
Main topics
- National accounts
- Growth and employment
- Inflation
- Fiscal policy
- Money and banking
- External balance
Practical task
Prepare an economic conditions briefing comparing two Southern African economies.
Assessment
Assessment combines applied exercises, a documented case or practical portfolio and an individual written or oral explanation. Judgement considers technical accuracy, reasoning, evidence quality and the feasibility of recommendations.
Public Ethics and Accountability
Evaluate conduct through public duties and transparent reasoning. You will examine public interest, conflicts of interest, transparency. Analyse an ethical public-service case and document a response.
Learning outcomes
- Explain public interest in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between conflicts of interest and transparency.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing integrity controls, complaints and accountability.
Main topics
- Public interest
- Conflicts of interest
- Transparency
- Integrity controls
- Complaints
- Accountability
Practical task
Analyse an ethical public-service case and document a response.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Business Statistics
Summarise data and judge the strength of numerical evidence. You will distinguish a population from a sample, choose appropriate summaries and interpret uncertainty. Business examples cover demand, customer service, workforce information and variation in operating performance.
Learning outcomes
- Select an appropriate data summary
- Interpret a confidence interval
- Explain limits of a correlation
Main topics
- Sampling
- Descriptive statistics
- Probability distributions
- Confidence intervals
- Hypothesis testing
- Correlation and regression
Practical task
Analyse an anonymised service dataset and write a short evidence report.
Assessment
Assessment combines applied exercises, a documented case or practical portfolio and an individual written or oral explanation. Judgement considers technical accuracy, reasoning, evidence quality and the feasibility of recommendations.
Research Methods and Evidence Analysis
Plan an enquiry suited to a specific social or organisational question. You will compare qualitative and quantitative approaches, prepare ethical data collection and assess evidence quality. The module connects research questions to sampling, analysis and clear reporting of uncertainty and limitations.
Learning outcomes
- Formulate a research question
- Select a defensible research design
- Prepare an ethical data collection plan
Main topics
- Research questions
- Literature review
- Design choices
- Sampling
- Ethics
- Data analysis
Practical task
Submit a research proposal, instruments and a worked analysis of a pilot dataset.
Assessment
Assessment combines applied exercises, a documented case or practical portfolio and an individual written or oral explanation. Judgement considers technical accuracy, reasoning, evidence quality and the feasibility of recommendations.
Stage 2: Core subjects
Parliamentary Institutions and Administration
Organise administrative support for representative institutions. You will examine legislative institutions, parliamentary offices, procedures. Prepare a parliamentary committee workflow.
Learning outcomes
- Explain legislative institutions in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between parliamentary offices and procedures.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing member support, public access and records.
Main topics
- Legislative institutions
- Parliamentary offices
- Procedures
- Member support
- Public access
- Records
Practical task
Prepare a parliamentary committee workflow.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Legislative Process and Policy Scrutiny
Evaluate legislation and its anticipated effects. You will examine legislative stages, bill analysis, consultation. Produce a neutral briefing on a supplied draft bill.
Learning outcomes
- Explain legislative stages in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between bill analysis and consultation.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing amendments, scrutiny and implementation review.
Main topics
- Legislative stages
- Bill analysis
- Consultation
- Amendments
- Scrutiny
- Implementation review
Practical task
Produce a neutral briefing on a supplied draft bill.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Committee Administration and Oversight
Support committee work through evidence and accurate records. You will examine work programmes, agendas, evidence sessions. Prepare a committee pack and recommendations register.
Learning outcomes
- Explain work programmes in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between agendas and evidence sessions.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing minutes, recommendations and follow-up.
Main topics
- Work programmes
- Agendas
- Evidence sessions
- Minutes
- Recommendations
- Follow-up
Practical task
Prepare a committee pack and recommendations register.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Constitutional Law
Examine rules allocating and constraining public authority. You will examine constitutional supremacy, separation of powers, legislatures. Prepare a comparative constitutional case analysis.
Learning outcomes
- Explain constitutional supremacy in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between separation of powers and legislatures.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing executives, courts and constitutional review.
Main topics
- Constitutional supremacy
- Separation of powers
- Legislatures
- Executives
- Courts
- Constitutional review
Practical task
Prepare a comparative constitutional case analysis.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Interpretation of Statutes
Develop reasoned interpretations of legislative text. You will examine text, purpose, context. Compare statutory interpretations and defend the strongest reading.
Learning outcomes
- Explain text in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between purpose and context.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing interpretive presumptions, constitutional interpretation and application.
Main topics
- Text
- Purpose
- Context
- Interpretive presumptions
- Constitutional interpretation
- Application
Practical task
Compare statutory interpretations and defend the strongest reading.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Administrative Law
Examine legal controls on public decisions. You will examine administrative action, lawfulness, procedural fairness. Analyse a decision and a reasoned review pathway.
Learning outcomes
- Explain administrative action in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between lawfulness and procedural fairness.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing reasonableness, review and remedies.
Main topics
- Administrative action
- Lawfulness
- Procedural fairness
- Reasonableness
- Review
- Remedies
Practical task
Analyse a decision and a reasoned review pathway.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Public Organisation and Management
Analyse coordination in public organisations. You will examine structures, delegation, coordination. Evaluate an organisation and propose a specific administrative improvement.
Learning outcomes
- Explain structures in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between delegation and coordination.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing organisational culture, performance and administrative reform.
Main topics
- Structures
- Delegation
- Coordination
- Organisational culture
- Performance
- Administrative reform
Practical task
Evaluate an organisation and propose a specific administrative improvement.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Public Finance and Fiscal Policy
Study how governments raise and spend resources. You will examine taxation, public expenditure and borrowing, then assess the distributional and economic effects of fiscal choices. Cases connect policy objectives with budget constraints, service outcomes and the need for transparent public accountability.
Learning outcomes
- Explain a fiscal policy choice
- Assess distributional effects
- Interpret a public budget
Main topics
- Public goods
- Tax design
- Expenditure choices
- Fiscal incidence
- Public debt
- Budget policy
Practical task
Produce a budget policy note comparing two expenditure or revenue options.
Assessment
Assessment combines applied exercises, a documented case or practical portfolio and an individual written or oral explanation. Judgement considers technical accuracy, reasoning, evidence quality and the feasibility of recommendations.
Public Human Resource Management
Plan staffing within public-service obligations. You will examine workforce planning, recruitment, development. Prepare a staffing and development plan.
Learning outcomes
- Explain workforce planning in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between recruitment and development.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing performance, labour relations and employee records.
Main topics
- Workforce planning
- Recruitment
- Development
- Performance
- Labour relations
- Employee records
Practical task
Prepare a staffing and development plan.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Records and Information Management
Organise reliable evidence of decisions and actions. You will examine record creation, classification, retention. Design a records classification and retention schedule.
Learning outcomes
- Explain record creation in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between classification and retention.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing access, disposal controls and audit trails.
Main topics
- Record creation
- Classification
- Retention
- Access
- Disposal controls
- Audit trails
Practical task
Design a records classification and retention schedule.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Stage 3: Specialist subjects and application
Public Policy Analysis
Analyse policy problems through evidence and alternatives. You will examine problem framing, policy actors, options. Prepare a policy brief comparing practical alternatives.
Learning outcomes
- Explain problem framing in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between policy actors and options.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing policy instruments, implementation and evaluation.
Main topics
- Problem framing
- Policy actors
- Options
- Policy instruments
- Implementation
- Evaluation
Practical task
Prepare a policy brief comparing practical alternatives.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Public Participation and Administrative Communication
Design accessible participation with accountable follow-up. You will examine stakeholders, consultation methods, accessible communication. Prepare a consultation plan and response-to-submissions report.
Learning outcomes
- Explain stakeholders in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between consultation methods and accessible communication.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing meeting practice, feedback and decision records.
Main topics
- Stakeholders
- Consultation methods
- Accessible communication
- Meeting practice
- Feedback
- Decision records
Practical task
Prepare a consultation plan and response-to-submissions report.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Political and Development Communication
Plan public communication around participation and evidence. You will examine public audiences, campaigns, development communication. Produce a civic communication plan.
Learning outcomes
- Explain public audiences in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between campaigns and development communication.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing political narratives, participation and evaluation.
Main topics
- Public audiences
- Campaigns
- Development communication
- Political narratives
- Participation
- Evaluation
Practical task
Produce a civic communication plan.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
International Human Rights Law
Examine international rights systems and domestic interaction. You will examine rights instruments, regional systems, state duties. Prepare a comparative human-rights briefing.
Learning outcomes
- Explain rights instruments in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between regional systems and state duties.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing monitoring, complaints and implementation.
Main topics
- Rights instruments
- Regional systems
- State duties
- Monitoring
- Complaints
- Implementation
Practical task
Prepare a comparative human-rights briefing.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Build evidence systems for programme decisions. You will examine theory of change, indicators, baselines. Prepare a monitoring plan and evaluation questions.
Learning outcomes
- Explain theory of change in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between indicators and baselines.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing data collection, analysis and use of findings.
Main topics
- Theory of change
- Indicators
- Baselines
- Data collection
- Analysis
- Use of findings
Practical task
Prepare a monitoring plan and evaluation questions.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Strategic Public Management
Connect public mandates with resources and results. You will examine public value, mandates, strategic choices. Develop an institutional strategy and results dashboard.
Learning outcomes
- Explain public value in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between mandates and strategic choices.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing resource alignment, implementation and evaluation.
Main topics
- Public value
- Mandates
- Strategic choices
- Resource alignment
- Implementation
- Evaluation
Practical task
Develop an institutional strategy and results dashboard.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Regional Integration and SADC Governance
Evaluate regional cooperation through institutional evidence. You will examine regionalism, sadc institutions, trade integration. Prepare a regional cooperation brief.
Learning outcomes
- Explain regionalism in a relevant case.
- Analyse the relationship between sadc institutions and trade integration.
- Produce a reasoned response addressing mobility, shared resources and implementation.
Main topics
- Regionalism
- SADC institutions
- Trade integration
- Mobility
- Shared resources
- Implementation
Practical task
Prepare a regional cooperation brief.
Assessment
Submit the practical output with supporting evidence and an individual written or oral explanation. Assessment considers subject knowledge, accuracy, reasoning and the quality of the completed work.
Corporate Governance and Accountability
Examine how boards, executives and assurance functions share responsibility for organisational direction and control. You will analyse accountability arrangements and conflicts of interest, then assess the quality of governance information. Cases consider private companies, public entities and member-based organisations.
Learning outcomes
- Map governance responsibilities
- Analyse a governance weakness
- Recommend an accountability improvement
Main topics
- Board responsibilities
- Accountability
- Committees
- Conflicts of interest
- Assurance coordination
- Governance reporting
Practical task
Prepare a governance review with a responsibility map and prioritised recommendations.
Assessment
Assessment combines applied exercises, a documented case or practical portfolio and an individual written or oral explanation. Judgement considers technical accuracy, reasoning, evidence quality and the feasibility of recommendations.
Workplace Learning and Professional Portfolio
Connect taught subjects with supervised or carefully designed simulated professional work. You will agree learning objectives, record tasks and evaluate your decisions against evidence. The portfolio makes your individual contribution visible and identifies areas requiring further practice or specialist supervision.
Learning outcomes
- Set assessable workplace objectives
- Document your contribution
- Evaluate professional learning needs
Main topics
- Learning agreement
- Professional conduct
- Work evidence
- Supervisor feedback
- Reflective analysis
- Improvement planning
Practical task
Compile a verified or simulated workplace portfolio with supervisor or facilitator feedback.
Assessment
Assessment combines applied exercises, a documented case or practical portfolio and an individual written or oral explanation. Judgement considers technical accuracy, reasoning, evidence quality and the feasibility of recommendations.
Integrated Business Research Project
Investigate a defined business problem by combining knowledge from several management subjects. You will frame a useful question, gather appropriate evidence and compare feasible responses. The final report explains the recommendation, implementation implications and limitations of the enquiry rather than claiming certainty.
Learning outcomes
- Frame a researchable business problem
- Analyse relevant evidence
- Defend a feasible recommendation
Main topics
- Problem definition
- Research ethics
- Evidence collection
- Analysis
- Recommendations
- Implementation evaluation
Practical task
Complete an individual business investigation and present the resulting improvement proposal.
Assessment
Assessment combines applied exercises, a documented case or practical portfolio and an individual written or oral explanation. Judgement considers technical accuracy, reasoning, evidence quality and the feasibility of recommendations.
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