Faculty Booklet - The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine ...

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P O S T G R A D U A T E R E G U L A T I O N S & S Y L L A B U S E S 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3
THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
SEMESTER: 3 (SUMMER)
COURSE CODE: MGMT 6103
COUrSE TITLE: OrgANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUr AND
DEVELOPMENT
NO. OF CREDITS: 3
COUrSE DESCrIPTION: This course allows for an in-depth
understanding of how human behaviour in organisations
(particularly, Public Service organisations in both Commonwealth
and English speaking Caribbean countries) influences and
is influenced by organisational policy and strategy, human
resource management policy and practice and external
environmental factors.
The issues addressed in the course will take account of the
changing global environment and the modes of adaptation
by individual and groups, bearing in mind the organisational
and people goals, needs and interests. Specific attention will
be paid to the opportunities and challenges for small island
development states in the Caribbean as a result of globalisation
and the need to ‘think global, while acting local’.
Assessment:
Coursework – 40%
Final Examination 60%
YEAR: 2
SEMESTER: 1
COURSE CODE: PSMA 6001
COURSE TITLE: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NO. OF CREDITS: 3
COUrSE DESCrIPTION: People are vital to economic and
social development. The skills, expertise and attitudes of
the workforce are prerequisite for an organisation’s ability
to adapt to a changing environment. Investing in human
capital through the human resource management function
in public sector management, offers long-term benefits to the
population through improved economic growth; productivity
and competitiveness; social and economic development;
better employment and career prospects; better income and
quality of life; and equality of opportunities. Human resource
management also helps public sector employees to be more
flexible and mobile, able to adapt to pervasive technological
and structural changes in today’s globalised world.
Assessment:
Coursework – 40%
Final Examination 60%
YEAR: 2
SEMESTER: 1
COURSE CODE: PSMA 6104
COURSE TITLE: ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT
NO. OF CREDITS: 3
COUrSE DESCrIPTION: Public, Not-for-Profit and Private
(Commercial) entities all need to report key stakeholders on
their financial and economic activities. They also need financial
information to facilitate efficient and effective management of
their resources in the pursuit of strategic objectives (desired
outcomes). This course focuses on issues in Public Sector
Accounting and examines contemporary issues in the field.
Emphasis will be placed on aspects of financial and managerial
accounting that are critical for the effective discharge of
the planning, decision-making, control and performance
evaluation functions of senior public officers. The course also
explores elements of both Public Service Accounting and State
Enterprises Accounting including: the nature and purpose
of financial and managerial accounting, and the accounting
systems of state enterprises, central and local government and
similar bodies, public sector auditing, and emerging issues in
public sector management.
Assessment:
Coursework – 40%
Final Examination 60%
YEAR: 2
SEMESTER: 2
COURSE CODE: PSMA 6004
COURSE TITLE: POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT
NO. OF CREDITS: 3
COUrSE DESCrIPTION: The course examines the way in which
public policy is made and implemented. It explores the major
debates, both theoretical and applied, that frame contemporary
discussions about administrative management processes of
public policy making, and examines the impact of competing
conceptions, normative perspectives and methods on concepts
such as governance, globalisation ethics/corruption, privatisation,
efficiency, effectiveness, the new public management and other
public administration issues.
Assessment:
Coursework – 40%
Final Examination 60%