UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA CENTRE FOR EXTERNAL STUDIES ...

Module DescriptionThis is an introductory module in Business Management. Specific topics would include an introduction to business management andentrepreneurship, the different types of business and the business environment will be discussed. A general discussion of principles ofgeneral management, which would include all different functions, such as planning, organizing, leading and controlling will be a part ofthis course. An introduction to operations management and financial management are part of this course.Psychology of Work and Labour RelationsHPSI3731NQF level: 7 Credits: 16 Module assessment: CA (60%) Examination (40%) - 1x3 hours paperPrerequisites: NoneModule Description:Students will become familiar with the psychological meaning of work, especially as this pertains to employment/unemployment, workand time, work and stress, work motivation, job attitudes and satisfaction, and the psychological impact of new technologies. In addition,students will learn about the processes and issues of labour relations such as cooperation and conflict between work parties, collectivebargaining, negotiation and dispute resolution.Public Policy 1CPPP3771NQF level: 7 Credits: 16 Module assessment: CA (50%) Examination (50%) - 1x3 hours paperPrerequisites: NoneModule DescriptionThe module seeks to inculcate in students a sense of appreciation of the need and the complexity of [public] policy process; and toprovide an understanding of policy theories and conceptual framework and rationale; to facilitate academic discussions on policyfunctions, processes, scope, domains and arena, levels, quality of actors, and the instruments for implementation and evaluation; and therole of public policy in national development and international co-existence.Social ProblemsHSOG3552NQF level: 5 Credits: 16 Module assessment: CA (60%) Examination (40%) - 1x3 hours paperPrerequisites: NoneModule DescriptionThis module shall analyse various key social problems with the goal of determining sociological causes and policy solutions. Subjectsdiscussed include poverty and inequality, crime, HIV/AIDS, violence in the media, alcohol abuse, the land issue, impact of globalisationand technology and society students must also produce an original research project based on one of the above stated or a related socialproblem.Social PsychologyHPSG3532NQF level: 5 Credits: 16 Module assessment: CA (60%) Examination (40%) - 1x3 hours paperPrerequisites: NoneModule DescriptionThis module gives a student an understanding of the social basis of behaviour in a multicultural society. Students will become familiarwith concepts such as the self in a social world; social beliefs and judgments; attitudes; types of social influence; group behaviour andinfluence; leadership and decision-making; prejudice and discrimination; aggression; affiliation, attraction and love; pro-social behaviour.Sociology of DevelopmentHSOG3632NQF level: 6 Credits: 16 Module assessment: CA (50%) Examination (50%) - 1x3 hours paperPrerequisites: NoneModule Description:Key theories, themes and case studies on social and economic development will be introduced to the student with the intention ofexplaining the causes of underdevelopment and, alternatively, successful development. Classical, modernisation, dependency,organizational, regulationist and post-material theories will be critically examined. Historical dimensions of development will be included inrelation to: rise of industrial societies; colonial impacts; the emergence of the global economy. Themes will be: measuring developmentand poverty, international aid, Asian economies including China, population, urbanization and migration, politics and development, NGOand inter-governmental assistance, sustainable development. These will be applied to Namibian contexts, including explanations andsolutions to restricted development in the African continent. Group work will be undertaken.217