Senior Management Development Programme
Senior Management Development Programme
Module 1: Good Governance in Namibia
Module Outcomes
When you have completed this Module, you will be able to:
Analyze the Governance Framework in the Namibian Public Sector and Design Appropriate Measures for Improvement and Implementation
Take the lead in the design and implementation of a moral and ethical framework for the Public Sector capable of promoting moral effective accountability
Assessing, comparing and analysing diverse challenges and values against objective and impartial ethical and governance standards
Module Contents:
Learning Unit 1: Good Governance in the Public Sector
The Namibian State: Development and Current Realities
Namibia in the Global Context
Africa’s need for a developmental state
The Namibian Public Service
Namibian Regional and Local Government
State Owned Enterprises
Stakeholders Management
The Namibian Participatory Dispensation
Stakeholder Analysis
Intergovernmental Relations in Namibia
Corporate Governance Framework
Namcode
Whats in the NamCode?
The NamCode and Corporate Law
Focus Areas:
Internal Audit
Risk Management
IT Governance
Compliance
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Stakeholder Management
Boards of Directors
Audit Committees
Accountability
Accountability in Governance
Parliamentary Oversight
Learning Unit 2: Ethical Considerations in Public Sector Management
Standards of Behaviour for Public Servants
Role of Values in Governance
Factors in promoting public service professionalism and ethics
Obstacles to public service professionalism and ethics
Ethics
Learning Unit 3: Ethical and Governance Standards
Right to Obtain Access to Official Information
Ethics and Corruption
Laws and Statutory Frameworks addressing ethics and corruption
Right to Obtain Access to Official Information
Right to Procedural Fairness
Integrity Testing
Responsibilities of Citizens in Dealing with Public Bodies
Human Resource Management Reform
The Good Governance Framework
Ethics in Governance
Module 2: Strategic Analysis & Action
Module Outcomes:
After conclusion of this Module, you will be able to:
Exercise strategic leadership for sustained organisational development
Utilise Outcomes-based public management principles and applications to achieve government’s national development priorities and strengthen institutional controls
Assessing the competence of the participant to analyse and interpret the trustworthiness, compliance and implications of municipal M&E systems and processes, and the results produced by such systems and processes
Use the principles and systems of Enterprise Risk Management to strengthen institutional planning and control
Module Contents:
Learning Unit 1: Management in the Public Sector
What is Creativity?
Strategies for Increasing your Creativity and Innovation
Innovation
Intrapreneurship
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Entrepreneurial Government
Learner Unit 2: Strategic Planning & Outcome-based Management
Scenario Planning
Scenario Planning Approach
Outcomes-based Management
SWOT Analysis
Values & Culture
Vision and Mission
Formulate Strategic Objectives
Regional and Local Government Planning in Namibia
Organisational Development
Change Management
Learning Unit 3: Monitoring and Evaluation
Learner Unit 4: Enterprise Risk Management
Nature and impact of risk
Principles of risk management
Review of ISO 31000
Achieving the benefits of ERM
Planning and designing
Risk management responsibilities
Implementing and benchmarking
Measuring and monitoring
Learning and reporting
Monitor risk performance
Risk management checklist
Module 3: Organisational Management
Module Outcomes
When you have completed this Module, you will be able to:
Manage employee relationships – and development to strengthen organisational capacity to deliver on the Namibian national and government priorities
Provide strategic leadership in a public sector context through to strengthen public sector institutions and ensure sustainable development
To improve the information generating and application capacities of public sector institutions to strengthen decision-making and communication abilities
Module Contents:
Learner Unit 1: Management in the Public Sector
o Integrating business strategy with human resource strategy
Strategic human resource management model
Formulating human resource policies
Specific human resource policies
Employment Equity in Namibia
Affirmative action in the civil service
Increasing Importance of Employee Development Planning
Learner Unit 2: Strategic Leadership and Organisational Development
Emotional Intelligence
Understanding and Developing Emotional Intelligence
Diversity Management
Required Tools for Managing Diversity
Some actions to consider to improve on managing diversity
Performance Management in the Public Sector
The Nature of Performance Management and Measurement
Self-appraisals: the next stage in performance evaluations
Conducting Appraisals
Improving Service Delivery
Conflict of Interests in the Public Sector
Presentation Skills in the Workplace
Learner Unit 4: Communication, Information and Knowledge Management
Communication
Strategic Communications Management
Strategic Communication in Government
Knowledge Management
5 Module 3: Policy,- Financial, - and Programme Management
Module Outcomes
When you have completed this Module, you will be able to:
Analyse and apply the principles of Public Policy Making to improve service delivery and the public services’ capacity to achieve the objectives of Vision 2030
Conduct Financial Planning and Budgeting in the context of the prioritisation of services and resources to promote sustainable development
Implement Change Management in the context of organisational development, the need to pro-actively deals with organisational conflict and promote the development agenda of government
Take the lead in a Programme Management framework that promotes effective and efficient management of individual projects
Module Contents:
Policy Making and Development: A Reading
Learning Guide 2: Strategic Financial Management
Financial Accountability
Process for Public Financial Accountability
Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF)
Performance Budgets
Performance Based Budgeting allocates resources based on service performance
PBB supports government accountability in the allocation of limited resources.
Performance Based Budget Implementation
Evaluating Results
Supply Chain Management
Learning Unit 3: Strategic Leadership and Organisational Development
Change Management
Organisational Change Management: A Reading
Conflict Management
Learning Unit 3: Programme and Project Management
Getting Started in Program Management
Tips for Successful Program Management
Project Management
Manage Projects within the Scope of Organisational Strategy
Time Estimating
Time Control
Project Cost & Budgets
Activity-Based Costing In Project Management
Tracking Performance and Variances
Manage Project Performance
Project Risk Management
Target Audience
The Senior Management Development Programme (SMDP) is designed for senior managers according to the structures of Central, Regional and Local Authorities as well as Public Enterprises. In this context, senior managers refer to the cohort that fills the positions higher than the middle management positions (e.g. in the context of central government, it would include: Deputy Directors and Directors). Participants to this programme will be able to use knowledge and skills acquired as a basis for further capacity building in the Executive Development Programme (EDP).
Investment Costs
The cost of attending the SMDP is N$18 000,- which is delivered in block release over a period of four (4) weeks.
The programme costs exclude lunch and refreshments.
METHOD OF PAYMENT
Personally at NIPAM
Or: Direct Deposit
First National Bank Namibia
Account Name: NIPAM
Account Number: 62 24 23 36 635
Branch Code: 281 872,
Branch Name: Corporate
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION & PAYMENT
The receipt of a provisional admission letter / email from NIPAM should facilitate the procedure for obtaining a purchase order (PO).
The PO should be provided to NIPAM upon registration and must be paid within 30 days after commencement of the programme / course.
Please kindly note that: A 100% cancellation fee will be charged on any cancellations made.
Enquires: EDP, SMDP & MMDP FP Ms Grizell Beukes Emilia (Muna) Leonard +264-61-2964711 +264-61-2964763 gbeukes@nipam.na eleonard@nipam.na