Study Unit

Outcomes

Assessment Criteria

MODULE 1 (120301):

FORMULATE AND EVALUATE PUBLIC SECTOR POLICIES AND REGULATIONS

At the end of the learning cycle, the learners will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• 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

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Explain the role of parliament in relation to formulating public sector acts and policies.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Clarify the role of the executive outlying the specific responsibilities.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Support the functioning of government is with examples.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

Identify the different spheres of government and their levels of interaction and cooperation for service delivery are described with examples.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

Classify and describe with examples the tools and processes that government use to design and implement acts and policies.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6

Clarify the process for formulating, submitting, promulgating and implementing acts within the public sector in relation to the public sector manager's role.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 7

Describe the process for designing and implementing public sector policies is as it relates to the various acts that are promulgated.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Identify and explain the steps used to make public policy with respect to public policy formulation in South Africa.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Utilise different communication strategies for communicating results of a policy analysis process to show the link between public policy and economic policy dichotomy.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Identify and review selected policy issues to indicate their origin and resource requirements for their implementation.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

Apply the concept of economic efficiency to verify, define and detail policy problems.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

Discuss policy problems and ways to achieve desirable outcomes.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Select and use a different criterion to evaluate policy alternatives.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Define and use criteria to evaluate generic policy instruments in South Africa.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Evaluate policy alternatives with reference to specific policy problems and results presented.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Identify and consider different categories of costs and benefits in an evaluation of specific policy options.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Utilise qualitative variables in conjunction with costs to make policy recommendations.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Select and use techniques for financial decision-making to evaluate different policy alternatives.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

Identify with examples individuals, organisations, and other factors that act to impede effective implementation of selected policy options.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

Identify and describe steps required to increase the possibility of effective implementation of selected policy options in reports prepared to guide management.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Apply different ethical principles and concepts in the design and analysis of public policy instruments.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Utilise tensions between positive and normative analysis to understand policy implementation issues.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Appreciate and consider The difficulties of quantifying preferences and values in policy choices in evaluating policy alternatives.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

Explain tension between individual and collective choices with reference to alternative approaches to policy analysis and design

MODULE 2 (230448):

CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS ORGANISATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT

At the end of the learning cycle, the learners will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Relevant legislation and policies and sources.
• The impact of historical, social, political and economic developments on policy formulation.
• The relationships between legislation, policies, and allocation of resources.
• The nature and purpose of policies.
• Models of policy.
• The articulation and role of policies.
• Processes of policy formulation and quality criteria for policy.
• Steps in policy development and principles of policy design.
• Sectors or groups whose interests are most served and sectors or groups that are ignored or marginalised.
• Policy evaluation perspectives.
• Feasibility of policies.
• Policy biases.
• Techniques that contribute to policy development.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Identify all relevant sources of legislation and policies for specific contexts.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Classify Components/elements of legislation and policies accurately.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Describe relevant legislation and policies in terms of the impact of historical, social, political and economic developments on their formulation.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

Pinpoint accurately Elements of legislation and policies that impact on specific contexts and the impact is described in terms of specific examples from such contexts.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Define the relationships between legislation, policies, and allocation of resources based on specific policy development concepts.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Define the nature and purpose of policies for specific organisation contexts.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Identify accurately and explain with examples models of policy from specific contexts.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

Explain with examples The articulation and role of policies from specific contexts.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

Describe the identified processes in terms of quality criteria for policy.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6

Distinguish accurately the steps in policy development and principles of policy design.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Portray accurately the purpose of relevant policies.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Distinguish accurately sectors or groups whose interests are most served and sectors or groups that are ignored or marginalised by specific policies.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Evaluate policies against context requirements.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

Determine the feasibility of policies in terms of logistics, resources, attitudinal barriers and characteristics of the target group/s.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

Describe identified policy biases based on verifiable evidence.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Distinguish techniques accurately.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Confirm that selected techniques are appropriate for specific contexts and meet available resource requirements.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Consult all relevant stakeholders and their representatives according to agreed procedures.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

Check that consultation and meetings meet stakeholder requirements.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

Record and disseminate information generated in an accessible format and according to agreed procedures.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6

Present Contributions to all relevant stakeholders, and integrate feedback as agreed.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 7

Make contributions within specific areas of authority to specified persons/organisations according to agreed procedures.