SH232 GMGR6014 KUMP AB RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This is a workshop-oriented course in social science research, with particular emphasis in public administration. This course introduces basic skills in conceptualizing research problems, constructing hypotheses, and developing appropriate methods of data collections both in quantitative and qualitative designs.
Lecturer: Dr. Sakinah Binti Muslim -
SH232 GMGF5043 KUMP B ECONOMICS ANALYSIS FOR POLICY DECISIONS
This course aims to equip the managers with an overview of relevant economic issues in a private and public context. Starting with an exposition of the fundamental economic concepts and examining the workings of the market system. Different market structures and their impact on organizations are reviewed. Relevant aspects of the macroeconomic are introduced with a focus on public & private impact and decision-making. Specific problems like inflation, growth, and the control of business cycles will be addressed. This is followed by an exposition of international economic issues. The course ends with a research activity that will pull all the course strands together and prepare students fully for the assessment. Various macroeconomic tools will be used to analyze how government policy measures in regulating and planning to overcome economic imbalance will be discussed. By the end of the course, the student should be able to evaluate macroeconomic arguments in the economic situation critically and to understand the nature of economic policy issues at the conceptual level.
SH232 GMGA5014 KUMP AB PUBLIC POLICY
Government has to deal with every aspect of life of the citizens. In most circumstances, those functions involve governments decision, whether to do, or otherwise. All governments decisions are known as public policy for they all meant to serve the wellness and the wellbeing of the greatest number of people. Governments policies are measured by effectiveness, obtained through analyses on social, political and economic factors. This course focuses on the public policy process in Malaysia and other countries, and concentrates on how potential ideas for governments actions are translated from concepts into reality. This course will examine both the policy process at the federal (national) level and policymaking by state governments and its subsidiary units. Students are presumed to have some prior background in public policy, either through employment or prior study.
Lecturer: Dr. Nor Azizah Binti Zainal Abidin -