FE233 GMGM5093 KUMP A HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC SECTOR
Human Capital Management (HCM) is an integrated effort to manage and develop human capabilities to achieve a significantly higher level of performance. It is a central and strategic organizational activity of increasing complexity and importance. Thus, Human Capital Management in Public Sector course focuses on skills and knowledge to manage people within an organization to be efficient and effective in their work. In particular, this course covers the range of HCM activities all managers need to understand: strategic and legal issues, staffing, recruitment and selection, performance management, training and development, compensation, labor relations, and contemporary issues related to Human Capital Management in the public sector. The course takes a practical view that integrates the contributions of the behavioral sciences with the technical aspects of implementing the HCM function in the real world.
Lecturer: Dr. Sakinah Binti Muslim -
FE233 GMGM5024 KUMP A STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS
"This course focuses on strategic management and leadership in the public sectors of democratic societies. It critically examines and applies the assumptions, concepts and tools of the new approaches to public management that are being applied around the world. It presents a broad analytic approach to the problems that managers face and aims at the development of integrated strategies for improving performance in solving serious problems in the public sphere. It should complement specialized courses that focus in more detail on the particular tools that managers use, and should help students integrate the knowledge they have gained from their experience and from previous course work. Important strategic aspects that will be examined in the course include: the importance of strategy in the public sector, an overview of strategies concepts and issues, the strategic management process, useful support technique and strategy in practices with case study and innovation in public sector."
FE233 GMGM5014 KUMP A PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
The course is aimed at introducing students to the concept of public organization and management. Throughout the course, students will explore some underlying theories related to the application of public management practices which will guide students to better understand and conceptualize the intellectual framework of how, when, and why public organizations are designed, what are their functions, and who will evaluate, check and balance the power of public organizations. Students will also be exposed to some knowledge of concepts and principles of organizational management that support the discussions on public organizations. Involvement by students in the form of open discussions, and critical and analytical views is highly encouraged and seminar presentation will be part of the conduct of the class.
FE233 GMGA5014 KUMP A 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.