Leadership in Municipal Governance

Upon successful completion of the course, you should be able to:

• Establish and articulate future oriented perspectives, plans, policies and strategies in the context of markets, the economy, and state intervention.
• Appreciate the parameters for governance action and the manner in which leadership is best exercised within specific local government contexts.
• Collate information on local developments and analyse and interpret such information to make judgements.
• Use appropriate and contextually relevant oversight strategies and tools to monitor and evaluate the implementation of plans and programmes.

Status of certificate:

• As per the Council for Higher Education (CHE), a short course that does not carry credit towards a qualification on the HEQSF cannot be assigned and allocated NQF levels and credits.

• Short courses are short learning programmes offered by higher education institutions outside their formal structured undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and they, therefore, do not lead to qualifications on the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (HEQSF). They serve a range of social and educational purposes, including improving or refreshing participants’ knowledge and skills in a particular field, improving participants’ readiness for specific formal higher education programmes, continuing professional development, learning to use technology, personal fulfilment, social development and good citizenship, to mention a few. (https://www.che.ac.za/sites/default/files/publications/CHE%20Good%20Practice%20Guide%20September%202016%20PDF.pdf)

• You will receive a Certificate of Competence on successful completion of this course.

Module 1: GOVERNANCE AND OVERSIGHT 

This module provides participants with the ability to use appropriate and contextually relevant oversight strategies and tools to monitor and evaluate the implementation of municipal plans and programmes.

Module 2: POLICY, STRATEGY AND PLANNING

This module provides an exploration of future-oriented policies, plans strategies and practices. It incorporates an analysis of approaches that optimally establish a balance between current and future needs.

Module 3: LOCAL ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

This module provides learners with the ability to collate economic and finance information on local developments and analyse and interpret the information to make judgements on local economic and finance strategies.

Module 4: LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC VALUE

This module provides an assessment of leadership practices that facilitate the achievement of public value and specific results in complex local governance contexts, incorporating an analysis of leadership practices that enhance institutional performance. The module provides learners with the knowledge, skills and applied competence for the exercise of political leadership and assists in establishing the parameters for ethical leadership action at the local level.

Assessment methods:

• Individual and Group assessment = 25%
• Exam or exam equivalent = 75%

• Preferably an undergraduate qualification or equivalent at NQF6 and/or 3-5 years of relevant leadership experience.

The four modules will be delivered over five weeks in block release format. You will be required to attend class for four days a week, once a month, over a period of five months.

Start date: 8 April 2024

DELIVERY SITE

• ONSITE course delivery is at the Wits School of Governance located in Parktown, Johannesburg.
• OFFSITE deliveries are offered subject to the commitment of a minimum numbers of participants being registered for the course.
• ONLINE delivery will require the participant to have connectivity and devices.
• Please note that travel and accommodation will be at the cost of the students’ respective organisations.