Management Of Public Service

1. Define and explain 'civil service' and 'public service'.
2. Trace the history of civil services in selected countries.
3. Differentiate personnel management in the public service and the private sector.
4. Articulate the functions of public personnel management.
5. Apply public personnel management principles in managing human resources.
6. Manage labor-management relations in organizations.

13 weeks, about 30 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Overview of Nigerian Public Service Operations

   • Unit 1: Evolution of the Nigerian Public Service · 2 hours

     Define public service, civil service, and parastatals.. Trace the historical evolution of the Nigerian public service.. Discuss the roles and functions of the public service in Nigeria..

2. Week 2Module 1: Overview of Nigerian Public Service Operations

   • Unit 2: Structure and Functions of Public Servants · 2 hours

     Explain the structure of the public service.. Describe the functions of public servants.. Discuss the problems of the public service, such as slow decision-making and politicization..

3. Week 3Module 1: Overview of Nigerian Public Service Operations

   • Unit 3: Interrelationships of Major Decrees in the Civil Service · 2 hours

     Differentiate between government acts and decrees.. List major decrees by the Federal Military Government.. Focus on Decree 43 of 1988 and its impact on the public service..

4. Week 4Module 1: Overview of Nigerian Public Service Operations

   • Unit 4: Roles and Functional Relationship between Public Office Holders and Civil Servants · 2 hours

     Explain the functions of government.. Clarify the relationship between political appointees and public servants.. List the functions of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation/State..

5. Week 5Module 1: Overview of Nigerian Public Service Operations

   • Unit 5: Management Techniques for Improving Public Service Performance · 2 hours

     Explain the management techniques for performance in the public service.. Identify aspects of decentralised administration in your organisation.. Apply the step by step approach to performance management..

6. Week 6Module 1: Overview of Nigerian Public Service Operations

   • Unit 6: Planning for Retirement · 2 hours

     Explain the concept of retirement.. State the conditions for retirement.. List the actions involved in preparing for retirement.. Discuss the highlights of the new pension scheme..

7. Week 7Module 2: Public Enterprises Management

   • Unit 1: Public Enterprises Management Concept · 2 hours

     Define public enterprises.. Trace the origin of public enterprises.. Justify the creation of public enterprises.. List the criteria for identifying public enterprises..

8. Week 8Module 2: Public Enterprises Management

   • Unit 2: Management of Public Enterprises · 2 hours

     Sketch the organizational structure of public enterprises.. List the sources of finance of public enterprises.. Explain the control functions of the key actors in the evaluation of public enterprises performance..

9. Week 9Module 2: Public Enterprises Management

   • Unit 3: Relationship between Board Members, and Chief Executives of Public Enterprises · 2 hours

     Categorize the types of boards.. Describe the relationship problems between board members and chief executives of public enterprises.. Identify strategies for improved relationship between board members and chief executives..

10. Week 10Module 2: Public Enterprises Management

    • Unit 4: Commercialisation of Public Enterprises · 2 hours

      Define commercialization.. Discuss the necessity for commercialization of public enterprises.. List the modalities for commercialization of public enterprises..

11. Week 11Module 2: Public Enterprises Management

    • Unit 5: Privatisation of Public Enterprises · 2 hours

      Define privatization.. List the factors that led to the emergence of privatization.. State the modalities for privatization.. Explain the problems of privatization in Nigeria..

12. Week 12Module 4: Motivational Techniques in the Public Service

    • Unit 1: Concept of Motivation · 2 hours

      Discuss the concept of motivation.. Explain Maslow's and Alderfer's Hierarchy of Needs.. Relate the theories to the Nigerian Public Service..

    • Unit 2: Maslow's and Alderfer's Hierarchy of Needs · 2 hours

      Explain the two factor theory of Herzberg.. List the hygiene variables of Herzberg's theory.. Enumerate the (motivators) of Herzberg's theory..

13. Week 13Module 4: Motivational Techniques in the Public Service

    • Unit 3: Frederick Herzberg's Motivation and Hygiene Factors · 2 hours

      Discuss McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y.. Explain the equality theory.. Relate this theory to happenings in the Nigeria public service..

    • Unit 4: Douglas McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y · 2 hours

      Explain the extrinsic motivation variables in the Nigerian Public Service.. Describe the intrinsic motivation variables in the Nigerian Public Service.. Explain the relationship between the motivation theories discussed earlier and the existing motivation factors in the Nigerian public service..