SPS offers a variety of professional seminars, designed to enhance the capabilities of South Sudan’s public servants. These programs also provide a unique opportunity for participants to strengthen their professional networks and to learn from each other’s experiences. Past seminars include:
Change Management – Good ideas are not enough when it comes to making changes in the public sector. No matter how technically sound, well-designed, or beneficial a reform may be, it will be difficult to implement if your stakeholders aren’t on-board. Change management is a structured approach you can use to help stakeholders understand, support, and prepare for change. During this seminar, students will learn how to “ripen” ideas; how identify, assess, and engage key stakeholders; how to craft strategies for involving and communicating with stakeholders; and how to counter resistance from “spoilers” and other reluctant stakeholders.
Business Process Reengineering – Sound business processes are essential to any organization’s success. They include the steps followed to conduct business, to make decisions, and to produce things. They are key to good service delivery. If your organization’s business processes aren’t working – or if they are unclear, too burdensome, or take too long – processes reengineering can help. In this seminar students will learn how to identify the key components of a business process, how to develop process maps, and how to improve processes through business process reengineering (BPR).
Ethics in the Public Sector – Public servants in South Sudan are regularly confronted with ethical challenges – situations where they must decide whether or not to do the “right” thing. In this seminar participants will discuss a series of true-life ethical challenges drawn from actual experiences. Through these case studies, participants will also develop an approach to resolving ethical challenges consistent with the high standards expected of public servants.
For information on our seminars, please contact us at SchoolofPublicService.UofJ@gmail.com.