College of Business and Economics Annual Report 2017 70 The SPMGP was the most productive school in the College conducting seven credits per SLU. The School contributed to disseminate knowledge of master’s and doctoral students and supervisors co-authored five published articles with postgraduate students. TALENT MANAGEMENT The SPMGP is resourced with the equivalent of 11 Senior Lecturer Units (SLUs). A SLU is the salary budget of the SoE divided by the average salary of a Senior Lecturer in the College and provides for interpretation of productivity across the College. Of all academic staff, 55% represent designated groups and 22% having been recruited internationally. Within the SPMGP, women of African, Indian or Coloured origin represent 40% of all academic staff. About 56% of the SPMGP academic staff holds doctorates. Workload stands at 82 full-time equivalents per SLU, which is far more than the College average of 54 and indicates a shortage of academic staff. The SPMG has one permanent administrator for approximately 1 400 students on SWC and APK that indicates a severe shortage compared to the other schools in the College. Undergraduate output is recorded at 22 graduates per Senior Lecturer Unit (College average = 14), honours and postgraduate diplomas at 12 graduates per Senior Lecturer Unit (College = 4), master’s at 0,45 (College average = 0,60) and doctoral output at 0,18 (College average at 0,04). Overall, staff support at undergraduate and postgraduate level is required. SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS Projects on transformation largely included capacity-building initiatives aimed at bringing about greater access in certain disciplines. Some important programmes here include the following CEPs that are offered by the Centre in the SPMGP: The Higher Certificate in Municipal Governance (Level 5) and the Advanced Certificate in Municipal Governance (Level 6) that provide an entry for students to the second year of the BA Public Management and Governance on SWC. The School of Leadership on SWC offers four CEPs as an entry to the PGDiP in Public Policy and African Studies. These two units in the SPMGP achieved national recognition as very successful government advisory and training institutions to build on best practices and establish better governance and management nationally and in Africa. Over 500 municipal, provincial and national elected political leaders and officials from various departments and positions such as administration officers, deputy directors, financial officials, municipal managers, councillors, members of Parliament and mayors completed these CEPs in 2017. Moreover, it is envisaged that the PGDip and online Master’s in Public Management and Governance could support wider transformation in South Africa (especially in areas where higher education is not easily accessible), provide a platform to enhance their postgraduate education and build the country and continent’s knowledge capabilities. In addition, this programme is aligned with UJ’s commitment to grow postgraduate studies at an advanced level. In addition to the above online programme the Centre for PMG developed curricula focusing on local governance in South Africa and Africa for two new distance education programmes to be offered online from 2018: the Higher Certificate in Local Governance and Management at NQF Level 5 and the Advanced Certificate in Local Governance at NQF Level 6.
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