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NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY OF HUMAN SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT HONOURS
QUALIFICATION CODE: O08BPMH
LEVEL: 8
COURSE: Good Governance
DATE: January 2020
COURSE CODE: GDG821S
SESSION: 2"? Opportunity
DURATION: 3 Hours
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER(S)
SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
Dr. Johan Coetzee
Moperator: | Prof. Charles Keyter (UNAM)
INSTRUCTIONS
This is an Open Book Examination.
This examination paper consists of FOUR questions. Answer ALL FOUR.
Read the questions carefully.
Answer all questions in an essay format.
Number answers according to the numbering structure provided in the
examination question paper.
6.
Candidates will be penalised for incorrect spelling and illegible
handwriting.
THIS EXAMINATION PAPER CONSISTS OF 2 PAGES
(Including this front page)
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QUESTION 1
Creative and transparent leadership is critical for reducing corruption and for
creating good governance. You have attended a panel discussion on the topic
organised by the Namibia University of Science and Technology, Public Management
Student Society on 5 September 2019. Assess the panel discussion and synthesise
the outcome of the discussion in your own words.
(25)
QUESTION 2
According to Ackoff, Gharajedaghi and Coetzee, elites contribute to alienation,
polarisation and corruption in societies, especially in the privatised liberation
economy and corporatised liberation economy in Namibia and African as described
by Du Pisani. Describe why elites contribute to the said mentioned dysfunctional
situation. Identify and describe different types of elites with appropriate Namibian
examples to illustrate your answer. Recommend what can be done to reform and
transform the situation in Namibia.
(25)
QUESTION 3
Jim Collins in his book ‘Good to Great’, researched the 100 most successful
companies on the New York Stock Exchange over a period of decades. SEMCO, a
Brazilian company was transformed by Ricardo Semler, an iconoclastic systems
thinker ‘without a box’. The philosophy of Collins and Semler has several
characteristics in common. Describe these characteristics and apply it on the
Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) to demonstrate how NUST can
be reformed and transformed into an institution where culture is controlling the
institution and not so much inefficient and ineffective rules and regulations enforced
by management.
(25)
QUESTION 4
You have attended the Economic Association of Namibia’ (EAN) Conference on
Inequality on 6 September 2019 at the Safari Hotel. Explain why and how inequality,
poverty, corruption and development are interrelated and interdependent and how
to approach such systemic issues that cannot be addressed individually.
(25)
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