Diploma in Business Studies

The programme is designed to reflect an approach to develop the professional competencies, attitudes and values of officers of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in their managerial capacity building and emphasize the acquisition of measurable skills, knowledge and attitudes and demonstrate importance and relevance to professional law enforcement.

Learning Outcomes

• To enable police managers to acquire and develop, appropriate managerial competence, knowledge, skills, attitudes and values in order to effectively deal with the issues, problems and dilemmas of a dynamic policing environment.
• To enable managers to relate their working situations to the local, regional and international environment.
• To create a sustainable and dynamic leadership capacity within the Zimbabwe Republic Police.
• To build the institutional capacity and organisational culture through which professional and leadership skills and competencies will be acquired.

Modules

LEVEL 1.1

Code             Module Description

SMDP101      Management of Societal & Organisational Behaviour

SMDP102      Management Information Systems

SMDP103      Communication Skills

SMDP104      Crime Management***

SMDP105      Research and Innovation

SMDP200      Work Related Learning

LEVEL 1.2

Code             Module Description

SMDP106      Strategic Human Resource Management

SMDP107      Entrepreneurship and Service Marketing

SMDP108      Financial Accounting

SMDP109      Contemporary Policing***

SMDP110      Corporate Governance and Business Law

SMDP200      Work Related Learning

LEVEL 2.1

Code             Module Description

SMDP201      Research and Innovation Project