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FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
100 Marks
4 Hours
EXAMINERS:
FIRST: MS MP Khanya
Ms GL Abrahams
SECOND: Prof EJ Nealer
This examination question paper consists of five (5) pages. (Annexure A excluded).
Instructions:
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of any cheating or plagiarism no mark will be allocated.
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invigilator cellphone application) will not be marked and no opportunity will be granted for resubmission.
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dishonest conduct during the examinations will be subjected to disciplinary processes. Students may
not communicate with other students, or request assistance from other students during examinations.
Plagiarism is a violation of academic integrity, and students who do plagiarise or copy verbatim from
published work will be in violation of the Policy on Academic Integrity and the Student Disciplinary Code
and may be referred to disciplinary hearing. Unisa has a zero tolerance for plagiarism and/or any other
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17. Each examination answer must be written in the form of an essay and has to include the following:
- Title page
- Table of contents
- Introduction
- Content discussion with relevant headings, subheadings, and examples
- Conclusion
- List of sources
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18. You have to:
- do in-text source referencing, for example – (Nqobile, Ntandoyenkosi & Mziwandile, 2019:
12-15); and
- add a complete list of sources, for example – Nqobile, Z., Ntandoyenkosi, M. and
Mziwandile, S. 2019. Housing as a basic human right: a reflection on South Africa.
Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development. 31(1): 1-18.
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