Competency Profiles as Basis for Course Design of the MA in Transformational Urban
Course: TUL560 TUL560 Economics for Urban Poor Workers

Competency Skill Knowledge Value Character
407
Understands the benefits of small have the ability to explain Understands the benefits of small

business development using a micro- those benefits to poor slum business development using a

enterprise funding model and have the dwellers and encourage saving micro-enterprise funding model

ability to explain those benefits to poor and wise financial management

slum dwellers and encourage saving and among the urban poor.

wise financial management among the

urban poor.
333
Understands the benefits of small Interpret economic indicators, Critically evaluate the means of

business development using a micro- read financial statements, fostering entrepreneurship and

enterprise funding model and have the understand simple book- innovation, enunciate business

ability to explain those benefits to poor keeping and banking concepts goals and objectives and

slum dwellers and encourage saving and and evaluate the viability of formulate strategic plans for

wise financial management among the small business ventures specific small business ventures

urban poor.
408
Interpret economic indicators, read Interpret economic indicators, read

financial statements, understand simple financial statements, understand

book-keeping and banking concepts and simple book-keeping and banking

evaluate the viability of small business concepts and evaluate the

ventures, develop strategies to respond viability of small business

to business life cycles ventures, develop strategies to

respond to business life cycles
409
Report on the viability and income Report on the viability and income

earning potential of three micro- earning potential of three micro-

enterprise projects given out as case enterprise projects given out as

studies, or investigated in a slum case studies, or investigated in a

community if possible and with slum community if possible and

permission of the micro-enterprise with permission of the micro-

enterprise entrepreneurs.
410
Relate well to a slum community, find Relate well to a slum

budding entrepreneurs and critically community, find budding

evaluate processes of fostering entrepreneurs and critically

entrepreneurship and innovation, evaluate processes of

enunciate business objectives and fostering entrepreneurship and

formulate strategic plans for specific innovation, enunciate business

objectives and formulate

strategic plans for specific
100
Demonstrates moral integrity Honesty
102
Knows Biblical ethical principles and Biblical ethics in host culture and

applies them own culture
106
Values and practices honesty, justice Has managed finances within a Can verbalise the issues of Values honesty, justice Honest and just

and integrity project or church in such a integrity required in management and integrity

way that accountability and of finances for a church or project

integrity have been manifest.
196
Is qualified in a marketplace vocational Is qualified in a marketplace

skill or profession vocational skill or profession
115
Has proven workplace skills Has proven workplace skills

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