Module Code - Title:
PO5182
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DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE AND PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
Year Last Offered:
2024/5
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module is designed to furnish participants with an understanding of approaches to development in practice and the demands and challenges facing practitioners. It will establish the political context in which development practice is located; identify the key actors, national and international; and examine processes of development policy-making, implementation and programme management in context.
Syllabus:
The first section will explore the implications for management arising from the growing emphasis on 'good governance' and the implications of these for bureaucracy and civil society organisations. It will explore the influence of trends in New Public Management (NPM) and the importance of institutional factors in the policy and programme management context. Section 2 will look at two different aspects of national development planning. Students will be encouraged to reflect on the relationships between different levels of policy and programme management.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
1. Identify and explain the different levels of governance relevant to policy and programme management
2. Explore both conceptual and practical issues of policy and programme management
3. Demonstrate a proficiency in advanced library and information-gathering skills
4. Demonstrate an advanced proficiency in planning and writing essays.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Question the assumptions and logic of the main approaches to programme management.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Seminars will be used to discuss the main ideas, and for the organisation of team exercises. There will also be in-class assignments and an essay.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Hughes, O. (1994)
Public Management and Administration: An Introduction
, London: Palgrave
Lewis, D. R. (2001)
Management of NGOs: an Introduction
, London: Routledge
Turner, M and D. Hulme (1997)
Governance, Administration and Development
, London: Macmillan Press.
Other Relevant Texts:
Kirkpatrick et al. (eds) (2002)
Handbook on Development Policy and Management
, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
Grindle, M. S. and Thomas, J.W. (1991)
Linking Theory and Practice, Public Choices and Policy Change: The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries.
, Baltimore and London: John Hopkins University Press.
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Spring
Module Leader:
chris.g.mcinerney@ul.ie