NGO Education Survey

College: Management Sciences

Department: Public Administration

Courses:

PAD 312: Development Administration 

Development analysis-exploring the meaning and dimensions of development planning, Foreign trade setting, Environment of Development Administration, political economy, Administrative and socio-cultural factors affecting Government development efforts.Models of Economic Development strategies and policies of National Development.  

PAD 222: Economic and Social Development 

Classical and contemporary theories of development should be explored. Development planning and implementations, general aspects of economic growth, general aspects of social change with emphasis on the Nigerian experience. It will therefore, consists of: exposing students to development dynamics; exploring various theories of development-classical, neoclassical and modern; examining the linkage between economic growth and development; making students appreciate the linkage between the stage of Nigeria’s growth and development with historical/colonial circumstances; examining the Nigerian social setting and the inherent characteristics that require changes and demonstrating to students the rationale behind the processes of national development plan and implementation.  

PAD 431: Project Analysis and Management 

The inter-relationships between projects and development plans, the project cycle, different aspects of project appraisals such as economic, technical, organizational, managerial, cone and --financial, the methodology for social benefit cost analysis and criteria for project choice. Project environment, organizational aspects of project management and project management techniques such as PERT and CPM  

PAD 441:Civil Society Organization 

This course is aimed at developing the capabilities of students in the understanding of nongovernmental sector, developing their skills in the development of a project plan to funding agencies, to be conversant with management principles, and to be equipped with a sound understanding of the issues facing NGOs. Topics to be covered include: Introduction – Understanding NGOs, its strategies, structures and systems; Project development – definition of project objectives, etc, project management – identifying supporting team members, communication and documentation, etc; managing people (in the NGO); mobilizing and managing financial resources – fund raising, sources of NGO funds, etc; financial management in NGOs; analysis of key issues and challenges facing NGOs as development partners; managing for effective impact – M&E in NGO work, approaches to measuring impact, role of NGO managers, etc; Management Information system in the NGO sector – identifying the main issues in gathering and using information for accountability, learning and managing people, tracking; relations with stakeholders – sustainability, etc; and project evaluation – concluding the project.  

PAD 452: Gender Studies 

This course will examine the social, political and economic aspects of gender relations, and their relation to the development process. The course will also provide an introduction to tools of gender analysis which are used to influence policy decisions as well as gender – based barriers to the participation of woken in devilment. Topics to be covered include: Introduction to the Social Construction of Gender; Introduction to the Concept of Development; Women and development; Mainstreaming gender in development policy; Economic, political and social contexts of gender discriminations; Women, work and the global economy; Education and equal opportunity; Globalisation and economic restructuring; Tools and framework of gender analysis and gender planning.