BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF AIMS AND CONTENT
• To enable the student to understand the concept of Organization and related concepts including organization structure, parts of a complex organization, etc;
•To enable the student to define the part of an organization, organization structure, organization coordination mechanisms, etc;
•To enable the student to understand the types of organizations and their characteristics;
•To enable the student to understand and critically analyzedominant organization theories including the rational model, the behavioral, the contingent model, the resource dependence theory, the new-institutional theory, etc;
• To develop in the student the ability to understand complex organization behaviors;
• To familiarize students with the analysis of complex organizations;
• To familiarize students with the analysis complex decision making in public institutions.
The module covers two main aspects in its field: firstly, it deals with concepts of entrepreneurship, project and project planning and M&E. Secondly, it covers practical skills needed to conceptualize an entrepreneurial idea, develop a sustainable project, implement it and conduct its monitoring and evaluation.
The course seeks to examine Identity, development & Conflict across three broad areas
Why conflicts emerge, students will be exposed to the discourse as it evolved—identity, ethnicity religion, greed vs. grievance and challenges to these debates, especially in the face of contemporary protracted conflict which do not easily fit into the “causes of conflict” discourses that emerged with the rise of “new wars” in the 1990s. The role of state fragility and failure as a cause of and role in prolonging conflict will also be considered. In doing so, students will also begin to consider the overlap between the causes and consequences of conflict and violence, especially in protracted crises. Moving into the second half of the term, students also consider
The impact of protracted and widespread violence upon development prospects and human security, in particular wide-ranging social and economic consequences of conflict and the relationship between conflict and vulnerability; finally, the module will examine
How the international community responds to such complex emergencies considering both the rhetoric and practice of humanitarian responses to conflict and the challenges facing conflict-affected countries attempting to transition into post-war and recovery. Throughout the term, students will be asked to consider both academic discourses and case study examples. The course will also demonstrate that Africa can extricate itself from all kinds of poverty only if it works to be self reliant, accepting assistance on its own terms.