courses

Introduction to development studies, basic definition of concepts, major theories & history of development thoughts, development indicators – GNP, per capita income, social indicators, e.t.c., relationship of economics, politics, history, demography & technology with development concepts.
Problems of development, selected cases in developing, transitional and developed countries.

The nature & practice of management, the relationship between management & development, function & process of management, managerial skill in development, managing group & team, conflict management, management of change, leadership and development management in NGO, CBO,Civil Society
Groups, Development Agencies, case studies.

Verbal and non-verbal communcation, skills applied to work with individuals, families and groups, historical concept of communication, traditional and early view of communication in rural settings.
Differences in communication based on age culture & language.
Behaviour and perception, organizational communication, mass media and development, ethics and approach in communication. Audiovisual aids and the use of information technology, Public Relations.

Introduction to Nigeria culture & society, ancient and modern culture, the influence of foreign culture in Nigeria development.
Cultutre expression in languages, dresses, foods, housing, settlement, belief system e.t.c
Culture & Tourism, selected cases on Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani, Edo e.t.

Nature and types of development projects, public & private sector projects, effective project management in development, projects initiation, planning, selection, assessment and control. Team building in project development, project organization, matrix structure, role and culture. Quality management, project appraisal techniques and cost benefit analysis.

Introduction to research methodology, basic issues in research methods, statistical tools used in research methods, techniques, process and procedure for research methods, the need for research in development administration literature review, writing the research report, problems of research methods and findings   Introduction to Q.T linear programming, transportation and assignment, network analysis, game theory and decision theory

Introduction to policy & development, public and private sector policies,
theories of policy making, system theory, elite theory and incremental theories,
means of generating relative policy formation, policy issues, policy process and analysis.
Policy monitoring and evaluation techniques, comparative development policies for
both developed and developing countries, problems of policy in Nigeria.

The nature of entrepreneurship, the entrepreneur environment, innovation and entrepreneurship, micro small and medium scale enterprises(MSMSE), government and entrepreneurship.
The entrepreneur profile, forms of business plans, sustaining the venture, sources of
finance and early venture management, ending the venture.
The roles of development finance institutions, development agencies, NGO in entrepreneurship, case studies.

Basic concept in human resource development, Human resource planning,
recruitment, selection, placement, retention and seperation policy, job analysis and evaluation.
Job designs, organizing and leadership.
Training and development, welfare, safety and health issues, motivation and reward system, performance appraisal system, case studies.

Theories of community development, introductory analysis of community
structure, policy and decision making, relation of community with other systems, the models of community power,
techniques of community development, the impact of economy, social, cultural and
geography on community development, concept of rural and urban development.

Introduction to public relation, basic
component of community relations, types of community – rural, urban and international.
Tools of community relations, community relation strategies, relationship of the community with other systems.

Nature and types of development projects, public & private sector projects,
effective project management in development, projects initiation, planning, selection, assessment and control. Team building in project development, project organization, matrix structure, role and culture. Quality management, project appraisal techniques and cost benefit analysis.

Definition of basic concept in marketing, the relationship between production and marketing, marketing research and intelligence marketing concept, marketing
mix-price, product, promotion, place, packaging, market segmentation, marketing strategy, international marketing.
Integrated Marketing Communication (MIC), Sales-force Management

Meaning, nature and scope of development economics, the concept of growth and development. Economic development indicators.
Human development index, international development finance institutions, World Bank Group, IMF, ADB, ECOWAS, e.t.c
Public revenue and expenditures, the public debt – domestic and external.
Current and emarging issues in public financial management, fiscal responsibility and accountability.

Family value and roles on gender, family as an institution, types of family, the family structure in Nigeria, changing nature of the family structure and it’s impact on gender.
Family roles and influence on children, sex, division and neutral sex upbringing.
Role emphasis in family and expectation, impact of the family on gender development, case stiudies.

Perspective of gender, gender role in different societies, the impact of gender in development issues.
The effect of culture on gender development, gender equality, culture, neutral gender approach, e.t.c.
Current issues in gender development, cases.

Nature and concept of civil societies, social and political concepts, types of society,
the influence of society on individual, influence of NGO/CBO on society and individuals.
Civil society as change agents, examination of some civil groups/societies in Nigeria.
International agencies and their role in development, The UNDP, UNIDO, UNESCO, FAO, USAID, PFID, CIDA e.t.c., advocacy and development in Nigeria. The UN system.

Introduction to development planning, type of development plans, approaches and process of development planning, developing planning in capitalist, socialist, transitional and mixed economies, strategic planning models, poverty reduction strategies (PRS), the millenium development goals(MDGs),
structural adjustment programmes(SAP), National Empowerment Strategies(NEEDS) e.t.c.,

Development administration practice, role of governmemt agencies in development planning and administration, national
planning commission, Federal office of statistics e.t.c

Meaning of Health Administration, an in-depth analysis of planning in health
care organizations, long and short term plans, steps in planning, levels of plan strategy, tactical and operational plans.
The ministry of health and other health regulatory agencies, professional bodies
in health, issues of supremacy of practice and professional disparities, conflict of authority and way out in health care delivery system in Nigeria. Comparative health care delivery.

Health system service, contemporary public health issues (HIV/AIDS, TB, MALARIA & TROPICAL DISEASES), Clinical issues in health, health promotions, counselling and assurance, leadership role in health,
culture and health, beliefs and health, prevention and cure

Organizing health workshops, managing health campaigns, epidemic and pandemic issues

Introduction to book-keeping and accounting source document and preparation
of subsidiary book of accounts, cash book, ledger, trial balance, adjustments before final accounts, prepayments, accruals, depreciation, bad debts, bank reconciliation statements, stock valuation.

The profit and loss accounts, partnership and company accouts, accounts of non-profit
making organozation; clubs, societies, charities, NGOs, CBOs e.t.c.

Introduction to MIS, quality of good information, types of information system, system theory, computer hardware,
software and peopleware, system analysis and design, practical session involving application packages in word processing,
spreadsheet management, power point presentation database management e.t.c.

Monitoring and evaluation basics: perspective of M&E practices.
The growing importance of M&E in sustainable Development Management, Approaches to M&E, Quality assurance, benchmarking, impact assessment, continuous improvement technique, M&E in the public sectors, selected case studies in health, education, finance, gender development sectors, budget, monitoring and intelligence, value for money audits, international M&E agencies, USAID, Nigeria, MEMS.

Basic Definitions, the building block of performance management – the result frameworks, indicators, performance data, method of collecting data, data quality, data management, development data flowchart diagram, using performance data, data analysis and decision making, performance management plan, designing organization action plans