Development Management

Development management deals with the coordination and management processes of international development programs and projects. The dominant paradigm in development management is the intervention in the form of a transfer of aid by an external agency/donor and the oversight of the related project cycle, i.e. project identification, planning (formulation and appraisal), implementation and monitoring, and evaluation.

A broad range of donors and implementing organisations use the Logical Framework Approach to provide a structured method of project cycle management.The term development management is used in this sense of achievement and objectives with optimum use of limited resources in manpower, finance, material, time and also active contribution to the clarification and reformation of policies and objectives.

Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal offers a two year Post Graduation Diploma in Forestry Management with specialization in Development Management which deals with management of Rural Development, Rural Development projects of governments, UN etc, development and management of livelihood options for rural people in India and other developing nations.

MSc Development Management This programme is centred on a core course that employs a comparative political economy approach to examine the institutional roots of development and non-development. All students must take the core course and complete a dissertation of up to 10,000 words. Students also participate in a live group 'consultancy project' for a leading development agency, which forms part of their total assessment. You have the opportunity to attend a weekly lecture series that brings to the School prominent scholars and practitioners who discuss the findings and methodological dimensions of development research and/or problems of development practice. Students benefit from joining a highly selective and diverse group of fellow students, bringing practical experience from all over the world. The analytical skills developed here have secured past graduates promising careers in organisations as diverse as central banks, NGOs, multilateral organisations, charities, investment banks, consultancies, manufacturing firms, religious missions, and has independent writers and experts. Compulsory courses

Development Management Key Issues in Development Studies* Dissertation Options

(* half unit)

Choose courses to the value of two full units from the following list in consultation with your supervisor.

Accounting

Accounting in the Global Economy* Management Accounting, Decisions and Control* Financial Accounting: Reporting and Disclosure* Development Studies

Poverty* Economic Development Policy Population and Development: an Analytical Approach* Environmental Problems and Development Interventions* Global Environmental Governance* African Development* Complex Emergencies* Emerging Health Threats and Development* Global Political Economy of Development I* International Institutions and Late Development * Managing Globalisation* Public Management of Development* Managing Humanitarianism* Global Civil Society* Nationalism, Democracy and Development in Contemporary India* Aspects of IT and Socio-economic Development* IT and Socio-economic Development China in Developmental Perspective* Human Security* The Informal Economy and Non-State Governance* Key Issues in Development Studies* Economics

The Economics of Regional and Urban Planning* Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour

Organisational Behaviour* Organisational Change* Gender

Globalisation, Gender and Development Gender, Post-colonialism, Development: Critical Perspectives and New Directions* Feminist Economics and Policy: An Introduction* Government

Public Management Theory and Doctrine* Public Management: A Strategic Approach* Democratisation and its Discontents in Southeast Asia Geography

Globalisation, Regional Development and Policy Local Economic Development and Policy Globalisation and Regional Development Economics of Local and Regional Development* Gender and Development: Geographical Perspectives* Environment and Development Cities, People and Poverty in the South* Cities, Culture and Politics in the South* Urban Ethnography* Urban Theory, Policy and Practice in the Global South The Economics of Regional and Urban Planning* Race and Space* Development, Diaspora and Migration* Environment and Development: Sustainability, Technology and Business* Environment and Development: Resources, Institutions and the Global South* Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity* Contemporary Debates in Human Geography* Management

Business Model Innovation at the 'Base of the Pyramid'* Social Policy

Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global South* Reproductive Health Programmes: Design, Implementation and Evaluation* Basic Education for Social Development* Migration: Population Trends and Policies* Planning for Population and Development* Any other MSc level course in the School, selected in consultation with the student's supervisor and approved by the programme director.

Note that not all of the above optional courses will be available every year.

Some options have prerequisites, while others have limited places.

Please check Department of International Development for the latest information.