Target:
The course is designed to equip Program managers, Development Coordinators/Project Officers with relevant skills and knowledge for successful implementation of development programs.
Course Objectives:
• To address challenges and equip managers with new and creative strategies to proactively handle
them. Participants ought to have 3 years experience in development work.
Course content
Module 1: Fundamentals for Effective Management
• Stewardship & Accountability.
• Organizational and personal Integrity.
• Dual Nature of human beings and managerial controls.
• Time management and Delegation.
Module 2: Development Perspectives, Issues and Strategies
• What is Management?
• Understanding Development Theories and Principles.
• Meaning of development and role of church in development.
• Development challenges in Africa.
• Peace, justice and conflict reconciliation.
• Gender and development.
• Gender Analysis Framework.
Module 3: Working with people.
• Getting the most from self and from others.
Module 4: Planning
• Introduction to planning.
• Needs Assessment(Environmental Analysis).
• Stakeholder Analysis.
• Strategy formulation.
• Vision/Mission/Objectives.
• Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Log Frame Approach.
Module 5: Financial Accounting
• Financial Management Overview.
• Budgeting and budgetary controls.
• Basic Financial Transactions.
• Final Accounts.
• Audits.
Module 6: Collecting and using Information
• Lobbying and Advocacy.
• Globalization.
• Climate change and environmental management.
• Social Entrepreneurship.
• Micro-enterprise.
• MDG’s.
• Resource mobilization.
• Donor trends.
Module 7: Effective communication
Module 8: Human Resource Management
• Staff recruitment/selection.
• Employment contract.
• Personnel.
• Administration.
• Performance management.
• Training and development.
• Job evaluation and specification.
Module 9: Function of Human Resource
• Office Administration.
• Office procedure.
• Filing.
• ICT and Development.
Tuition Fee: US $ 1,124
Accommodation Fee: US $ 1,096
