Target:
The course is designed to equip Leaders/Senior Executives in Churches and Church-related organizations. These are: Bishops, Moderators, Diocesan Synod or Regional Secretaries, Vicar-Generals, Heads of Departments, Managers, Religious Superiors and Mother Generals; Mothers’ Union/guilds and Presidents.
Course objective:
• To facilitate participants to get in-depth understanding of management and leadership.
Course Contents
Module 1: Fundamentals for Effective Management
• Stewardship & Accountability.
• Organizational and personal Integrity and management controls.
• Dual Nature of human beings.
• Time management and Delegation.
Module 2: Management Functions
• Overview.
• Planning.
• Organizational visions,mission,goals and objectives.
• External and Internal environmental assessment/analysis.
• Strategy formulation.
• Implementation, Monitoring and evaluation.
• Development perspectives.
• Church and Development.
• Gender and development.
• Sustainable development.
Module 3: Human Resource Management
• Job analysis, evaluating and designing.
• Human resource planning,recruitment,selection,placement,retirement/retrenchment.
• Staff training and development.
• Performance appraisal.
• Personnel appraisal.
• Personnel policies and procedures.
• Labour/legal relations.
• Getting the most from self and others (motivation).
Module 4: Organizational function of Management
• Organizational culture.
• Office administration.
• Managing conflict.
• Stress management.
• Effective communication.
• Effective meetings.
• Boards and Committees, Synods and Plenary session.
• Management Information systems.
• Effective leadership.
• Change management.
Module 5: Financial Management
• An overview of Financial Management.
• Budgeting and Controlling Financial position.
• Understanding costs.
• Finance for Decision-making.
• Interpretation of Financial reports.
• Sustainability of churches and church organizations.
Module 6: Contemporary Issues and Challenges.
• HIV/AIDS Pandemic.
• African National debts.
• Globalization and NEPAD.
• Conflicts and Peace Building.
Tuition Fee: US $ 1,360
Accommodation Fee: US $ 1,440
