Development Management Actors and Concepts

MGDI71901 Development Management Actors and Concepts 15 Semester 1 Postgraduate Taught Level 7 Erla Thrandardottir Unit coordinator Global Development Institute 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 The unit aims to: Introduce students to key actors and concepts in development management (DM). Help students understand the context of development management (e.g. who ‘does’ development, what do they do, where/how does it happen).   Help students understand how development management concepts link with tools in project planning and what function they have in the context of development project management (e.g. stakeholders, theory of change, monitoring).  This course aims to introduce students to key actors and concepts in development management.   This course aims to introduce students to key actors and concepts in development management.   Compare the different roles of key actors in DM  Analyse and evaluate key concepts and tools used in DM     Review, summarize, and analyse the role of key actors in DMFormulating an argument drawing on key DM concepts based on evidence and reasoning    Critique DM case studies  Categorise actors and concepts in DM using case studies and/or micro-scenarios    Demonstrate research skills, including building a bibliography and ranking  evidence and information from different sources.     The course is delivered through weekly lectures and bi-weekly tutorials. The lectures provide an overview of a topic and serve as a starting point for analysing key issues within it. Students are expected to independently read and research around each lecture topic. The bi-weekly tutorials are reserved for small group discussions of specific cases, problems and questions to help students relate the lecture content to the readings.   2 Written assignment (inc essay) 70% 3 Report 30% <ul><li>Coursework based on case study (1,000 words)</li><li>Essay (2,000 words)</li></ul> <span class="TextRun SCXW261845278 BCX0 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif", "Microsoft Sans Serif_EmbeddedFont", "Microsoft Sans Serif_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:17.2667px;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Verbal feedback will help to identify misunderstandings before assessments are due.<span class="EOP SCXW261845278 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif", "Microsoft Sans Serif_EmbeddedFont", "Microsoft Sans Serif_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:17.2667px;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" data-ccp-props="{}">  N Hulme, D., Turner, M., & McCourt, W. (2013). Governance, Management and Development: Making the State Work (Second Edition). Palgrave Macmillan.  Keating, V. C., & Thrandardottir, E. (2017). NGOs, trust, and the accountability agenda. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 19(1), 134-151  Makuwira, J. (2018). Power and Development in Practice: NGOs and the Development Agenda Setting. Development in Practice, 28, 422-31.   Mutsaers, H. J. W. (2007). Donors, Experts and Consultants. In: Peasants, Farmers and Scientists: A Chronicle of Tropical Agricultural Science in the Twentieth Century. Dordrecht: Springer. Scott, C. (2023). Decolonising Development Management: Epistemological Shifts and Practical Actions. In Melber, Henning. et al. (eds.). Challenging Global Development: Towards Decoloniality and Justice. 1st ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 215-224.Journals: African Affairs; Development and Change; Development in Practice; Third World Quarterly; World Development  Search engines: Scopus, tandfonline, google scholar (<a href="https://www.scopus.com/ https://www.tandfonline.com/; https://scholar.google.com/">https://www.scopus.com/</a> <a href="https://www.scopus.com/ https://www.tandfonline.com/; https://scholar.google.com/">https://www.tandfonline.com/; https://scholar.google.com/</a>)  Library sources:<a href="https://subjects.library.manchester.ac.uk/global-development "> https://subjects.library.manchester.ac.uk/global-development </a>   Lectures 20 Tutorials 10 0 120