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The Open University

Discovering development management

The Open University via OpenLearn

Overview

Discovering development management is a free course that sets out to build up the basic capacities for managing the multiple challenges of development – any development. It rests on the assumption that management is a political and ethical process, a matter of the use of power to bring about desired goals in contexts characterised by conflicts of interests, values and agendas. It is of relevance to managers in every sector, nationally and internationally.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Starting your exploration
  • 1 Starting your exploration
  • 2 Opening up development management
  • 2 Opening up development management
  • 3 A conceptual framework
  • 3 A conceptual framework
  • 4 Expect the unexpected
  • 4 Expect the unexpected
  • 5 Promoting the values of development at all levels
  • 5 Promoting the values of development at all levels
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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