MPA Specialization Course: Development Management Areas

Specialization

Development Management Areas

DM 631 Rural/Urban Development


Course Objective
     The objective of the course is to familiarize the students with the objective and strategies and methods and actions of local development and acquaint them with the local development process and pattern in Nepal


Content
1. Concept, approaches and characteristics of local development
2. Policies for Local Development—Rural development, community development community engagement, rural urban partnership; Strategies, operational modalities and actions, e.g. Decentralization, Community development, Integrated development, small farmers development, employment through entrepreneurship; empowerment, capacity building
3. Institutional mechanism to deliver policy and strategies, e.g. Sectorial engagement, employers engagement, trade unions, I/NGOs, Cooperatives, and People organizations
4. Recent Trends: Response to change on economic, social, institutional and political pressure; Identifying methods that are suited to emerging conditions, indigenous development; global local linkages through trade flow, investment, technology, sustainability, integration of policy and funding streams; partnership, cooperation and participation; decentralization, de-concentration and accountability.
5. Identifying and best practices and success stories by field work

Reference
Acharya, Balaram (2062). Rural Development: Theories and Approaches. Kathmandu: national Book Center.
Adhikary, Shyam Prasad (2038) Rural Development in Nepal Problems and Prospects. Kathmandu: Lalitpur Sajha Prakashan
AZIZ Sartaj (1978). Rural Development. London: The Macmillan Press Ltd.
Chambers, Robert (2004). Rural Development: Putting the Last First. Delhi: Pearson Education
Das, Prabhakar Lal (2054). Sociology of Rural Society. Kathmandu: Rekha Rani Prakashan.
Hada, Gambhir Bahadur (2062). Rural Economics of Nepal. Kathmandu: Dikshanta Pustak Bhandar
Hada, Gambhir Bahadur (2063). Rural Resources, Environment and management. Kathmandu: Gyankunja Pustak Bhandar
Singh, Katar (1999). Rural Development: Principles, Policies and Management. New Delhi: sage Publication

DM 632 Planning and Project Management

Course Objective
          The objective of this course is to provide knowledge to the students on basic problems and techniques in development planning including socio-cultural and economic conditions required for development, different stages of plan formulation and quantitative planning techniques. It also provides knowledge to the students on basic concepts, theories and analytical techniques of Project management. It enables the students to be familiar with the techniques and methods in the preparation, implementation and evaluation of development projects in the Nepalese context.

Contents
1. Project and Project Management: Concept of plan, program and project; Concept of Project Management; Relations between Plan and Project
2. Project Planning: Project Identification: Problem Tree and Objective Tree; Project Planning; Aspects of Project; Project Cycle; Proposal Writing; Report Writing
3. Project Appraisal: Concept of Project Appraisal; Cash Flow Analysis; Discounting and Non Discounting Technique; Economic and Social Cost Benefit Analysis, Risk, Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis; Environmental Analysis
4. Project Implementation: Project organization; Network Analysis: PERT and CPM; Project Control: Budgeting, Financial management, Inventory Management; Project Management Information System (PMIS)
5. Monitoring and Evaluation: Need for Monitoring and Evaluation of project; Logical Framework Approach; Project Monitoring and Evaluation System adopted by National Planning Commission; Evaluation approaches adopted by International Organization (UNIDO and World Bank), Case Study.

Reference
Agrawal, Govinda Ram (2014) Project Management. Kathmandu: M.K. Publishers and Distributor
Chandan Prasanna (1999) Projects: Planning Analysis, Selection, Implementation and Review. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd.
CHaudhary, S. (2001) Project Management. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd.
Joy, P.K. (1999) Total Project Management: The Indian Context. Delhi: Macmillan India Ltd.
Karki, Rajendra (2063) Project Management. Kathmandu: M.K. Publishers and Distributors.
Kerzner, Harold (2004) Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling.
Little, IMD and Mirrless, J.A. (1974) Project Appraisal and Planning for Developing Countries. New Delhi: Oxford and IBH Publishers Company.
Meredith, Jack/Mantel, Samuel J. (1989) Project Management. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
RIjal, Puskar Raj (2059) Essentials of Project Appraisal and Management. Kathmandu: Kastamandap Academic Enterprise
Sharma, Bhakti P. (2006) Project management: Planning, Analysis and Control. Kathmandu: Ekta Books.

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