Leadership & Management for Development

Catalog description

This undergraduate course examines the complex challenges inherent to managing non-governmental organizations in developing countries. The focus is on the role of leadership in managing social, political, and financial influences and constraints on policy decision-making. Students learn to apply a conceptual framework including mission, goals, objectives, and allocation of human, financial and technical resources to real-life development projects conducted in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States.