Proposed IGNOU Distance Education in Management for NGOs

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Dear Colleagues,

Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) play an important role in

various developmental issues across the states in India. As per the

data available with the planning commission (1) there are 12265 NGOs in the

country.

All levels of policy making have stressed the importance of building the

capacity of NGOs to face the developmental challenge. Workshops, training

programmes, and formal course work in universities building capacity of NGO's

have high costs and limited coverage.

Therefore, to complement these efforts, UNAIDS has partnered with the Indira

Gandhi Open University to launch a distance education programme for financial

and managerial capacity building of NGOs in the health sector, particularly

those engaged in HIV prevention and care.

Starting with a six-month certificate programme middle of next year,

IGOU will offer advanced courses over time, depending on feedback and

user needs.

As on March 31, 2005, the University had an effective network of 48 regional

centres, 6 sub-regional centres and about 1200 study centres all over the

country. Besides these, the University has 35 partner institutions in 30

countries. In brief, IGNOU is mandated to democratize higher education and

provide equal access to education and training to a large cross-section of

people in India and abroad.

We seek the assistance of community members for the following:

1. Suggestions on the course content (Please see the initial draft at

the end of this mail). This will be finalized in a workshop of

experts, NGO representatives, activists with experience and

contributing suggestions needing follow-up, some time end-January.

2. Resource material that should be placed at the study centers (e.g.

Acts and Rules, samples Articles of association of various kinds of

Societies, simple to use books and manuals on management training,

proposal writing manuals with sample proposal and budgets etc.)

3. On-line, i.e. internet based resources

4. Course material on these subjects, particularly in Indian

Languages (The programme will develop and provide the curriculum in

local language in due course).

Dr Neeti Agarwal, Faculty of Management, IGNOU, neeti@...

also on this list, will collate the responses. Coordinating from

UNAIDS, I will be assisting her.

(1)(http://planningcommission.nic.in/data/ngo/vac_prced.pdf accessed 31 July

2006)

Course Content (Draft)

COURSE-1: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGERIAL ASPECTS

BLOCK 1: MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS AND BEHAVIOUR

Units - 1 Role of a Manager; 2 Decision Making; 3 Structure and

process of an NGO; 4 Personality of development

BLOCK 2: MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Units - 1 Concept of HR; 2 Role of Performance Management in NGO; 3

Human Resource Development; 4 Employer – Employee Relations

BLOCK 3: MARKETING FOR NGOs

Units – 1 Marketing Concepts; 2 Marketing Research; 3 Social

Marketing;

BLOCK 4: HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT

(Units will be finalized after obtaining user feedback)

COURSE-2: MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS

BLOCK 1: ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR NGOs

Units – 1 Accounting Concepts; 2 Accounting Application; 3 Financial

Statements; 4 Budgeting and Budgetary Control

BLOCK 2: MANAGEMENT CONTROL FOR NGOs

Units – 1 Concept of Management Control; 2 Strategic issues in

Management; 3 Management Control Process; 4 Filing/record keeping

BLOCK 3: MANAGERIAL ASPECTS

Units - 1 Project Management; 2 Proposal writing; 3 Mobilisation of

funds;

COURSE-3 INDEPENDENT SECTOR IN INDIA

BLOCK 1: VOLUNTARY EFFORTS

Units – 1 Significance of Independent Sector in India; 2 Voluntarism

and Democratic Society; 3 Formation and Strengthening of Voluntary

Organisation

BLOCK 2: BASIC FEATURES OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION (V O)

Units – 1 Organisation and Structure of Voluntary Organisation; 2

Voluntary Agency Administration and Management; 3 Roles of V Os and

their Problems

BLOCK 3: NATURE AND TYPES OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION

Units – 1 Voluntary Organisation- Nature and Types; 2 State Sponsored

V Os and Development; 3 Community Based VOs and Development; 4 Global

Voluntary Efforts and Development

Project course: Attachment with an organization in HIV prevention,

treatment and care.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

1. Introduction to Research Methodology; 2.Data Collection; 3.Data

Analysis and Interpretation; 4.Report Writing

With best regards,

Ranjan

Ranjan Dwivedi

Technical Advisor

UNAIDS

A2/35 Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India-110029

Tel +91-11-41354545 Ext. 317; Fax +91-11-41354534

www.unaids.org.in

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