Universität Wien

240025 VO+UE VM8 / VM3 - Sustainable Project Management for Poverty Reduction and Social Entrepreneurship (2023S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Two Weekend-Block Course! Participation on all four dates is expected!

  • Saturday 11.03. 10:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Sunday 12.03. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Saturday 25.03. 10:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Sunday 26.03. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

As a result of higher requirements and performance expectations, access to International Development careers has become more competitive than ever before. Next to formal academic education, context-specific problem-solving skills are now an unavoidable necessity. In this context, soft skills in Social Entrepreneurship and Project Management methodologies provide a net comparative advantage to aspiring professionals. Moreover, those skills are essential for successful involvement in NGOs' work and beneficial for a career in the field operations of most intergovernmental organizations, including UN specialized agencies (e.g., UNDP, UNFPA, UNIDO, UNESCO, EBRD, ADB, OECD) and bilateral aid entities (e.g., GIZ, DFID, JICA, USAID, SIDA, SNV).

New college graduates contemplating a career in International Development often find themselves ill-prepared for off-book, real-life challenges associated with International Development work. As such, their frustration in their first-year assignments is usually due to not having had a chance to train in the complexity of Development Projects during their college years.

Building thereupon, the main objective of this course is to introduce the student to the rich world of Project Management methodologies and their specific application in the International Development sector at global and local scales. While examining the tools, processes, and methods of Project Management in International Development, this course also explores "Social Entrepreneurship" as a technique of social transformation and the notion of "Poverty."

The course comprises three interrelated and mutually reinforcing modules:

1. Poverty Analysis.
2. Social Entrepreneurship.
3. Development Project Management Practices.

By the end of this course :

- The participants will have an optimal understanding of "Poverty" and "Poverty Reduction Policies."
- The participants will be able to collect, cross-analyze and assess poverty indicators.
- The participants will gain knowledge of "Social Entrepreneurship," its core processes, and its transformative agenda in International Development.
- The participants will acquire the skills and techniques of Development Project Management using Logical Framework Approach (LFA).
- The participants will build the capacity to draft "Project Concept Notes" and a standard "Project Document."

Assessment and permitted materials

The delivery format of this course is eclectic, which means it is a smart blend and an alternation of "lectures" and "video materials" like documentary films on topics related to poverty analysis and social entrepreneurship, "debates," and interactive "group exercises."

The responsibilities of the students are defined as follows:
- regular attendance (mandatory)
- active participation in class discussions and debates
- compliance with performance evaluations, individual and group-based (mandatory)

Important dates and deadlines:

- March 25, 2023: Quiz
- March 26, 2023: Final Oral Presentations
- March 26, 2023: Submission of the Draft Concept Notes (PCNs)
- April 2, 2023: Submission of the Project Paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The performance of the students will be evaluated based on the following, which are minimum requirements:
- A "quiz," a 30-minute sit-in exam, closed books (individual)
- Draft Concept Notes, PCNs (team-based, Min. 5 pages)
- Project Paper (team-based Term Paper, Min. 25 pages)
- Final Oral Presentation (team-based)

The grading will follow the standard grading system in force at the University of Vienna and applicable in the Department of International Development.

Examination topics

The 30-minute quiz on March 25, 2023, will cover the lecture materials and the discussions during the sessions on March 11 and 12, 2023.

Reading list

u.a.
Paul, Schaffer (2001):
New Thinking on Poverty: Implications for Poverty Reduction Strategies, UNDESA, PP. 1-44

Enos H. N., Njeru (2004):
Bridging the Qualitative-Quantitative Methods of Poverty Analysis, IPAR, pp. 1-20

Uma, Kothari; David, Hulme (2004):
Narratives, Stories, and Tales: Understanding Poverty Dynamics through Life Histories, IDPM
University of Manchester, pp. 1-41

J. Gregory, Dees (2001):
The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship, pp. 1-5

J. Gregory, Dees (2002):
Philanthropy and the Enterprise: Harnessing the Power of Business and Entrepreneurship for
Social Change, pp. 1-12

J. Gregory, Dees (2009):
Social Venture as Learning Laboratories, 11-15

J. Gregory, Dees (2005):
Social Entrepreneurs and Education, Current Issues in Comparative Education, Vol. 8(1), pp
51-55

Ayse, Guclu; J. Gregory, Dees; Beth Battle, Anderson (2002):
The Process of Social Entrepreneurship: Creating Opportunities Worthy of Serious Pursuit, Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, pp. 1-15

Klaus, Schwab; Hilde, Schwab (2009): Social Innovation in a Post-Crisis World, pp. 7-10

Warren C., Baum (1988):
The Project Cycle, pp. 1-17

EU MANUAL (2001)
Project Cycle Management, EuropAid Co-operation Office, pp. 1-39

Johanna, Mair; Kate, Ganly (2009)
Social Entrepreneurship as Dynamic Innovation

Ayman, El-Tarabishy; Marshall, Sashkin (2009)
Social Entrepreneurship at the Macro Level: Three Lessons for Success, pp. 160-168

Association in the course directory

VM8/VM3

Last modified: Tu 14.02.2023 21:08