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1. Course Description

In the study of organisations, one of the critical issues that has generated serious debate is defining development organisations. Often, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or not for profit organisations or civil societies are referred as development organisations. Such perceptions emerge due to their engagement with the poor and the marginalized and the understanding that development means developing such communities. However, it is increasingly seen that development work is no more the forte of NGOs and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) as more and more business organisations/corporations too are evincing keen interest in developing the poor and the marginalized though as part of their CSR initiatives. Needless to say that the Government is a major player in development. However, we would like to keep Government out of the purview of this course.

Any attempt to understand development organisations lends itself to various debates as the roles they play are complex and dynamic. Therefore, the major challenge for this course is to identify some the critical issues that can provide a broader canvass to the understanding of development organisations. Broadly, this course tries to address three set of issues/factors. The first set relates to the factors that are critical to development and how different organisations deal with them. The second set relates to some of the structural, strategic and operational issues such organisations are confronted with. The third set relates to the strategies used for building partnership/coalition for development, particularly in the context of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

2. Student Learning Outcomes (typically 3-5 bullet points)

This course will enable the participants to:

Text Books and Reading Material

1. Fisher Julie (2003): Non-Governments: NGOs and the Political Development of the Third World, Rawat Publications, New Delhi
2. Chadha et al (2003): Organisational Behaviour: A Framework for Non-Government Development Organisations, CYSD, Bhubaneswar
3. Jain C. Subhash and Sushil Vachani (2006): Mulitinational Corporations and Global Poverty Reduction, Edward Elgar, USA
4. Verghese, B.G. (2006) Tomorrow’s India, Penguin, New Delhi
5. Shukla Maddhukar (1997) Competing through Knowledge: Building a Learning Organisation, Response Books, New Delhi
6. Gortner et al (2007): Organisation Theory: A Public and Nonprofit Perspective, Wadsworth, New Delhi
7. Vijay Padaki and Manjulika Vaz (2005): Management Development in Non-Profit Organisations: A Programme for Governing Board, Sage, New delhi
8. David Bonstein (2005): How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Penguin, New Delhi
9. Diane P. Maine and Nicolas Yasgi (2011): Village Matters, OUP, New Delhi
10. Jeff Bezos et al (2011): Business Leaders Who Changed the World. Jaico, New Delhi
11. Drucker F. Peter (1993): Managing the Nonprofit Organisations, Macmillan, Delhi
12. Dharmarajan, Shivani (2007):NGOs as prime Movers, Kanisha Publishers, New delhi
13. Jordan, Lisa and Tuijl, V.Peter (2006): NGO Accountability: Politica, Principles and Innovations, Eartscan, London
14. Nelson, J.Paul (1995): The World Bank and Non-Governmental Organisations: the Limits of Apolitical Development, Palgrave, New York
15. Kotler, Philip (2008): Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing the Most Good for Your Company and Your Cause, Wiley India, New Delhi

4. Tentative Session Plan

Sl.No	Topic(s)	Readings
1.	Course introduction and Understanding Development Organisations	Prem Chadha et al: Nature of NGDOs Padaki and Vaz: A Systems Perspective on Organisational Effectiveness
2.	Compassion and Social Action	Frost J. Peter et al., Seeing Organisations Differently: Three Lenses on Compassion, in Hand Book of Organisation Studies Harsh Mander: Social Action to Overcome Some Day
3.	Understanding Development Organisations at Village, State, National and International Level	Vieira E. Walter.,(2003): Time for Non-Profits to Professionalise, Indian Management, April, 2003 Prem Chadha Organisational Problems of NGDOs Case studies: 1. Village Level (BRLP and Amul), 2. State Level (MYRADA), 3. National Level(Save the Children and WaterAid India) and 4. International Level (UNICEF and World Vision)
4.	Mapping and Understanding Institutional Capacity of Development Organisations	Different formats for mapping institutional capacity will be used and the students will be enabled to present case studies
5.&6	Strategic and Structural Issues in Development Organisations	Porter, M.E: What is Strategy? Pankaj Jain, Peter Uvin and David Brown: Think Large and Act Small: Toward a New Paradigm for NGO Scaling Up Arun Maira: Building Bridges across Boundaries: Partnerships for Development Bunker Roy: Grassroots Development through Community Action Julie Fisher: NGOs,Civil Society and Political Development Paul Nelson: Advocacy and ambiguity: NGO Advocacy in International Policy M.K. Bhat and Anita: Sustainability of Interventions: Withdrawal-The concept, Need and Implications.
7	Leadership / Champions of Change in Development Organisations	Life history of founders of some of the leading organisations from the corporate and social sector. (Will be given in the class for discussion) Ken W. Parry and Alan Bryman: Leadership in Organisations Eisenstat, Beer, Foote, Fredberg and Norrgren: The Uncompromising Leader, BHR, 2008 Applebaum and Paese: What Senior Leaders Do: The Nine Roles of Strategic leadership Kleiner: The Man Who Saw The Future
8	Dealing with the Government and other Strategic Partners	Norman Uphoff, Dealing With Government and Politics John Clark, The State, Popular Participation and the Voluntary Sector David Hulme and Micheal Edwards, NGOs, States and Donors: An Over View Julie Fisher: The Impact of NGOs on Governments: The Role of NGO Autonomy
9	Understanding Multinational Corporations in Poverty Reduction	Subhash C.Jain and Sushil Vachani: The role of MNCs in Alleviating Global Poverty John K. Ryans Jr: Marketing and Global Poverty Reduction Hildey Teegan: Achieving MDGs: Ways for MNCs to Effectively Interface with NGOs
10	Transparency, Accountability and Decentralisation	Julie Fisher: Subnational Governments and NGOs Frits Wils: Scaling-up, Mainstreaming and Accountability: The Challenges for NGOs
11.	Learning Organization	Garvin, Edmondson and Gino: Is Yours a Learning Organisation?, HBR, 2008 Levitt and James: Organisational Learning
12-15	Presentation and discussion on group assignment	Led by the students, based on their group assignment

5. Evaluation

Group Assignment (30+10) : 40 %
Quiz : 10 %
End Term : 50 %

Respect for Learning and Sharing
Respect for Self and Others
Respect for the Development Organisations and the Poor and the Marginalised
Respect for PGPRM and XIMB
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