SADA-R10

SADA-R10
(PGDM-RM 2010-12 : Term-I)

Societal Analysis and Development Alternatives

XIM Bhubaneswar	Societal Analysis and Development Alternatives	PGDM (RM)-I (2010)
Instructor	Dr. K. T. Chandy	Phone (Extn.): 715
Course Assistant	Mrs. Jaisy	Extn: 711

1. Scope: Society is a complex system made of many components. Understanding this complex system is crucial for the rural managers. In order to understand this system, one needs to know the different components and the interplay between each of them. The interplay takes place at different levels and in different forms. In societal analysis we try to understand the dynamics of such interplays in society.

The form and the structure of the society is changing. Often such changes are induced by development interventions. Hence, the development initiatives or the development action forms the context for analyzing the changing structure and functions of the society.

The main focus of this course is to enable the learners to think critically and question the existing approaches to societal analysis and the current models of development. This course attempts to challenge the very intention of developing the poor. It also attempts to prove that the poor are also subordinated to various forms of exploitation in the name development itself. Above all this course will challenge your earlier perception of poor and their power. It may also help you to take the side of the poor as rural managers.

2. Objectives: At the end of this course the learners will be able to:

§ Use different approaches and tools to analyze society and development action
§ Develop deeper understanding and sensitivity to certain key problems confronting the society
§ Understand the ongoing models of development and their impact on the society
§ Identify and critically examine the roles of key actors in development
§ Appreciate the power of the poor
§ Identify their roles as rural managers from the vantage point of the poor
§ Develop passion for social entrepreneurship as a tool for change and development of rural societies.

3. Course Requirements

Individual Assignment (25 marks)
Each student is required to write a paper on a topic assigned to him/her. The length of the paper should be 10-12 computer typed pages excluding front page, content page and reference pages. The format of the paper should be that of an article published in a standard Journal. The purpose of this assignment is to train the students to write a well studied article on any topic.

Dates to Remember:
Identification of article: 30th June 2010. 4.00 PM
Submission of article: 15th July, 2010 4.00 PM
N.B. Marks will be deducted for the delay in submitting the paper at the rate of one mark per day 4.00 PM as the submitting time on any day.

Group Assignment : Estimation of household income and expenditure (25 marks)

For this assignment the learners will be divided into groups of two or three and each group will conduct a survey of three families: 1) Higher income (those who have saving and who are able to educate their children at post graduate level), 2) middle income (who manage their needs and who can educate their children up to graduation in government colleges) and lower income (daily wage earners and who cannot pay for even primary education). Thus each group will be filling up three questionnaires and estimate the household yearly income expenditure and saving/debt. From the survey data each group will estimate the average per head per year expenditures on food and nonfood items for the three categories of families. Prepare a short video documentary/flash presentation (10 minutes) on the survey comparing the three classes of families. The video documentary will be accompanied by a survey report of 8-10 pages highlighting the key findings of the survey. The report and the presentation will be submitted for evaluation.

Last Date for Submission of survey report and presentation: 30th July 2010, 4.00 PM.

N.B. Marks will be deducted for the delay in submitting the survey report and presentation at the rate of one marks per day 4.00 PM as the submitting time on any day.

4. Evaluation

End Term	40 marks
Individual Assignment : Paper/Article	25 marks
Group survey, report and video documentation or ppt presentation	25 Marks
Two quizzes	10 (5+5) Marks

5. Course Outline

The World we Live in
§ Past, Present and Future
§ Key factors influencing the world today

Analyzing Societies: Approaches, Methods and Tools
§ Historical
§ Class Analysis
§ Structural Analysis- economic, political and cultural
§ Spatial Analysis
§ Risk and Vulnerability Analysis
§ Methods and Tools

Crucial Issues Confronting Rural Societies
§ Poverty and Hunger
§ Population
§ Gender Discrimination
§ Depletion of Natural Resources
§ Communalism
§ Market
§ Erosion of Values and Culture
§ Terrorism and Insurgency
§ Corruption in Public life
§ HIV/AIDS

Development: What and Why
§ Evolution of the concept of Development
§ Concept of Under Development
§ Frequently used Concepts in Development
§ Development or Transformation

Models of Development
§ Welfare oriented Development Model
§ Natural Resource Based Development Model
§ Micro – Credit Based Development Model
§ Community Organization and Action Based Development Model
§ Enterprise and Market Oriented Development Model
§ Institution Building focused Development Model
§ Deep Ecology
§ Millennium Development Goals

Key Actors in Development
§ Public Sector
§ Private Sector
§ Non-profit Organizations
§ People and People’s Organisations

REFERENCES

1. Capra, Fritjof: The Web of Life
2. Kalam, A.P.J. India: Vision 2020
3. Corbridge, Stuart: Development Studies-A Reader
4. Schumacher, E.F.: Small is Beautiful
5. Sachs, Wolfang: The Development Dictionary- A Guide to Knowledge as Power
6. Allen and Thomas: Poverty and Development
7. Bogaert M.V.D: Social and Structural Analysis
8. Bernstein and Johnson: Rural Livelihood-Crises and Responses
9. Holland, J.P.: Social Analysis

Created By: Hemanta Ranjan Deo on 05/28/2010 at 04:15 PM
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