Course: Development Planning and Administration

Course Code: ADM623

The course primarily addresses development planning and administration in the context of developing countries, with specific focus on the historical, current, and prospective development issues in the Jamaican setting. It seeks to sensitise learners to the importance of planning for effective development, to impart planning skills, techniques, and tools that foster effective national development, and Specialist Compulsory Courses Commonwealth Executive MBA /MPA Programmes in Jamaica 15 develop critical thinking and analysis of current development activities, both locally and, to a lesser extent, regionally.

Development administration is a process of action motivated by and oriented to the achievement of progressive goals of development. It aims at creating and/or mobilising the will and skills to utilise in an optimum manner, the resources of the country, leading to the realisation of development objectives. Thus, development administration is a process of planned change. The course is divided into four major sections: (i) Development Planning: Concept, Types, Formulation, and Implementation; (ii) Development Administration: Concept, Models, Context, and Capacity; (iii) Development Issues: Sustainable Development and Sectoral Development; and (iv) Development Planning and Administration Tools and Techniques.