General provisions

The course is offered within the Master's Programme in International Humanitarian Action 120 ECTS credits.

Entry requirements

The course on Management in Humanitarian Action is only available to students admitted to the NOHA programme.

Learning outcomes

The learning outcomes of the module are to give insights into the different areas of management relevant to disaster managers with a focus on project management. After a successful completion of the module a student is expected to have the following competences:

• a basic ability to manage projects
• an ability to analyse and write reports
• have broad understanding of how to evaluate disaster programmes
• an ability to identify and respond to the basic ethical and epistemological complexities in humanitarian action work

Content

The course covers the project cycle including project proposal, human resource management, logical framework, and evaluation plus ethical and epistemological issues confronting humanitarian workers.

Instruction

The language of instruction is English.

Assessment

The course is taught and examined through lectures, seminars, individual assignments, and group work.

Grade: VG, G or U (Pass with Distinction, Pass or Fail) as well as ECTS grades.

Transitional provisions

Members of a course regulated by a former version of this course plan have the possibility to be examined in accordance with that course plan within two years after the closure of the course. If there are particular reasons, such an examination can take place also later on. Normally no instruction in accordance with former versions of the course plan is given.