Ghana Institute of Public Administration

GIMPA OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP OF UP TO 50% OF TUITION FOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES IN THE GIMPA SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP

The School runs five modular/sandwich and evening programmes. The programmes are as follows:

1) Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)
2) Executive Master of Governance and Leadership (EMGL)
3) Master of Public Administration (MPA)
4) Master of Governance and Leadership (MGL)
5) Master of Development Management (MDM)

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
*  To be admitted to a programme leading to the award of a post graduate degree, a candidate must have obtained a bachelor’s degree from any approved/recognized university.
*  Applicants with other relevant academic and professional qualification and a minimum of ten years management experience may be considered.
*  All applicants shall submit a written statement indicating what they desire to achieve from this programme.

DURATION
Two Years

Core Courses
*GECR 605: Strategic Management
*GECR 606: Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour
*GMPA 653: Governance and Leadership
*GMPA 650: Public Administration
*GMPA 651: Public Sector Economics and Finance
*GMPA 652: Policy Formulation and Analysis
*GMPA 654: Public Sector Legal and Regulatory Framework
*GMPA 655: Public Sector Accounting
*GMPA 659: Decentralization and Local Government Administration

2.    Executive /Master of Governance and Leadership (EMGL/MGL)

Core Courses
*GECR 605: Strategic Management
*GMGL 670: Political Systems
*GMGL 671: Governance I: Principles and Practice
*GMGL 672: Governance II: Globalisation and Global Governance
*GMGL 673: Leadership I: Concepts, Principles and Practice
*GMGL 674: Leadership II: Case Studies and The African Context
*GMPA 651: Public Sector Economics and Finance
*GMPA 652: Policy Formulation and Analysis
*GMPA 657: International Relations

Electives
*GMGL 676: Negotiations
*GMPA 654: Public Sector Legal and Regulatory Framework
*GECR 607: Management Information Systems

3.    Master of Development Management (MDM)

Core Courses
*GMDM 501 Theory of Economic Development
*GMDM 502 Public Policy Making and Analysis
*GMDM 503 Project Planning and Development
*GMDM 504 Strategies and Management of Development
*GMDM 505 Organisation and Human Resource Management
*GMDM 506 Political Economy and Legal Regulatory Framework

Special Electives

National Development Policy and Planning:
*GMDM 601 Practice of Development Economics
*GMDM 602 Public Finance and Budget Management
*GMDM 603 Agricultural Development Management
*GMDM 604 Research Methods and Computer Application

Local Government Administration and Regional Development:
*GMDM 621 Principles and Practice of Rural Development
*GMDM 622 Ghana's Local Government System
*GMDM 623 Municipal Finance and Administration
*GMDM 604 Research Methods and Computer Application

Rural Development:
*GMDM 648 Community Organisation and Mobilisation
*GMDM 649 Planning and Managing Rural Development
*GMDM 650 Agricultural Economics and Resources Management
*GMDM 604 Research Methods and Computer Application

Environmental Management:
*GMDM 664 Environmental Economics and Management
*GMDM 665 Land Administration and Environmental Development
*GMDM 666 Pollution Prevention: Methods and Practices
*GMDM 604 Research Methods and Computer Application

General Electives
*GMDM 681 Procurement Management
*GMDM 682 Gender and Development
*GMDM 683 Health Care Management
*GMDM 684 Private Sector Development and Management
*GMDM 685 Financial Management and Managerial Accounting
*GMDM 686 Comparative Industrial and Business Policy Analysis
*GMDM 687 Technology Management
*GMDM 688 Industralisation and Private Sector Development
*GMDM 689 Labour Economics
*GMDM 690 Public-Private Participation and Urban/Regional Development Management
*GMDM 691 Rural Banking and Credit Systems
*GMDM 692 Agro-Industrial Development and Management
*GMDM 693 Environmental Planning and Management
*GMDM 694 Natural Resource Economics
*GMDM 695 Rural Sociology

NB: The Master of Governance and Leadership (MGL), Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Master of Development Management (MDM) participants are required to write theses.