Curricular Unit:			Code:
NGOs and Missions Strategic Management			789GEGS
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Master	Humanitarian Action, Cooperation and Development	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
1. To develop knowledge and understanding skills: - To support the knowledge obtained at the 1st cycle level and deepen it; - To build the basis for developments in the context of research. 2. To develop the application of their knowledge and the ability to understand and solve problems in new situations, in multidisciplinary contexts, related to the area of study; 3. Train to know how to manage complex issues, develop solutions in situations of limited information, including reflections on the ethical and social implications and responsibilities that result from these solutions (or that condition them). 4. To enable the communication of the conclusions and the knowledge and reasoning, in a clear and unambiguous way (for specialists and non-specialists). 5. To develop skills that allow an autonomous learning, throughout life, with regard to the strategic management of NGOs and Missions.
Syllabus:
UNIT 1. (1 ECTS) Contextual framework for mission strategic management Classifying disasters The disaster cycle Macro forces in an environment Managing disaster Working documents UNIT 2. (2 ECTS) 1. Disaster preparedness 1.1. Form a Collaborative Planning Team Understand the Situation Determine Goals and Objectives Plan Development 1.2. Plan Preparation, Review, and Approval Plan Implementation and Maintenance Tools: Gantt PERT/CPM Establishing objectives SMART methodology Estimation Decision matrix 2. Disaster response 2.1. Interventions time line Coordination Assessment and monitoring Negotiation 2.2. Main intervention areas Field operations 2.3. Security Human resources Information technology and telecommunications Supply and logistics Finance and administration Tools UNIT 3. (3 ECTS) 3.1. Management of humanitarian organizations - challenges 3.2. SPIRAL Methodology
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
Knowledge and understanding ability, focuses on the problematization of the complexity and volatility of the conditioning factors and humanitarian intervention environment and the need for their understanding to design development strategies and affirmation. Application of knowledge and understanding, will be carried out by the analysis and adequacy of the set of techniques and tools for planning and implementation of humanitarian- Judgment / decision making, reveals itself in the ability to understand and apply the issues and their issues and issues raised in the discussions with professionals in the area. Communication will be carried out in the pedagogical moments of students' participation in the classroom and individual work tutorials.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
1. Lectures, to present theoretical and technical contents. 2. Participatory classes, with discussion of programmatic topics and problem solving. 3. Active classes, participation and contribution in debates with professionals. 4. Autonomous work: carrying out an individual practical work. Evaluation Element 1: theoretical-practical test related to the various technical subjects of the program (40% of the final evaluation). Element 2: a practical exercise, discussion report with professionals - 1000 words (40% of the final evaluation). Element 3: Student participation in sessions (20%)(integrated in the mark of elements 1 and 2).
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The theoretical-practical presentations by the teacher promote the acquisition of knowledge and comprehension capacity. The contributions of the students, made in groups or individually, promote the communication and application of knowledge and their understanding. The practical cases, promote the realization of judgment / decision making and the communication and application of knowledge and their understanding.
Reading:
COTTA FONTAINHAS, T., OLIVEIRA MELO, P., LEIRAS, A. (2016). The Role of Private Stakeholders in Disaster and Humanitarian Operations, Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management Volume 9 Number 1, pp. 77-93. CUNNINGHAM, A.J. (2018). International humanitarian NGOs and state relations : politics, principles and identity. New York : Routledge. FINURAS, P. (1999). Gestão Internacional e Recursos Humanos. Lisboa: Silabo. YAGCI SOKAT, K. et al. (2016). Capturing Real-Time Data in Disaster Response Logistics, Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management Volume 9 Number 1, pp. 23-54. MENDES, J. (2008). Planeamento de projectos com recursos limitados, Porto : Edições Politema. MIGUEL, A. (2006). Avaliação de Projectos, Lisboa : FCA. PHILIPS, J. (2004). PMP : Project Management Professional : guia de estudo, Rio de Janeiro: Elsevier. KERZNER, H. (2006). Gestão de projetos : as melhores práticas, Porto Alegre : Bookman.