Economics and Management

CAS Leading within IOs and NGOs 2020

This program enables participants to sharpen leadership and management skills required in the International Organizations, NGOs, NPOs or social enterprises. It also empowers participants to enhance their communication skills and lead in a globalized world.
Online registration

Information

Period

21 September 2020 - 5 December 2020
18 ECTS credits
144 Teaching hours

Language

English

Format

On-site

Contact

Rose ACHEAMPONG
+41 (0)22 379 89 71
emba-io(at)unige.ch

Location

Uni-Mail, Geneva

Registration

Registration deadline

30 June 2020
Modules can be followed individually
Applications must be received at last one month before the beginning of the first module. Courses are filled on a first come first serve basis.

Fees:

CHF 9'500.-
CHF 1'800.-

Contribution to the SDGs

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Goal 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Objectives

  • Master advanced management skills and practices applicable to intergovernmental, public and non-profit organizations
  • Strengthen your skills in leadership, communication and team management
  • Access an extensive network of professionals and build strategic connections in a competitive international environment
  • Bridge the gap between corporate business and international cooperation and examine out-of-the box approaches

Audience

The program is designed for professionals who work for – or aspire to work for – IOs, NGOs, NPOs or Social Enterprise in managerial positions as well as professionals from the private sector looking for a career shift

Learning outcomes

  • Develop your leadership and management skills and increase your team or organization performance
  • Apply fundamental concepts of management in complex organizational settings
  • Outline key factors in successful global partnerships contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Programme

6 modules divided as follows:

6 core-modules (mandatory modules):

  • Change Management (blended)
  • Conflict resolution in Business and Politics
  • Designing Development Projects
  • Governance, Leadership and Change in the UN System
  • Managing Complex Operations
  • Performance and Resource Management

 

Director(s)

Prof. Marcelo OLARREAGA, Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM), University of Geneva

Coordinator(s)

Rose ACHEAMPONG, University of Geneva
The executive degree "Leading within IOs and NGOs" enables participants to sharpen leadership and management skills required in the International Organizations, NGOs, NPOs or social enterprise. The program provides state-of-the-art management tools applied to the specific challenges within these organizations. It also empowers participants to enhance their communication skills and lead in a globalized world.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT (BLENDED LEARNING)

Description

Today’s business environment is characterized through hyper‐competitive markets that constantly challenge an organization’s functioning. Within the past two decades, firms twice experienced conditions of turbulent market environments indicated through the bursting of the dot‐com bubble in 2000‐01 and the sub‐prime crisis in late 2008. These economic conditions have increased the complexity of today’s business environment and unambiguously underline the importance of knowing how to deal with environmental changes, difficult business situations, and corporate growth. Managing such conditions consists of multiple organizational challenges and implies that firms must constantly adapt to evolving market environment. This course aims at developing an understanding on how to behave and manage such situations. It familiarizes participants with how to manage change under situations of corporate crisis, global competition and environmental change.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN BUSINESS AND POLITICS

Description

Increasing interdependence within and between societies inevitably leads to conflicts of interest. A dominant way to overcome these obstacles is the new disciplines of conflict resolution and negotiation. After setting the stage with theories of conflict and cooperation, this course covers structural and dynamic issues of negotiation processes. It combines analytical and practical techniques with discussion of real-world examples from business and political conflicts at international level.

DESIGNING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Description

This course provides an overview of the international development landscape and how different approaches to delivering development assistance have evolved through time while combining theoretical knowledge with practical hands-on training. Using detailed case studies of existing and hypothetical projects, the course explores essential tools for planning and implementing development projects.

GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE IN THE UN SYSTEM

Description

The course provides a conceptual framework and an empirical basis for examining governance and management practices in the UN system. The course focuses both on the specific characteristics of intergovernmental decision making and on the practical aspects of management. The method of work will focus on group work and case studies.

MANAGING COMPLEX OPERATIONS

Description

This course module complements academic work on non-profit organizations (NPOs). It aims at providing students with a practical understanding of how international NPOs are set up, governed, led and managed based on some defining factors such as their mission, guiding principles, history and stakeholders, as well as the environment they are operating in. It will walk students through some of the key features of leadership and management of NPOs, both in terms of management frameworks and of leadership and management practices.

PERFORMANCE & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Description

This ‘practitioner course’ takes the students in six thematic sessions through the resource management functions in Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs). The course examines the constituent elements and boundaries of NPOs, their embedded incentive systems, and challenges to manage NPOs for results. It also provides the students the tools and analytical framework for an assessment of a NPO of their choice. 

Assessment

Each module is subject to an assessment, including one or a combination of the following: in-class exam, classroom presentations, take-home assignments and group works.

Diploma awarded

Students who successfully complete the programme (18 ECTS credits) will be awarded the CAS Leading within IOs and NGOs by the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM) of the University of Geneva.

Admission criteria

  • An undergraduate degree
  • A minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience
  • International exposure

Number of participants

Max. 20 participants

Exemplary list:

  • Bruce Jenks, University of Columbia
  • Katherine Milligan, Head and Director, Schwab Foundation, WEF
  • Susanna Swann, HR Director at EPFL

Contribution to the SDGs

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Goal 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Related programmes

Les termes utilisés pour désigner des personnes sont pris au sens générique; ils ont à la fois la valeur d'un masculin et d'un féminin.