JUL-DEC.2021

MAIRD 106(II):

Objective             
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Display a sound general knowledge of some of the main ideas about diplomacy, especially its bilateral and multilateral forms, with an introduction to its transnational forms;

Understand the world of diplomacy and the leadership roles and activities of diplomats;

Enhanced verbal and personal communication skills through interactive discussion and debate;

Strengthen skills in analysing the organization and conduct of power in contemporary international affairs through the lens of diplomacy and, therefore, to be able to better understand current events and policy concerns;

Demonstrate historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives on leadership and diplomacy.

Content
Leadership and Diplomacy is designed for students interested in studying diplomacy from a leadership perspective. The course examines the role of leadership in the evolution and changing nature of the diplomatic dialogue between states over the past century, concentrating on challenges for diplomatic leadership at this moment in history. These challenges include: great-power leadership, notably the special role of US leadership; changing diplomatic practices requiring leadership, such as the widespread use of summit, conference, and public diplomacy; revolutionary and post-colonial leadership; individual leadership (the UN secretary-general) and moral leadership (Nelson Mandela); “middle power” and small-country leadership; regional diplomatic leadership; and, finally, non-state alternatives to state-based diplomatic leadership.

Mode of delivery               
Teaching methods on this course include lectures, seminars, independent study, plenaries, simulations, debates, roundtables, guest lectures.

Reading material               
Cohen, R. (2013). Diplomacy Through the Ages. New York, Oxford University Press, pp. 15-30.

Nicolson, H. (1969). The Ideal Diplomatist. Diplomacy. Oxford:  Oxford University Press, pp. 55-67

Jensen, K. (1993). Origins of the Cold War:  Washington DC:  United States Institute of Peace, 1993, preface, pp. 3-31, 73-95
Kerr, P. & Wiseman, G. (2018). Diplomacy in a Globalizing World: Theories and Practices, New York, Oxford University Press

ESILM 605(II):

Objective

The English language course is specifically designed to develop the English language skills required by effective leadership and management professionals in the everyday operation of their office. The course focuses in particular on improving participants’ oral communication skills, in both formal presentation, meeting and negotiation scenarios and more informal social situations.

Content

The course will assist participants to develop the English language skills for:

Communicating effectively and confidently in English

Preparing and delivering speeches and presentations on a wide range of topics

Conducting negotiations

Chairing and participating in meetings and conferences

Discussing current and foreign affairs

Speed-reading for specific information and absorbing high volumes of information in short periods of time

Writing clear and concise E-Mails and letters

Making and receiving telephone calls

ESILM 701(II):

Objective

The program is aimed at providing practical-oriented training in labour law to students. Exposing students to labour issues in the business world, trade unions, and the public sector. The course aims at providing students with knowledge in labour law on the globe and Ghana specifically.

 Content

Students will be exposed to an introduction to labour law, employment contract, basic conditions of employment and termination of employment, Workplace discipline, the position of the 1992 constitution on labour law.

Labour supply

Labour Markets

Unemployment

Unionized Labour Markets

Suggested reading list

Bales, R. & Garden, C. (2020). The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge Law Handbooks). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Gold, M. E. (2014). An Introduction to Labor Law. Third Edition. New York: ILR Press;

Gould, W.B. A Primer on American Labor Law 6th Edition Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Feldacker, B.S., Hayes M.J. (2014). Labor Guide to Labor Law Fifth Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Cihon, P.J. & Castagnera, O.J. (2019). Employment and Labor Law 10th Edition. Massachusetts: Cengage Learning

MAIRD 103(III):

Objective

The main objective of the course is to let what students learn from the past influence their success in the future. It is intended to give invaluable problem solving and analytical skills by investigating a wide range of societies including African, American, European and Asian societies.

Content

The course combines the study of global relations with understanding the past through a range of skills and approaches. 

It places the historical context of international relation within the contemporary perspectives. 

Students will learn how to study the past through political, social, economic, artistic, intellectual and cultural channels. They will also get to understand the up-to-date political issues of international relations by analysing globalization and global governance. Students will engage in professional analysis of the complex international political environment of the twenty-first century.

The Subtle Boundary between International Relations and History. 

The History of International Relations World War I, 1914–18

Soviet Revolution and New International Relations 1917/ The Soviet Union Entered World Politics

The History of International Relations and World War II 

The History of International Relations Between the two world wars

 Cold War- new era in International Relations 

The History of International Relations and the Great-Power Competition   

 The History of International Relations and Africa 

MVSI 507(II):

Objective

The objective of the course is to help learners understand life as a stewardship and work as a vocation. It is designed to enable learners appreciate leadership as a call to service and to honour God as a responsibility to influence the world for noble and good purposes. Upon successful mastery of this course, learners will be able to:

Define Servant Leadership and appreciate its significance for effectives leadership

Content

Servant leadership can sound like a conflicting statement; however, some people do have this leadership style. Our course in servant leadership teaches leaders how to lead from the back. The course covers the following topics:

leadership practices

Delivery Mode

Lectures and tutorials

EMIRD 400(II)

Objective

This course examines the diplomatic world and the basic principles underlying foreign policy the links between diplomacy, foreign policy and international relations.

Content

The evolution of foreign policy,

The links between diplomatic practice and theory,

The forms and nature of diplomacy, modern trends in diplomacy,

Preventive diplomacy, the role of mediation and negotiation in diplomacy

Summitry and conference diplomacy

Analysis of the importance of foreign policy in the modern era.

The concept, design, legal framework and implementation of foreign policy

 Recommended Reading List:

Goldstein, J.S. & Pevehouse, J.S. (2011). International Relations. 10th ed., New York: Pearson Longman.

Yükselen H. (2020). Strategy and Strategic Discourse in Turkish Foreign Policy. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Acemoglu, D., &. Robinson, J.A. (2012). Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. New York: Crown Business,

Krasner D.S. (2020). How to Make Love to a Despot: An Alternative Foreign Policy for the Twenty-First Century. Liveright; United Sates

Pee, R. (2015). Democracy Promotion, National Security and Strategy: Foreign Policy under the Reagan Administration (Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy). Abingdon: Routledge

SILM 501:

Objective

The course explores and analyses ways in which theology and spirituality underpin and challenge an understanding of leadership within and outside faith-based contexts. It encourages critical reflection on how leadership and management within the changing nature of contemporary society can be informed by insights from spiritual and theological traditions, especially Christianity, and be related to a theological view of faith, vocation, the Church and its mission. The connection between spirituality, theology and leadership is explored to reflect how these perspectives are integral to a Christian understanding of leadership. Learners will become confident in handling disciplines and methodologies that can inform an understanding of Christian approaches to leadership, including reflection on their contexts and preferred leadership styles. Students are introduced to relevant academic disciplines that are essential for leadership excellence.

Content

The following topic will be covered in the course:

Christian Faith and Leadership

Reflective Practice

Understanding Organisations

Personal Development

Leadership and the Unconscious

Christian Approaches to Leadership in the Public Square

MVSI-512 (II)

Objectives
This Course is designed to build understanding of the basic principles of leadership from a spiritual perspective. The goal is for students to comprehend the theoretical and practical value of leadership for community, city and national redemption and transformation.

Content
Principles of Biblical Statecraft
Practical Modules of Biblical Leadership
Biblical Dynamics of Government
The influence of biblical principles on the evolution of modern-day theories of transformational leadership
The principles of leadership espoused by influential biblical characters such as Jesus Christ, Moses, King David and Nehemiah
Spiritual Warfare
Intercession
Spiritual Mapping and
Redeeming the Land

Suggested Reading List:
i) Dobbs, R. & Walker, P. (2019). Transformational Leadership: A Blueprint for Real Organizational Change. Expert Leadership Performance, LLC
ii) East, J.F. (2018). Transformational Leadership for the Helping Professions: Engaging Head, Heart, and Soul. Englnad: Oxford University Press
iii) Heward-Mills, D. (2014). The Art of Leadership. London: Parchment House.
iv) Magara, J. (2017). Positioning Africa for the 21st Century: The Pivotal Role of Leadership and Think Tanks. Kampala: Beeranga Mwesigwa Foundation.
v) Bass M., & Riggio, E. (2006). Transformational Leadership. London: LEA Publishers

MVSI 420:

To identify the nature, scope and concepts in Diplomatic Communication

To enable students gain mastery of the formulation and interpretation of diplomatic language and diplomatic communication and make them aware of their relevance to foreign policy formulation and implementation.

Content

Course Design, Expectations & Syllabus

Diplomatic Language

Reading List

1.       Pamment, J. (2015). Media Influence, Ontological Transformation, and Social Change: Conceptual Overlaps Between Development Communication and Public Diplomacy, In: Communication Theory, Vol. 25, No.2, 2015 pp 188- 207

2.       Dumitrascu, S. (2016). Communicating with Diplomacy and Tact: A practical guide.

3.       Jönsson, C. & Hall, M. (2003). Communication: An Essential Aspect of Diplomacy. International Studies Perspectives. Vol. 4, No. 2 (May 2003), pp. 195-210. Oxford University Press

4.       Cassidy, J. (2018). Digital Diplomatic Crisis Communication: Reconceptualising Diplomatic Signalling in an age of Real Time Governance. Working Paper, No 3. Oxford Digital Diplomacy Research Group.

5.       Batora, J. (2008). Foreign Ministries and The Information Revolution: Going Virtual? Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

MASLF 203

Objectives:
The course is designed to provide learners with a firm grounding in the concepts and institutions of modern human rights, prepare them to answer sceptics and critics (including sceptics and critics “on the ground”) and provide a strong understanding of the practice of human rights, its failures and its many successes. The course equips students with interrogative skills about the idea of human rights. It deals with questions that arise about the realization of human rights.

Content:
The course is an introduction to human rights and the role they have come to play in international politics. The goal is to provide basic human rights literacy and to put students in a position to debate questions about human rights and dilemmas that arise about them.

Suggested Reading List:
i) Gerald, L. & Neuma, G. L. (2020). Human Rights in a Time of Populism: Challenges and Responses. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

ii) Primiano, C. P. (2019). China, the UN and Human Rights: Implications for World Politics (Rethinking Asia and International Relations). 1st Edition. Abingdon: Routledge.

iii) Bantekas, I. & Oette, L. (2020). International Human Rights Law and Practice. 3rd Edition.

iv)  Marino, K.M. (2019). Feminism for the Americas: The Making of an International Human Rights Movement (Gender and American Culture). Carolina: University of North Carolina Press

v)  Cohen, J. (2004): “Minimalism About Human Rights: The Best We Can Hope for?” Journal of Political Philosophy. 12, 2, 190-213

ESILM 700:

Objectives
The aim of this course is to equip students with qualitative and quantitative research skills to enable them to design, conduct, analyse and report a social research project. The course aims at empowering students with the knowledge and skills to judge what methods and techniques are appropriate to particular research problems and also gain knowledge in ethical topics in research.

Content
Students will be exposed to the basis of empirical research, types of research, data collection for social research, data analysis – qualitative data analysis and quantitative data analysis, Ethical principles in social research and professional code of ethics.

Suggested Reading List
i. Yegidis, B. L., Weinbach, R. W., Myers, L. L. (2017). Research Methods for Social Workers (8th Edition) (Merrill Social Work and Human Services) 8th Edition

ii.  Bryman, A. (2016). Social Research Methods. 5th Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press

iii. iii. Russell, B. H. (2012). Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Second Edition. Thousands Oak: SAGE Publications

iv. iv. Neuman, L.W. (2017). Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. London: Pearson v. Babbie, E.R. (2018). The Basics of Social Research 7th Edition. Massachusetts: Cengage Learning

SILM 606:

Objective

The course exposes students to various narratives about the origins of the forebears of Africa and their transition through kingdoms and empires to present day independent states.

Content:

The course covers topics such as:
Early references to Africa in the Bible
Early Bible history of the descendants of Ham
The history of ancient Egypt and other ancient and less ancient kingdoms and empires (e.g. Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Buganda and Zulu)
African contribution to world civilization; the Arab and European Slave Trades
The Scramble for Africa and colonialism
African contribution to European prosperity
Political independence and the incidence of bad governance
Idolatry and spiritual pride
The Biblical theme of restoration of nations, church and believers
Prophetic declarations and proclamation concerning Africa

Suggested Reading List:
i) Adelaja, S. (2017). How Africans Brought Civilization to Europe: Discover the Phenomenal Role of Africans on All Continents. Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria: Life Spring Publishing House.
ii) duCille Cecil, J. (2010). The Pattern. Mahomet, IL: Sonlight Ministries International.
iii) Nwankpa, E. (2014). Idolatry. Problems, Principles and Panacea. Nigeria: Rehoboth Publishing.
iv) Nwankpa, E. (2015). Arise Africa. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: High Calling Outreach Publications
v) Adamo, D. T. (2015). Africa and the Africans in the Old Testament. Benin City, Nigeria: Justice Jeco Publishers.
vi) Rodney, W. (2012). How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press.

MAIRD 703(III):

Objective

This course is designed to offer a comprehensive insight and aptitude for developing research proposals and writing of term papers and dissertations by helping to ascertain the type of research to be conducted, the scope, and the appropriate approaches that ensure paramount results. It is geared towards enhancing the ability of students to effectively draft a wide variety of documents through increased sensitivity to language, structure and content. Participants will be exposed to a variety of techniques for drafting documents that are adapted to the audience and have impact.

Social science research methodologies comprising of survey and field research, designing of interview guides and questionnaires, focus group discussions and tools of data

Effective document drafting

Composition of emails.

Getting it right.

Beyond text: structure, format and graphics.

Reviewing your work and basic email etiquette.

Quality assurance techniques to ensure structural coherence, linguistic clarity, and compelling messages.

Revising and refining your work. Methodologies to ensure structural integrity and attractiveness, arguments and proofreading techniques.

SILM 500:

Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the theories of leadership and discuss how these theories can be applied on the world economy with specific emphasis on the African continent. The course will draw the relationship between theories and the types of leadership and how practical these theories are in African context.

Content

This course will introduce students to explanations, classifications, theories and definitions about leadership, introduce existing contemporary literature to students. Clarify different dimensions of active leadership and generating considerable organizational and social research of leadership styles and behaviours. Students will be taught:

Contingency Theory

Path-Goal Theory

Leader–Member Exchange Theory