JUN - AUG.2023

SILM 601 (II)

Objectives
Decision support systems and expert systems and their implementations are examined in this course. This course discusses the leaders and manager's responsibilities for problem solving and decision making and about those areas in which computers can be used as tools to gain the insight needed to support selection of decision alternatives. Upon completion of this course, leaners will be able to:
Distinguish among data processing systems, management information systems, and decision support/expert systems.
Integrate the major components of decision support systems (DSS) and expert systems (ES), including systems with the following features: stored data retrievable through a DBMS, management science models operating on the data to produce derived measures supporting managerial decision making, and expert knowledge on how to use available data and management tools under varying levels of uncertainty.

Content
The main topics include the following:
Review of Systems Principles
Methods of Decision Making and Problem Solving
Decision Support Systems (DSS) - Expert Systems Overview
Hands-on Experience with a Rule-based Expert
Knowledge Acquisition and Meta-Knowledge
Spreadsheet Facilities
Manipulation of Models as a decision-making
procedure
Building Management Models

SILM 500(III):

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

ESILM 602(III):

Objective
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: acquire general leadership knowledge and adopt different research practices in exploring a specific body of knowledge; measure and evaluate self and other leadership attributes and critically reflect on these; apply leadership theory to practical real-world projects in places of work and distinguish between various leadership solutions; reflect on how different leadership knowledge informs context-specific leadership problems in times of rapid transformation; distinguish between different innovative employee and team engagement solutions in managing a dynamic workforce and to professionally communicate change; and communicate and present relevant knowledge & ideas clearly & concisely to a range of audiences.

Content
The course is designed to equip graduates with superior knowledge, skills and abilities that help them to emerge as world-class leaders. Based on reflective thinking and problem solving, the course is a niche offering in leadership consisting of applied work intensive modules that include real-world situations and industry-relevant problems. The course will equip graduates to build and connect teams, to drive innovation, and to build skills that help them lead across functional units. Importantly, it will enable graduates to learn the know-how and know-why skills of measuring and building employee engagement that lead to higher levels of organisational learning and firm performance in a world of constant disruption. With an emphasis on the application of leadership theory-to-practice nexus, the course will enable students to develop a toolbox of leadership practices and a set of dynamic capabilities in adaptive leadership.

MASLF 510(III):

Objective
The course is designed to equip students with the knowledge of international principles of protocol and be able to apply protocol and etiquette principles at diplomatic functions and demonstrate an understanding of diplomatic immunities and privileges.

Content
The Diplomacy, Protocol and Etiquette
State protocol principles,
Flag protocol and flag precedence,
State and diplomatic ceremonies,
Title and forms of address,
Proper introductions and their responses, invitations and replies,
Official entertainment and private parties, table seating etiquette, global gift giving practices, and dining etiquette, Security issues in protocol.

Recommended reading list:
i)Ball, J. (2016). Protocol Handbook: A Guide for the Base Protocol Officer. (Student Report) Air Command and Staff College.
ii)Berridge, G.R. & A. Jennings, eds. (2017). Diplomacy at the United Nations at the United Nations. MacMillan: London
iii)Coutu, L. (2013). In Praise of Boundaries: A Conversation with Miss Manners. Harvard Business Review. Boston: MacMillan
iv)Dean, F. (2014). Beware of Knife Throwers Bearing Cultural Blindfolds. As told to Sharon McDonnell, New York Times. Lazorchak, A.(2013).  Business Protocol and Etiquette: Preparing (Student Report) Air Command and Staff College
v)Berridge, G.R. and A. Jennings, eds. (2017), Diplomacy at the United.

EMIRD 309(III):

Objective
The focus of the course is to highlight the main political debates that animate contemporary U.S. politics and foreign policy.

Content
The theoretical frameworks in social science used to explain U.S. politics and foreign policy,
Competing explanations of the policy ramifications of the principal trends in U.S. politics and foreign policy.
American politics versus what is common to all major countries or great powers

Suggested Reading List:
Jentleson, B.W. (2013). American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century. Fifth Edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company
Hasted, G.P. (2017). American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future Eleventh Edition. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Hook, S.W. & John W. Spanier, J.W. (2018). American Foreign Policy Since World War II 21st Edition. CQ Press
Barnes, J. (2017). Bringing the Courts Back In: Interbranch Perspectives on the Role of Courts in American Politics and Policy Making. New York: W.W. Norten & Company
Hartz, L. (2016). The Liberal Tradition in America: An Interpretation of American Political Thought since the Revolution. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

MAIRD 108:

Objectives

The purpose of this course is to provide students with an intensive introduction to the broad
structures and processes of international politics and foreign policy in Africa. This course
examines the key concepts and schools of thought in the study of foreign policy and Diplomacy
of African Countries. Concentrating on the process of decision making, internal and external
factors which influence foreign policy and Diplomacy as instruments available to foreign policy
decision makers.

Content

• The course will provide an understanding of the role and effect that foreign policy and
Diplomacy have on international politics.

• Students will learn about:
The linkage between foreign policy and diplomacy; - The differing strategies that
African states employ in achieving their aims;
Understanding Foreign Policy Decision Making process with focus on the decision
process, dynamics, and outcome, using diplomacy as tool.
Students should be able to place foreign policy and diplomacy of African countries
within their historical, political, economic, and geostrategic contexts. Major themes of
foreign policy as well as diplomacy debates over them will be discussed.
The foreign policy and diplomacy challenges posed by the significance of new foreign
policy powers like China.

MVSI 420(III):

Objectives
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
Writing Speeches For International Conferences
The Process Of Appointment Of Ambassadors &
Foreign Service Officers
Diplomatic Reporting
Other Forms Of Written Communication
Diplomatic Entertainment & Hospitality
Organising A Major International Conference

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