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National University of Modern
Languages
(Department of Governance and Organizational Science)
MSc Semester III
Module:
States and Administrative
Law
Course
Code GOS-524
COURSE OBJECTIVE: Objective of the course are:
·
To achieve academic
personal and career excellence in the domain of administrative legality.
·
To develop analytical
skill in the field of Administrative Law and create an understanding of
different developments taking place in the wake of global changes and to meet
the current and future challenges in this field.
COURSE CONTENTS
1.
Introduction
o State, Government, Administration
o Definition, Nature and Scope
o Historical Growth
2.
Fundamental Principles
o Rule of Law
o Separation of Powers
3.
Fountain of
Administrative Action
o Classifications
o Administrative Instruction
o Administrative Function
o Administrative Direction
4.
Delegated Legislation
o Necessity
o Categories
o Development
o Cardinal Principles
o Control & Safeguards
5.
Natural Justice
o Concept
o Growth
o Salient Features
6.
Judicial Review
o Concept
o Administrative Tribunals
o Regulatory Authorities
7.
Public Interest
o Public Employment
o Ombudsman
o Droit Administratiff & Administrative
Courts
RECOMMENDED READINGS
· Administrative Law : H.W.R. WADE & C.F.
Forsyth
· Administrative Law: Hamid Khan
National University of Modern
Languages
(Department of Governance and Organizational Science)
MSc Semester III
Module:
Organizational Behaviour
Course Code GOS-525
COURSE OBJECTIVES. To acquaint the students with :
·
The science of
organizational behavior – a comparatively new subject
·
The impact of
productivity/ output on behaviors
·
The organizational
dynamics & effects of multidimensional environments on organizational
behavior
COURSE CONTENTS
·
Introduction to OB
1.
Historical background
2.
Defining
Organizational Behaviour
3.
Theoretical Frameworks
4.
Impact of
Globalization
·
Perception Process
5.
Importance of
Perception
6.
Perceptual Selectivity
(External Internal Factors)
7.
Social Perception
(Attribution, Stereotyping)
·
Personality and
Attitudes
·
Motivation Needs &
Process (Maslow- Herzberg Theory)
·
Design and Goal
Setting
·
Learning Processes and Reward System
·
Group Dynamics &
Teams
·
Interactive Conflict
·
Stress
·
Power & Politics
·
Leadership
·
Communication
·
Decision Making &
Creativity
·
Organizational Change
and Development
RECOMMENDED READINGS
·
Organizational
Behaviour- 12th Edition by Fred Luthans (Mc GrawHill
International Edition)
·
Organizational
Behaviour- By Stephen P. Robbins
·
Organizational
Behaviour – By Yogendra Singh, Mamta Panday
National University of Modern
Languages
(Department of Governance and Organizational Science)
MSc Semester III
Module:
Research
Methodology
Course Code GOS-522
COURSE OBJECTIVES. The objectives of the Course are to introduce
students to:
·
Develop an
understanding of the fundamental concepts of Business Research
·
Understand why
managers should know about Research and its role in managerial effectiveness
·
Identify the major
aspects of the research process
·
Recognize the role of technology in business research
·
Apply the essentials
of Research Mythology – Practice
COURSE CONTENTS . The course will cover the following aspects:
·
Introduction to
Research
·
Understanding what is
Scientific Investigation
·
Overview of the
Research Process
·
Theoretical Framework
and Hypothesis Development
·
Elements of Research Design
·
Research Proposals
·
Experimental Designs
·
Measurement of
Variables
·
Sampling
·
Data
Collection Methods
·
Data Analysis
·
Academic
Writing
·
Managerial Decision
Making
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On completion of the Course, the students should be able to
comprehend the importance of research in business, fulfill management
obligations through the effective use of the research methodology and apply it
to practical situations
RECOMMENDED READINGS
n PRIMARY REFERENCES
• RESEARCH
METHODS FOR BUSINESS – A SKILL BUILDING APPROACH
by Uma Sekaran
• THE
RESEACHER’S TOOLKIT – A COMPLETE GUIDE TO PRACTITIONER RESEARCH by David
Wilkinson
n SECONDARY REFERENCES
• BUSINESS
RESEARCH METHODS by Donald R Cooper & C. William Emory
• BUSINESS
RESEARCH METHODS by Donald R Cooper & Pamela S Shindler
• BUSINESS
RESEARCH METHODS by William G Zikmund
• RESEARCH
SKILLS FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES by Alan Berkeley Thomas
National University of Modern
Languages
(Department of Governance and Organizational Science)
MSc Semester III
Module:
International Trade and
Economics
Course
Code GOS-523
COURSE OBJECTIVES:- the objectives of the course are to introduce students
to:-
·
Understanding the
fundamentals of Economics and International Trade.
·
Be familiar with the
main instruments of trade policy and how their economic effects can be
analyzed.
·
Understand how trade
policy issued is handled at the WTO.
·
Be familiar with some
of the major examples of preferential trading assignments.
·
Understand the
economic effects and implications of preferential trade liberalization.
·
Relate these
principles to issues of particular importance to Pakistan.
COURSE CONTENTS: The course will cover the following aspects:
· Principles and Concepts:
· Economics, Institutions, and Development: A
Global perspective
· Diverse Structures and Common Characteristics
of Developing Nations.
· Historic Growth and Contemporary Development:
Lessons and Controversies.
· Classic Theories of Development: A Comparative
Analysis.
· Contemporary Models of Development and Under
development.
· Problems and Policies: Domestic:
o Poverty, Inequality and Development.
o Population Growth and Economic Development:
Causes, Consequences, and controversies.
o Human capital: Education and Health in
Economic Development.
o Agricultural Transformation and Rural
Development.
· Problems and Policies: International:
o Trade Theory and Development Experience
o The Trade Policy Debate: Export Promotion, Import
Substitution, and Economic Integration.
o Balance of Payments, Developing-Country Debt,
and the Macroeconomic Stabilization controversy.
o Foreign Finance, Investment, and Aid:
Controversies and Opportunities.
· Possibilities and Prospects:
o Development Policymaking and the Role of the
State.
o Finance and Fiscal Policy for Development.
· Comparative advantage and technological
differences:
o Comparative advantage and the factors of
production.
o Scale economics, monopolistic competition and
international trade.
· Question that will be addressed in
International Trade include:-
o Why do countries trade?
o Who gains and who loses from trade?
o What are the economic effects of a tariff?
o What other trade policy instruments are
commonly used and how are their effects analyzed?
o Why are export subsidies so controversial?
o How does the economies of preferential trading
arrangements differ from the economies of trade in a non-preferential setting?
o What are the issues raised by the spread of
preferential trading arrangements?
· WTO Agreement and Economy of Pakistan
o Review of WTO agreements.
o WTO Stances of Pakistan and other developing
countries.
o The impact of WTO Pakistan’s economy since
1995:
o Pakistan’s commitment to various WTO
agreements and compliance.
o Market access issues.
o Agreement on textiles and clothing.
o General agreement on Trade and services (GATS)
o Trade elate investment measures (TRIMS)
o Trade related intellectual property rights
(TRIPS)
RECOMMENDED READINGS:
o Samuelson: ECONOMICS.
o Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Eighth Edition)
o C.E. Ferguson and J.P. Gud: Microeconomic
theory.
o S. Akbar Zaidi: Issues in Pakistan’s
Economy (Second Edition)
o Samuelson Nrodhaus: Economics (Eighteenth
Edition).
National University of
Modern Languages
(Department of
Governance and Organizational Science)
MSc Semester III
Module: Global Governance
Course Code GOS-511
Course Instructor: Rashid Khan
COURSE OBJECTIVES.
The course is aimed at
outlining the central questions of politics that have shaped the modern world
and to invite students to analyze, discuss and develop their ideas about such
themes as war and peace, poverty and inequality, order and justice, governance
and power in the international arena.
The objectives of the Course are to:
Develop a working knowledge of several
subfields of the discipline.
·
Create strong research skills for
subsequent study in this field.
·
Be able to critically analyze
international events and issues.
·
Enable an understanding of the history of
global governance ideas and of the institutions that make the practice of
global governance possible.
COURSE CONTENTS. The Course will
cover the following aspects:
· Global Governance
o Concept and Definition
o Context of the Global
Governance
o Problems and
Principles of Global Governance
o Issues in Global
Governance
· Global Governance and
World Order
·
The Idea of international society
·
Global governance and the United Nations
·
Global economic governance and liberal
order
·
Global civil society and social
movements
·
Regionalization and world order
·
A fragmenting world order
·
The postcolonial order
· Global Economy
·
Global Economic Structure.
·
Fundamental Patterns and Characteristics
of Global Economy.
·
Current Global Economic Perspectives
·
The Global Politics of Development
· Global Community
o What constitutes
Global Community?
o North/South Debate
o Problems of the Global
Community
o Environment and
Resource Issues
o Global Poverty and
Inequality.
o Population Issues:
Overpopulation and Migration
o Aid Flows.
o The Future of the
Global Community.
· Global Security
o Concept and Scope of
Security
o Weapons Proliferation
o Means & Ends of
Security.
o Allies and Adversaries
o Trigger Effect, Ripple
Effect, Domino’s Theory and their Role in Global Security.
· Global Politics
o Globalization and its
Significance to International Politics
o Economic Globalization
o Political
Globalization
o Globalization and the
challenges to governance
o Actors of Global
Politics: MNCs, IGOs, NGOs, TCs etc
· The
Reform of Global Governance
·
Strengthening global governance
·
Social democratic multilateralism
·
Multilevel citizenship
· Global Profiles
A detailed focus on the regional
characteristics and profile for Middle East, Africa, North America, South Asia,
South East Asia, Central Asia, Europe, Latin America and International and
regional organizations like UNO, EU, ASEAN etc.
(To be covered as assignments)
RECOMMENDED READINGS
Core Text Book
1. Global Covenant , David
Held, UK: Polity Press Limited (2004).
· Books:
1. “Population
Pressure, Resource Depletion and the Preservation of Global Environment” in
Kegley and Wittkopf (2004) Chapter 10, Pp. 351-398.
2. “Globalism:
Dependancy and the Capitalist World System in International Relations” by Paul
R. Viotti and Mark V. Kauppi, Pp. 341-364.
3. Realist
Road to Security Through Alliances, “The Balance of Power and Arms Control” by
Kegley and Wittkope (2004) Chapter 14, Pp. 531-567.
4. Jan
Aart Scholte, “The Globalization of World Politics” in The globalization of
World Politics (1999) Pp. 13-30.
5. Fred
Halliday, “Nationalism” in The Globalization of World Politics ed.,
John Baylis and Steve Smith. Pp.359-373.
6. “Non
State Actors in Inter-State system” Chapter 5 by Kegley and Wittkopf (2004) Pp.
135-185.
7. Great
powers Rivalries and Relations by Kegley and Wittkopf (2004) Chapter 4,
Pp. 97-133.
8. “The
Gobal South in a World of Powers” Chapter 6 by Kegley and Wittkopf (2004) Pp
187-222.
9. Michael
T. Snarr and D. Neil Snarr, eds. (1998). Introducing Global Issues.Boulder, CO:
Lynne Rienner Publishers.
10. Robert H. Jackson, “The
Evolution of International Society” in The
Globalization of World Politics by John Baylis and
Steve Smith, Pp33-48.
11. International Law by J.G.
Starke. (Or By) Oppenheim
12. Exploring 21st Century
world politics” in World Politics: Trends & Transformation (Thomson and
Wadsworth, 2004) Chapter 1, Pp5-27.
· Journals/Articles:
1.
Robert D Kaplan, “The Coming Anarchy”
The Atlantic Monthly (Feb 1994)
National University of
Modern Languages
(Department of
Governance and Organizational Science)
MSc Semester II
Module:
Multi-Level Governance
Course Code GOS-514
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objective of the
course are to familiarize the students with the functioning and governance of
the political system in Pakistan, starting from Federal level, to
provincial level and finally with the running of the government at local level.
COURSE OUTLINE
A detailed and
comprehensive study of Multi-Level Governance, starting from Federal level,
which is the major structure of the Government, to Provincial level, District
level then under District level to Tehsil level and Union Council level.
Background and emergence of Local Government system in Pakistan, with
special reference to the present system of Local Government under Nazims and
Naib-Nazim and Devolution of Powers.
COURSE CONTENTS
1.
Definition of Multi-Level Governance.
2.
A detailed study of the following
offices/organizations:
o President of Pakistan
o Prime Minister of Pakistan
o Federal Cabinet
o Cabinet Committees
o Federal Secretariat as
defined under the Rules of Business 1973
o National Economic
Council
o Election Commission
o Auditor General of Pakistan
o Wafaqi Mohtasib
o National Security
Council
o Supreme Court of Pakistan
o Federal Legislature
· National Assembly
· Senate
3.
Provincial Setup
o Governor
o Chief Minister
o Provincial Assemblies
o Provincial Secretariat
o Planning and
Development Board
4.
Local Government
o Local Government
Ordinance 2000 and its subsequent amendments.
o District Government
o Zila Government
o Union Administration
o Role of Civil Servants
o Critical analysis and
suggestions to improve the Local Government system specially the implementation
of Development Schemes, and their Monitoring and Evaluation.
5.
Judicial System
o Supreme Court
o High Courts
o Lower Courts
RECOMMENDED READINGS
o Constitution of
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973
o Rules of Business,
1973 (Cabinet Secretariat)
o Local Government Book
by National Reconstruction Bureau
o Manual of Development
Projects by Planning Division
o Government and
Administration in Pakistan by Dr Jamil-ur-Rehman
National University of
Modern Languages
(Department of
Governance and Organizational Science)
MSc Semester II
Module:
Management of Public
Policy
Course Code GOS-513
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Course are to
familiarize the students with an understanding of what public policies are, how
these policies are formulated, what are the different policy models available
and how policies are analyzed and evaluated for their efficacy.
COURSE CONTENTS
1.
Policy:
·
What is Policy
·
Why Study Public Policy
·
Policy Analysis- Art & Craft
·
What can be learned from Policy Analysis
·
Policy Analysis and the quest for
solutions
·
Policy Analysis and Policy Advocacy
2.
Models
·
Institutional Model
·
Process Model
·
Rational Model
·
Incremental Model
·
Group Model
·
Elite Model
·
Public Choice Model
·
Game Theory Model
3.
The Policy Making Process
·
How Policies are made
·
Public Opinion
·
Elite opinion
4.
Policy Evaluation
5.
Case Study
RECOMMENDED READINGS
·
Understanding Public Policy by Thomas R.
Dye (3rd Edition)- Prentice Hall Inc. Englewood-Cliefs N.J- USA
National University of
Modern Languages
(Department of
Governance and Organizational Science)
MSc Semester II
Module:
Corporate Governance
(CG)
Course Code GOS-515
COURSE OBJECTIVES: To provide students
an understanding of the subject of corporate governance by focussing on the
following aspects:
·
What is Corporate Governance?
·
Principles of Corporate Governance
·
What is the General Structure of
Corporations?
·
Board of Directors and their Working
Principles.
·
How Companies are Formed and the Role of
SECP
·
International Perspectives on Corporate
Governance
COURSE CONTENTS
The Course will be covered by a study of the following
aspects:
·
Introduction to the Subject
·
Overview of Corporate Governance
·
Why the Need for Corporate Governance
·
Concept of Corporate Governance
·
Key Corporate Actors in Corporate
Governance
·
Stakeholders
·
Corporate Governance: Mechanism and
Overview
·
Ingredients of Corporate Governance
·
Principles of Corporate Governance
·
Roles and Responsibilities of Boards
·
Board Operation
·
Details of Patterns of Roles and
Responsibility
· Transparency and
Financial Disclosure in Corporate Governance
· Role and
Responsibility of Investors
·
Decision Making in Corporate Governance
·
Relative control of stakeholders in
decision making
·
Relationship Amongst the Stakeholders
·
Theories of Corporate Governance
·
Corporate Mechanism and control
·
Internal Corporate Governance
·
External Corporate Governance
·
How Corporate Governance is Done by SECP
·
Role of SECP in Registering Companies in
Pakistan
·
Performance Monitoring in Corporate Governance
·
Remuneration System
·
Bankruptcy System
·
Incorporation of Companies in Pakistan
·
Memorandum of Association
·
Articles of Association
·
Ownership Structure in Corporate
Governance
·
Systemic Problems of Corporate
Governance
·
Corporate Social Responsibility
·
Codes and Guidelines of Corporate
Governance
·
Rules and Regulations in Corporate
Governance
·
Corporate Governance in UK and
USA
·
Case Studies
· Corporate Governance
in Nokia Corporation
· Corporate Governance
in Toyota
RECOMMENDED READINGS
·
Websites of World Bank, UNDP and other
multilateral institutions
·
Handouts as distributed in class
National University of
Modern Languages
(Department of
Governance and Organizational Science)
MSc Semester II
Module:
Human Resource
Management
Course Code GOS-512
COURSE OBJECTIVES. The objectives of
the Course are to:
·
Define the Strategic role of Human
Resource Management
·
Explain salient motivational and
learning theories and their role in employee behavior
·
Create an understanding of the different
facets of Human Resource Management
·
Outline different processes applied in
the Human Resource Management functions
·
Discuss some challenges faced by HRD
professionals
COURSE CONTENTS . The course will
cover the following aspects:
·
STRATEGIC ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
·
FACTORS INFLUENCING EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOR
·
Employee Behavior and External
Influences Affecting it
·
Motivational Theories
·
Learning Theories
·
CAREER MANAGEMENT
·
Career Management Process
·
Job Analysis
·
Personnel Planning and Recruiting
·
Early Career Issues
·
Middle & Late Career Issues
·
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
·
Assessment of Training Needs
·
Designing Effective Training Programs
·
Implementing Training Programs
·
Evaluating Training Programs
·
EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION
·
EMPLOYEE COUNSELLING
·
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
METHODOLOGY
The methodology will include lectures,
discussions, case studies and presentations.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On completion of the Course, the
students should be able to comprehend the importance of HRM, fulfill management
obligations and apply the acquired knowledge to practical situations
RECOMMENDED READINGS
·
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (TENTH
EDITION) by GARY DESSLER
·
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (THIRD
EDITION) by RANDY L. DESIMONE, JON M. WERNER and DAVID M. HARRIS
·
CAREER MANAGEMENT by Jeffrey H.
Greenhaus, Gerard A. Callanan and Veronica M. Godshalk
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