Email: registrar@mdi.edu.gm

Website: www.mdi.edu.gm

P.O. Box 2553, Kanifing, The Gambia

Phone: 4394906

The Department of Management and

Policy Analysis aims to educate and prepare

students for successful careers at various man-

agerial levels in the private, public, and non-

profit sectors. Students learn the leadership

and management skills and techniques that

are essential to help corporations and organi-

zations achieve their goals and objectives.

Peace and Conflict Studies is committed to

interdisciplinary explorations on conflict reso-

lution, peace building, humanitarian assis-

tance, and other alternative mechanisms that

seek to prevent and control violence putting

into context the Gambia experience as well

as those of countries which continue to be in

conflict and those which are in post-conflict

situations.

Management Development Institute

MDI

Management Development Institute

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT and POLICY ANALYSIS

Professional Courses offered:

• Certificate in Management Studies

• Diploma in Management Studies

• Advanced Diploma in Management

Studies

• Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies

• Advanced Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies

The core management training programmes this Department runs include: the Certificate in Management (CM) Course, the Diploma in Management Studies (DMS), the Advanced Diploma in Management Studies (ADMS), the Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies (DPCS), the Advanced Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies (ADPCS) and a host of spe-cially designed courses for Public and Private Sector Organizations and NGOs (upon re-quest). These range from Induction Courses for new entrants into the Administrative Ser-vices – mainly Graduate Executive Officers and Assistant Secretaries; Middle-level Man-agement Workshops; and Senior-level Manage-ment Seminars.

The Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies (DPCS) was launched in July 2009. The broad aim of the course is to provide a strong foun-dation in issues and challenges of Conflict Management, Humanitarian Intervention, and Peace Building within a Peace Studies perspec-tive.

CERTIFICATE IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES (6 mos.)

This course is designed to introduce participants to the basic concepts of management and administrations. It is designed to provide students with the fundamental base of knowledge from which they can pursue advanced study in Management and Public Administration.

CMS 001 Introduction to Management

CMS 002 Introduction to Public Administration

CMS 003 Gambian Studies

CMS 004 Business Communication

CMS 005 Basic Accounting

CMS 006 Basic Statistics

CMS 007 Administrative Organization

DIPLOM A IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES (9 mos.)

DMS 001 Principles and Practice of Management

DMS 002 Human Resources Management

DMS 003 Organizational Behavior

DMS 004 Management Accounting

DMS 005 Administrative Law

DMS 006 Computer Applications( MIS/MS Off)

DMS 007 Ethics & Integrity Management

DMS 008 Research Methods and Thesis

Writing

DMS 009 ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT STUD-

IES (9 mos.)

This course builds on the management concepts and principles of Management and provides for a more comprehensive and technical understanding of Management looking at key competencies in Statis-tics, Accounting, Economics, Human Resources Management, Project Management and ICT.

ADMS 001 Communication Skills

ADMS 002 Marketing Management

ADMS 003 Quantitative Applications in Management

ADMS 004 Corporate Governance

ADMS 005 Climate Change & Poverty

ADMS 006 Project Planning & Management

ADMS 007 Performance Management

ADMS 008 Public Finance & Economics

PROFESSIONAL COURSES OFFERED

For more information, please contact:

Course Coordinator: Mr. Ebrima Ceesay

Numbers: 7981210 / 9300300

Registry Clerk : Mr. Sankung Jarjue

Nos. 4394906 or

7536379

DIPLOMA IN PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES (9 months)

The course enables participants to identify and understand the causes of conflict at the local, regional, and international levels. It aims to foster participants’ skills in conflict prevention and resolution, and in building and maintaining peace. It targets members of Peace Struc-tures, Armed Forces and Police, Local and International NGOs associ-ated with peace building, conflict resolution and conflict management, diplomatic staff, concerned individuals and Civil society Organization. The course duration is 6-months, and it is offered twice a year.

DPCS 001 Introduction to Peace Studies

DPCS 002 Conflict Resolution—Theory and Practice

DPCS 003 Religion and Peace Building

DPCS 004 International Law and Peace Building

DPCS 005 Introduction to Security Studies

DPCS 006 Peace Building in Post-Conflict Societies

DPCS 007 Leadership and Negotiation in Peace Building

DPCS 008 Project Writing

The Advanced Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies (ADPCS) gives a deeper understanding of the important interweaving of the global, regional, and national mechanisms and institutionalisms for Peace, Security, Conflict Resolution, Human Rights and Development.

DIPLOMA IN PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES (9 months)

The course enables participants to identify and understand the causes of conflict at the local, regional, and international levels. It aims to foster participants’ skills in conflict prevention and resolution, and in building and maintaining peace. It targets members of Peace Struc-tures, Armed Forces and Police, Local and International NGOs associ-ated with peace building, conflict resolution and conflict management, diplomatic staff, concerned individuals and Civil society Organization. T

DPCS 002

The Advanced Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies (ADPCS) gives a deeper understanding of the important interweaving of the global, regional, and national mechanisms and institutionalisms for Peace, Security, Conflict Resolution, Human Rights and Development.

ADPCS 001– Intro. To Intl Humanitarian Law & Intl. HR. Law

ADPCS 002– Conflict Prevention & Peace Building in Africa

ADPCS 003– Violent Conflict Formations & Resolution in Africa

ADPCS 004– Post Conflict Reconciliation, Reconstruction & Global Peace

ADPCS 005– Religion in Conflict & Peace: A Comparative Study

ADPCS 006– Military & Civilian Relations

ADPCS 007– Ethnicity & Culture in Peace & Conflict

ADPCS 008– Peace Initiative and Peace-building