How well you do is largely dependent on how well you do it. Internal management
is a central function of all organizations, but is
particularly important for international public and non-governmental
organizations. This is because their main added value is their credibility as
institutions.
In order to focus discussion, the session will mostly emphasize internal
management of the United Nations proper, but this is reasonably similar to
other organizations of the United Nations system. The session's readings will
also have some considerations about NGOs.
Questions
covered
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- Why internal
management is critical at the international level;
- The nature of the
budgeting process;
- How to ensure
accountability;
- Human resource
management in an international context.
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Lecture
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Required
readings
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- Mathiason, Who Will
Save the Planet, Chapter 3 (in course Canvas)
- United Nations,
Shifting the management paradigm in the United Nations: improving and
streamlining the programme planning and budgeting
process, Report of the Secretary-General (In course Canvas)
- United Nations,
Proposed programme budget for 2023. Plan Outline (A/77/6 (Plan Outline) (In
course canvas)
- UNFCCC, Programme budget for the biennium 2022-2023
- John Mathiason, "What
Kind of International Public Service Do We Need for the 21st Century?"
Global Governance, April 2008.
- John Mathiason, "Proposing
cutting the US contribution to the UN is not a good idea",
February 2017
- Council on Foreign
Relations, Funding
the United Nations: What Impact Do U.S. Contributions Have on UN
Agencies and Programs, September 2017
- Report of the
Secretary-General on Shifting
the management paradigm in the United Nations: ensuring a better future
for all (72/492), 27 September 2017
- Report of the
Secretary-General, Overview
of human resources management reform: towards a global, dynamic,
adaptable and engaged workforce for the United Nations, (A/71/323)
23 August 2016
- Report of the
Secretary-General on Eighth progress report on the accountability system
in the United Nations Secretariat: strengthening the accountability
system of the Secretariat under the new management paradigm (A/73/800,)
(In course Canvas)
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Recommended
readings
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- Barnett
and Finnemore, Chapter 6
- John Mathiason, "Who Controls the Machine III", Public
Administration and Development (2002)
- Joint Inspection Unit,
Results-based
Management in the United Nations in the context of the reform process,
Geneva: (JIU/REP/2006/6)
- United Nations, Report of the
International Civil Service Commission 2006 (A/61/30), Glossary of
Technical Terms, Chapters III-IV, Annex III
- Angela Bester, Results-Based
Management in the United Nations Development System, 8 January 2016
- UN
Office of Internal Oversight Services, Review of results-based
management at the United Nations (A/63/268)
- Browse the website of
the Joint Inspection Unit
- Browse the website of
the United Nations Office of Internal
Oversight Services
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Simulation
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Organizational structure and personnel requirements for the CCEVO
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Discussion
questions
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- How can you best
ensure transparency in budgeting without opening an international
organization to micro-management from constituents?
- Why are accounting and
oversight controls critical in international organizations?
- What are the main
human resources management issues in international public and NGO
organizations?
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Session
recording
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3, 5 October 2023 found in the course Canvas.
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