Program Management for Social Development

Kannan, Srinivasan (2009): Program Management for Social Development.

Abstract

Program Management is an important step in Social Development. There are variety of uses of the term "program" in organizations. In general use, a program is a collection of organizational resources that is geared to accomplish a certain major goal or set of goals. This definition of a program is similar to that of an organization and a system. A program is also an organization and a system. It is created for a purpose for a time period. Program is a time bound set of activities having larger scope than a project. Otherwise the steps of Program Management is similar to that of Project Management.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Program Management, Planning, Health, Situation Analysis, LFA, Programming, Evaluation, Monitoring
• Subjects: P - Economic Systems > P4 - Other Economic Systems > P41 - Planning, Coordination, and Reform; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy ; Regulation ; Public Health; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy; H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O21 - Planning Models ; Planning Policy

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