Courses

Delivered by Cranfield University of Security Sector Management, this course provides students with a contextual, theoretical and practical understanding of the economic and financial aspects of the security-development nexus.

Rule of law is at the heart of the relationship between the citizen and the state, and nowhere more so than in the security and justice sectors.  In a democracy, the citizen expects to live in a law-based polity, where the government, like all other actors, is bound by the law, and enforces it impartially.  In a law-based state, the government should also respect and implement its international obligations. This course discusses what the rule of law is, and the difficulties in implementing it. 

To establish and reaffirm a baseline of student knowledge and understanding of the fundamental principles of project and programme management and explore the key principles, processes, tools and techniques underpinning project and programme management in the context of security and development sector.

While the security sector now has much more experience in change management, there is a growing recognition that change could be done better, particularly in the softer issues of managing people.  Change management should be a core competence for all managers and leaders in the security sector.  Concepts, tools, instruments and knowledge related to how change is managed over varied and uncertain time horizons is central to the course.

Please see attached brochure.  The aim of this course is to develop knowledge and understanding of the philosophies and methodologies in strategic management within the context of both the private and public dimensions of the security sector.