NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, PROJECT PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION COURSE CODE : PAD858 COURSE WRITERS DR. IBRAHIM ADAMU CONTENTEDITOR DR. YEMISI I. OGUNLELA PROGRAMME COORDINATOR DR. (MRS.) NWAMAKA P. IBEME 1 NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA National Open University of Nigeria Headquarters 14/16 Ahmadu Bello Way Victoria Island Lagos Abuja Office 5, Dar es Salaam Street Off Aminu Kano Crescent Wuse II, Abuja 2 Nigeria e-mail:
[email protected] URL: www.nou.edu.ng Published By: National Open University of Nigeria First Printed ………. ISBN: ………….. All Rights Reserved 3 CONTENTSPAGE Introduction ………………………………………………………… 1 Course Aims …………………………………..…………………......1 CourseObjectives..…………………………………………….……..1 Course Materials……………………………………………………… Study Units ……………………………………..…..………………... Assignments………..………………………………………………... Tutor-Marked Assignment ……………………................................... Final Examination and Grading ……………………….…………… Summary …………………………………………………………… 4 Introduction This course, PAD 858: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, PROJECT PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION is a two creditunit compulsory course for students studying Public Administration at masters level in the Faculty of Management Sciences. The course has been conveniently arranged for you in twelve distinct but related units of study activities. In this course guide, you will find out what you need to know about the aims and objectives ofthe course, components of the course material, arrangement of the study units, assignments, and examinations. The Course Aim The course is aimed at acquainting you with what Development Planning is, what Project Preparation and Implementation are all about and getting you understand the practical aspects of preparing a plan, designing the needed projects and implementing them for national development. To ensure that this aim is achieved, some important background information will be providedand discussed, including: definition of basic concepts – Development Planning, Project Preparation and Project Implementation.