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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
FIRST SEMESTER, 2018/2019
COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST
LECTURER: Professor
Ransford Gyampo
COURSE
OUTLINE AND READINGS
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COURSE
TITLE
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GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP
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COURSE
CODE
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POLI 361
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COURSE
CREDITS
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3
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PURPOSE
AND OBJECTIVES
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Welcome to this Course, Governance and
Leadership. The Course entails a detailed and thorough study of the concepts
of governance, leadership, theories and forms of leadership. It discusses the
relationship between governance and leadership; the role of governance and
leadership in promoting development; and barriers to good governance and
effective leadership. In the conduct
of lectures and tutorials, concrete examples will be drawn from the global
setting, but with specific emphasis on what pertains in Africa and Ghana. At
the end of the Course, you be able to define the term governance and identify
its main ingredients; identify and explain the types of governance;
distinguish between the Orders of Governance; explain the concept of good
governance and identify its basic features; define leadership; explain the
theories and types of leadership; distinguish between a leader and a manager;
state the role of governance and leadership in promoting development; and
identify the obstacles to good governance and effective leadership.
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OFFICE
LOCATION
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Department of Political Science,
University of Ghana, Room 7
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OFFICE
HOURS
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Mondays: 10.00am – 4.30pm
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EMAIL
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LECTURE
PERIOD & VENUE
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Wednesdays 1.30pm -3.20pm @ JQB 22
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WEEK
NO.
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LECTURE
TOPIC
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TUTORIALS
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ASSESSMENT
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1
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Conceptualizing Governance and Discussing
its Essence
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Teaching/Graduate Assistants to assist
students in defining and conceptualizing Governance
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2
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Types of Governance (Example Political
Governance, Social Governance, Economic Governance, Natural Resource
Governance, etc)
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Students to be guided in discussing the
various types of governance
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3
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Types of Governance (Example Political
Governance, Social Governance, Economic Governance, Natural Resource
Governance, etc)
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Provide tutorials on types of governance
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4
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A Review of the State of Governance in
Africa
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5
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A Review of the State of Governance in
Africa
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Students to discuss and share their
perspectives on the state of governance in Ghana
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6
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Defining Good Governance and Examining
its Features
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Students should review the Mo Ibrahim
Report on Governance in Africa from 2010-2015
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7
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Defining Leadership as distinct from
Management
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Students to try on their own to draw a
line of demarcation between a leader and a manager
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Interim Assessment (30%)
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8
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A Review of the major theories of
leadership
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Students must examine in detail, the
merits of each of the leadership theories
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9
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Types, Styles and Qualities of Leadership
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Students to mention the types of
(democratic, transformational, servant, autocratic or laisseiz-faire),
leadership and explain give practical examples to illustrate each
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10
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The Challenges of Governance and Leadership in Africa using
Ghana as a microscope
(Defining and Discussing the
Manifestations of Winner-Takes-All Politics)
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Students to identify the challenges of
governance and leadership in Ghana
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11
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The Challenges of Governance and Leadership in Africa using
Ghana as a microscope
(Analyzing How Winner-Takes-All Politics Undermines
Governance and Leadership in Africa)
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Students to be guided to operationalize
Winner-Takes-All Politics as distinct from the Winner-Takes-All Formula for
selecting leaders
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12
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Relationship between Good Governance,
Leadership and Development
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Students to be assisted in clearly
identifying the relationship between the three
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13
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Re-cap of Semester
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14
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STUDENT REVISION
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15-17
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EXAMINATION (70%)
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COURSE READINGS
Gyampo,
R.E.V. (2015). “Dealing with Ghana’s Winner-Takes-All Politics: A Case for
Proportional Representation?” The Journal
of Social Sciences Research, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp 41-46.
Gyampo,
R.E.V. (2015). “Dealing with Winner-Takes-All Politics in Ghana: The Case for
National Development Planning” Governance,
Vol. 20, No. 1 (January/February), pp 1-11.
Gyampo,
R.E.V. (2013) The State of Political
Institutions in Ghana, Saarbrucken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing
Inc.
Kwakye, J.K. (2013) “The Price of
Leadership Failings in Ghana” Legislative
Alert, Vol. 20, No. 5 (September/October), pp 1-4.
Gandossy R., and Sonnenfeld J., 2004. Leadership and Governance from the Inside
Out (New Jersey: Wiley & Sons Inc).
Bell S., 2002. Economic Governance and Institutional Dynamics (Melbourne: Oxford
University Press).
Rosenau J. 1999. “Towards Ontology for
Global Governance” in Martin Hewson and Thomas Sinclair (eds) Approaches to Global Governance Theory
(Albany: SUNY Press).
Kooiman J., 1993 “Social Political
Governance: Introduction” in J. Kooiman (ed) Modern Governance: New Government- Society Interactions (SAGE
Publications).
Stoker G., 1998. “Governance as Theory:
Five Propositions” International Social
Science Journal, Vol 50, pp17-28.
Grover, S., 2008. Managing the Public Sector (Boston: Thomson Higher Education)
Dessart, M and Ubogu R., 2001. Capacity Building, Governance and Economic
Reforms in Africa (Washington DC: IMF)
The Heritage Foundation Foundation, 2009. Mandate for Effective Leadership (Washington
DC: The Heritage Foundation).
Agyemang, K., 2011 Leadership, Governance and Ethic (Accra: Excellent Printing Press).
Denhardt R. and Denhardt J. 2009. Public Administration: An Action Orientation,
Sixth Edition (Belmont: Thomson Higher Education).
Fitch L.C. 1996. Making Democracy Work: The Life and Letters of Luther Halsey Gulick,
1892-1993 (California: University of California Press).
Blackman D and Lejeune H. (eds.) 1990. Behaviour Analysis in Theory and Practice:
Contributions and Controversies. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Torrington et. al., 2005 Human Resorce Management (England:
Prentice Hall).
Olowu D. 1995. “Centralization,
Self-Governance and Development in Nigeria” in J.S Wunsch and D. Olowu (eds.) The Failure of the Centralized State:
Institutions and Self-Governance in Africa (San Francisco: Institute for
Contemporary Studies Press).
Spillane James et al. 2004. “Towards a
Theory of Leadership Practice” Journal of
Curriculum Studies 36 (1): 3-34.
World Bank, 1991. Managing Development- The Governance Dimension (Washington DC:
World Bank).
REQUIREMENTS/ GENERAL
INFORMATION
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Extensive Reading (at least 70% of the
required reading materials) is a MUST
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There would be 13 weeks of lectures and
students must endeavor to attend all lectures. The course shall not be done by
correspondence.
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Students must be punctual in attending all
lectures. No lateness would be tolerated
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Students MUST attend tutorials regularly
and make MEANINGFUL contributions to class discussions.
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An Interim Assessment would be conducted
and would constitute 30% of the final grades of students. The final exam would
account for 70% of students’ grade.
- For information on Grading Scale, students may refer to Undergraduate Handbook for details.
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Students MUST comport themselves during
lectures. No acts of indiscipline such as ringing of mobile phones and all
other acts that could distract the attention of other students while lectures
are on-going would be tolerated
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