Message-ID: <AE48DB1217@fs1.ec.man.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 16:08:09 BST From: Dr Richard Heeks <mailto:mzdid10@FS1.EC.MAN.AC.UK> Subject: Re: information management courses To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Andy Lyons wrote:> If anyone can recommend a 6 month or 1 year program in
> information systems, perhaps one that caters to visiting
> international students and/or focuses on applications in
> development, please let me know.
We have a number of potentially relevant training programmes:
>>Six week course in information systems: Effective Microcomputer
Information Systems http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/emis.htm>>Twelve week variant of the same, with option to add distance
learning elements and upgrade to a postgraduate diploma: Management Services and Information Systems http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/dipmsis.htm>>One year Masters degree: Public Sector Management and Information
Systems http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/mapsm&is.htmAll our training is aimed at staff in development organisations (public sector and NGO) in developing and transitional economies. We have good links with the public sector and NGOs in many African, Asian and Latin American countries (includng the Gambia).
Details of other programmes are obtainable from our Web site: http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm
or email me direct for brochure/application pack or for further information: mailto:richard.heeks@man.ac.uk
Richard Heeks
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