Spring 2018  |  PA 5108 Section 001: Board leadership development (54894)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
1 Credit
Grading Basis:
S-N only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Community Engaged Learning
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/27/2018
Sat 09:00AM - 04:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 205
 
02/16/2018
Fri 09:00AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 205
 
03/09/2018
Fri 09:00AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 205
 
04/13/2018
Fri 09:00AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 205
Enrollment Status:
Open (12 of 15 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Nonprofit board governance. Governance models, roles/responsibilities, ethics/dynamics. Current research/concepts along with students' current board experiences to illuminate challenges/explore solutions that build board leadership competencies. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hadd0029+PA5108+Spring2018 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?clas0028+PA5108+Spring2018
Class Description:

Although nonprofit organizations are increasingly adding young professionals to their boards of directors, there are limited opportunities for board leadership development. Our purpose is to directly address this challenge by spending time reading about governance, talking with local governance experts, and, especially, sharing among ourselves the challenges of serving on boards in order to improve board leadership skills.

More specifically, the practicum focuses on distinctive features of nonprofit board governance and uses research and concepts along with students' current board experiences to illuminate challenges and explore solutions in order to build board leadership competencies. The course will cover legal requirements of nonprofit boards, their basic roles and responsibilities, important issues of recruitment, composition and diversity, intra-board and board-staff dynamics, and life cycle changes. Other topics may be added, depending on student experiences and interests.

Grading:
Reflection papers 20% (2 - 1-page, single-spaced reflection on the readings and class discussion relevant to your board experiences

Final short paper 30% (2 page, single-spaced paper that provides a brief analysis of the strengths and challenges facing your board, based on the most important insights from the course, and a description of recommendations for how your board could be more effective)

Class attendance and participation 50%
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54894/1183
Syllabus:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/clas0028_hadd0029_PA5108_Spring2018.pdf
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/clas0028_PA5108_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/clas0028_PA5108_Fall2016.docx (Fall 2016)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
18 November 2016

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