Fall 2023  |  PA 5101 Section 001: Management and Governance of Nonprofit Organizations (23349)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate Student
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023
Wed 05:45PM - 08:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 25
Enrollment Status:
Open (17 of 35 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Theories, concepts, and real world examples of managerial challenges. Governance systems, strategic management practices, effect of funding environments, management of multiple constituencies. Types of nonprofits using economic/behavioral approaches. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?davi1315+PA5101+Fall2023
Class Description:
Theories, concepts, and real world examples of managerial challenges. Governance systems, strategic management practices, effect of funding environments, management of multiple constituencies. Types of nonprofits using economic/behavioral approaches.
Learning Objectives:
This course focuses on distinctive features of leading/managing and governing nonprofit organizations and draws on current theories, concepts, and real-world examples to explore management changes. This course is designed to provide current and future nonprofit managers and leaders with an overview of a range of nonprofit management concerns and practices. Course projects and discussions expand learners' management skills, analytical tools, and knowledge. In this course learners are asked to take the perspectives of nonprofit leaders/managers, volunteers, board members, policy makers, donors, and clients.
Grading:
15% Classroom Participation
20% Memo #1
20% Memo #2
20% Op Ed Piece
25% Reflective essay
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23349/1239
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/davi1315_PA5101_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/davi1315_PA5101_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 August 2019

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