Management of Not-For-Profit Organizations

472.31Week 1

Fall 2014Bruce Duggan

Providence University College

What To Expect

expect lots of work it’s a 3rd year course

expect to be surprised how big the non-profit sector is how complicated the non-profit world is how relevant is will be to your future

my advice by next class: carefully read the syllabus always: stay up to date on readings

The Textbook

the “gold standard” textbook worth keeping max 2 people to share a textbook US focus

The Textbook

chapters designed for a 2-semester course assigned chapters

• everyone read

• tested in quizzes

• discussed in class

others• each person pick, present & write about 1 chapter

• presentation 10 - 15 minutes

• see syllabus

Field of Study?

It is difficult to define what nonprofit organizations are, what they do, and how they do it.

Hall, in Renz et al., pg. 3

Field of Study?

charities

non-profits

groups of people doing good things

churches

religious organizations

groups of peopletrying to act together

to achieve goals they think are worthwhile

co-ops

community organizations

advocacy organizationsarts

groups

sportsgroups

unions

politicalparties

hospitals

businessassociations

non-profitsector

for-profit business

government

family

Field of Study

non-profitsector

Field of Study

co-opsnon-profits

charities

churches

Field of Study

understanding

action governance management

non-profits

charities

churches

co-ops

How We’ll Study

information

decisions

experiences

Done & To Do

Done by today read over syllabus read over Cornerstones of Community

To do by this Tuesday read chapter on changing context (ch 3) pick a project group

• 3 – 5 people

Syllabus

Projects could be almost anything

Ideas Dead Weight Electronics Kickstarter project…

• charcoal business in refugee camp in Uganda

• ?

ProfDrop weiring the Rat creating an accountability

tool for churches website support to…

• 50by30.org

• ?