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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
• ?
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