Management of Non-Profit Organizations
Code
2417
Academic unit
null
Department
null
Credits
3,5
Teacher in charge
Miguel Baptista Coelho Alves Martins
Teaching language
English
Objectives
Starting with a broad overview on the context, the structures and the specificities of the nonprofit sector this course aims to tackle a wide range of aspects related to Nonprofit Management and explore in detail the different tools and ideas around this type of organizations.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
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Teaching method
The combination of teaching methods such as case studies, short videos, class discussions and presentations wishes to foster the learning space and critical analysis and seeks to promote students ability to develop and apply their management skills to the nonprofit sector. Classroom participation is expected and required.
Evaluation method
Individual Work In‐Class (30%): On the Individual Work two different non‐profit organizations will come to class, will present a management related challenge and the students have to solve and deliver a report till the end of the class.
Group Work (40%): The students are asked to form groups. Each group has to find a nonprofit organization and figure out a specific management related problem / challenge that it is facing.
You can then either help directly the organization to solve the identified management problem, or develop the solution to that specific problem using data from the organization and the tools you find useful.
-Individual Exam (30%)
Adjustments of 0.5 points in the final grade (in either direction) can be made, based on other information available such as participation in class and contribution to the coursework.