SECTION 1. THE ROLE(S) OF NONPROFITS IN SOCIETY Required: Either a country profile OR an essay on the “Role(s) of nonprofits in society.” Optional: Op Ed article Session Dates Topics Readings/Cases Products Due Week 1. 1/17 The distinctiveness challenge How unique is the nonprofit sector? Legal basics Scale and scope (US) International comparisons “What do nonprofits stand for? Reassessing the nonprofit value commitment.” Salamon, Geller and Newhouse. 2012. B. McKeever & S. Pettijohn. “The nonprofit sector in brief – 2014.” Urban Institute. Tschirhart, M. and W. Bielefeld, 2012. “Founding nonprofits and the business case,” in Managing Nonprofit Organizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publisher, pp. 49-59. (hereafter the textbook is referred to as MNO) Supplement to “The of global civil society and volunteerism.” Salamon, Sokolowski, Haddock & Tice. 2013. Optional: “The Nonprofit Sector in Comparative Perspective” (Anheier & Salamon). Chapter 4, pp. 89-102, in The Nonprofit Sector; A Research Handbook (Powell & Steinberg, eds.) New Haven, CT: Yale University Press (hereafter, TNS). 2006.
Week 2. 1/24 Historical perspectives (US) Theories of the sector Economic Political “Historical perspectives on nonprofit organizations in the US” (P.D. Hall), chapter 1 in The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Leadership and Management (Renz & Associates, eds.), San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers (hereafter, JBH). 2012. L. Salamon, ch. 10, “Market failure;” D. Young, ch. 11, “Contract failure theory;” D. Young, ch. 12, “Government failure,” in (J. Ott and L. Dicke, eds.,) The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 2015. Pp. 119-128. TNS: chap. 9. “The Constitution of Citizens: Political Theories of the Nonprofit Sector.” (Clemens). 2006. Week 3. 1/31 The importance of context: Understanding how the environment influences and is influenced by nonprofits Scott, W. Richard and Gerald F. Davis. In Organizations and Organizing. . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Pp 233-240, 258-276. 2007. Bryson, John. 2004. “What to do when stakeholders matter,” pp 21-35, skim the rest. Kindornay, Shannon, James Ron, & Charli Carpenter, 2012. Approaches to Development: Implications for NGOs.” Human Rights Quarterly, Volume 34 (2): 472-506.
interested in – Is it What if any, do you see related to on funding sources? JBH: chapter 21, “Managing the challenges of government contracts” (Smith) CASE: Contracting Exercise Read the information provided and come to class with draft sections of the contract for either the Bridge or the county Mental Health Board, depending on which
Why hasn’t the Fundraising Board worked well so far? What recommendations to have for Youn and the Executive Board for more effective governance changes that must occur if the board is to help One Acre Fund achieve its growth potential? Week 10: 3/28 Internal capabilities Financial management Human Resources Brown, W. 2015. “Internal capabilities.” In Strategic Management in Nonprofit Organizations. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, pp. 111-124. MNO, “Financial stewardship and Optional Memo on Neighborhood Health Clinic (A). Upload to Moodle by Sunday, 2nd by midnight.
end of the case narrative SECTION 3. NEW AND CRITICAL ISSUES IN NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE Required: Book review OR Assessment of Minnesota Council of Nonprofit’s Principles and Practices Optional: Book review, Assessment of P&P, or Op Ed – whichever will equate to 4 completed assignments Session Dates Topics Readings/Cases/Pre-class questions and exercises Products Due Week 13. 4/18 Hybrids, social enterprise and the rise of the 4th Sector Smith, S. R. 2010. “Hybridization and nonprofit organizations: The governance challenge.” Policy and Society. Vol. 29: 219-229. Optional: Santos, F., A Pache, and C. Birkholtz. 2015. “Making hybrids work: Aligning business models and organizational design for social enterprise.” California Management Review, Vol. 57(3): 36-58. GUEST: TBD Week 14. 4/25 Nonprofits role in public governance: Levine, J. 2016. “The Privatization of Political Representation: Community-Based