ADVANCED MANAGEMENT OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Academic year
2018/2019 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
ADVANCED MANAGEMENT OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Course code
EM6054 (AF:282153 AR:158684)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
SECS-P/07
Period
4th Term
Course year
1
Where
VENEZIA
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[EM6] ECONOMIA E GESTIONE DELLE AZIENDE - Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
ADVANCED MANAGEMENT OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS [LM1990]
The course aims at providing an understanding of organizational and governance logics of nonprofit and third sector organizations. An approach is followed that privileges the analysis of context variables relevant to the change processes such organizations are stimulated to in this historical period
Basic knowledge of management and accouting of nonprofit organizations
Third sector's boundaries and actors. Nonprofit and social economy organizations' distinctive features. Economic and social dimensions, and the value creation process. Social cooperatives as forms of innovative social enterprises. Institutional structure and organizational complexity of bank foundations. Strategic management. The control system. Culture, strategy and organizational design. Fund raising strategies and instruments. Human resource management. Governance and accountability: measuring and communicating performance
Anheier, H.K (2014), Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management, Policy (2nd edition), London, Routledge, exclusive of chaps. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 17
Scientific papers will be proposed during the course as optional
Written and oral.
Discretionally, attending students can submit a short text with regard a cast study deepened during the course.
Compulsory written test supplemented by an oral exam for those obtaining the grade of 18/30. Undertaking an oral examination is anyway possible for those with any positive grade in the written examination. With a grade of 28/30 or higher one can either register the grade of 27/30 or undertake an oral examination.
Whenever possible and appropriate, frontal lessons alternate with active teaching techniques (e.g. interviews with nonprofit managers, surveys, reviews of online document,...), and with case discussions. Special readings will be proposed to deal with innovative topics, for instance social innovation or social production.
English
written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Cities, infrastructure and social capital" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development

Goal 9: industry, innovation and infrastructure
Goal 11: sustainable cities and communities
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 11/02/2019