W547 – Management of Non-Profit Organisations

Module
Management of Non-Profit Organisations
Management of Non-Profit Organisations
Module number
W547 [IB-BA E07]
Version: 1
Faculty
Business Administration
Level
Bachelor
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Summer semester
Module supervisor
Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Nicola Neuvians
nicola.neuvians(at)htw-dresden.de
Course language(s)

German - 50.00%
in "Management of Non-Profit Organisations - E02"

English - 50.00%
in "Management of Non-Profit Organisations - E02"
ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (4.00 SCH Lecture)
Self-study time

90.00 hours
90.00 hours Self-study - Management of Non-Profit Organisations - E02
Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

Written examination
Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 70% | not to be compensated
in "Management of Non-Profit Organisations - E02"

Alternative examination - Presentation
Examination time: 20 min | Weighting: 30% | not to be compensated
in "Management of Non-Profit Organisations - E02"
Form of teaching
The course will include lectures, group work, presentations, online assessments, case studies, critical reading, videos, research activities, dialogue and debate.
Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure
  • Roles of NPOs in society, Three-Sectors-Model
  • Objectives, characteristics and structures of Non-Profit-Organisations (NPO)
  • Definition of NPOs, legal and tax aspects of NPOs,
  • NPOs and Civil Society, NPOs and Capacity Building
  • Scientific view on different kind of NPOs (International, national, local NPOs
  • public serving/member serving)
  • Organizational Behavior and Leadership of NPOs
  • Management Systems and Instruments in NPOs (Performance Manage-ment, Human Resources, Controlling, Marketing, Public Affairs, Financing/Fund Raising)
  • Presentation and analysis of several NPOs
  • Future developments of NPOs and Social Enterprises
Qualification objectives
Non-Profit-Organisations (NPOs) are specific organisations with specific goals within a specific environment. The objectives of this course are therefore
  • to raise the student´s awareness of the specifics of NPOs
  • to transfer basic knowledge of Management of NPOs (technical skills)
  • to show different organizational forms of NPOs and actual requirements
  • to built practical skills for designing of and handling of management processes in NPOs (conceptual/social skills)
    At the end of the module students
  • will have developed a deeper understanding of the increasing role of the Non-Profit-Sector
  • will have developed a richer and more complex representation of NPO-Management and of the actual requirements of Managers of NPOs
  • will have understood how different NPOs function and how specific management situations in NPOs can be handled
Social and personal skills
Key skills
Special admission requirements
No information
Recommended prerequisites

Language: B2, TOEFL 550 or equivalent
Continuation options
No information
Literature

ANHEIER, H. K. (2005): Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management, Policy, London.

ANHEIER, H. K./Diana Leat (2006): Creative Philanthropy. London and New York.

BADELT, C. (2002): Handbuch der Nonprofit Organisation, Stuttgart.

COURTNEY, R. (2002): Strategic Management for Voluntary Nonprofit Organizations, Routledge, Cambridge.

DEES, G. J./EMERSON, J./ECONOMY, P. (2001): Enter- prising Nonprofits: A toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs. New York.

DRUCKER, P. F. (1990): Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices, New York.

ESCHENBACH, R.; HORAK, C. (2003): Führung der Nonprofit Organisation, Stuttgart.

HERMAN, R. D. (2004): The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, 2. Ed., San Francisco.

RUTER, R. X./SAHR, K./GRAF WALDERSEE, G. (2005): Public Governance, Wiesbaden. SALAMON, L. M. (Ed.) (2003): The State of Nonprofit America, Baltimore.

SMITH, D. H./STEBBINS, R. A./DOVER, M. A. (2006): A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies), Indiana.
Current teaching resources

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Notes
The module will be partly taught in English (50%), partly in German (50%).
Link to course/learning resources in OPAL
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