Sociology 350 - NGOs: Organizing To Do Good

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Grinnell College

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People often join together in nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations to accomplish good for themselves or others. This seminar focuses on how such organizations are structured and how they operate. We will explore how NPOs and NGOs resemble, and differ from, other organizational forms in mission, leadership, organizational change, environmental constraints, and effects on members. Attention to practical managerial challenges. Cases may include human service organizations, community action agencies, foundations and funding organizations, fraternal organizations, nonprofit colleges, and international humanitarian NGOs. Not open to those who have taken Sociology 390. Prerequisite: at least two 200-level sociology courses and third-year or senior standing, or permission of instructor. HUNTER.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.grinnell.edu

Phone Number:

(641) 269-4000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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