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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
This course explores contemporary organizational development which is defined as the application of knowledge, skills, and tools to improve organizational performance, enhance organizational functioning, and maximize human potential. This course adopts a strategic perspective and provides concepts and tools related to diagnosing an organization’s problems or intentions, designing interventions to help them overcome obstacles and/or achieve their goals, leading and managing the resulting change process, and evaluating and institutionalizing new organizational strategies.
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4.00 Credits
This is the first of a two-quarter sequence that introduces the fundamental considerations in planning and executing the start-up of a new small business venture. The course focuses on planning selected critical aspects of a business plan in the areas of orientation to small business, strategic planning, financial considerations, location, layout and beginning inventory.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a sequel to BMGT 231 and completes the basic instruction necessary for competence in managing a small business enterprise. Topics covered will include effective operation of an established business with emphasis on strategic planning, market analysis, pricing, inventory control and credit collections.
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3.00 Credits
The practicum provides a supervised, cooperative work experience with on-the-job application of knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom.
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2.00 Credits
On-campus seminar which allows students to report on small business management knowledge gained in specific areas of the internship. The course may include a market research survey, case reports, or other special projects.
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5.00 Credits
This course traces the history, philosophy, and societal role of nonprofits in the United States, and how social sector organizations today compare organizationally to public and private sector organizations. Additionally, this course explores the characteristics of effective and ethical management and leadership in nonprofit organizations. More specifically, it explores the fundamental challenges to effective leadership including defining and articulating the organization’s mission, formulating relevant organizational strategy, crafting an aligned organizational structure, identifying and understanding the multiple “customers” served, and identifying and prioritizing the critical strategic managerial tasks that must be successfully executed. As such, it examines the roles of the executive director, the board, staff and volunteers.
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5.00 Credits
This course focuses on the “tactics” of strategy implementation in a nonprofit organization. It answers the question: “Now that we have determined our mission and strategic goals, what do we have to do to get there?” Course explores human resource development and supervision, program planning, managing volunteers, outcome assessment and measurement, board and committee development, and risk management.
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5.00 Credits
This course introduces the legal and financial issues relevant to managing a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. Issues to be addressed include organizing the entity, qualifying for and maintaining nonprofit status, principles of fundraising, and strategic marketing. Financial areas covered include the principles of fiscal responsibility for nonprofits, as well as cost accounting, budgeting, the presentation of financial statements, proposed development, and in-kind resources.
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5.00 Credits
This course is a project-based capstone learning experience that will facilitate the application of knowledge acquired in BMGT 245, 246, and 247 to a contemporary problem or initiative in a nonprofit organization. Leadership strategies relevant to a nonprofit organizational context and an exploration of professional motivation and commitment will also be explored.
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5.00 Credits
Students will develop their personal project methodology that can be customized to any field of interest. It will include activities in all project phases and processes such as project charters, communication plans, requirements validation, change management, risk/issue management, testing and quality assurance.
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