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Prof. Yvonne D. Harrison, PhD, Prof. Vic Murray, PhD, and Prof. Yvonne Cafik Harrison, PhD

Identify and analyze leadership and governance issues, create practical ways to improve board performance and work with boards to implement these improvements.

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Identify and analyze leadership and governance issues, create practical ways to improve board performance and work with boards to implement these improvements.

This Specialization consists of three courses plus a Capstone Project: (1) Course 1 topics: The unique nature of the nonprofit sector in society; leadership in nonprofit organizations and the governance process. (2) Course 2 topics: The roles and responsibilities of nonprofit organization boards of directors and the challenges in carrying them out effectively. (3) Course 3 topics: The critical factors that impact the ability of the board to govern and how to intentionally change them into positive influences. The Capstone Project: How to help real boards overcome inertia and resistance to change and improve their governance effectiveness in an applied service learning experience. To learn more about the series of courses, please watch the Welcome Video.

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Four courses

Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector, Nonprofit Organizations, Nonprofit Leadership and Governance

This course introduces the nonprofit sector, nonprofit organizations, and the concepts of leadership and governance. While this course has been developed with North American culture in mind, we do appreciate that in other parts of the world the nature of the nonprofit sector, nonprofit organizations, nonprofit leadership and governance may not be the same.

The Roles and Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards of Directors within the Governance Process

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This course explores the roles and responsibilities of boards of directors in nonprofit governance. It covers strategic planning, performance assessment, and fundraising. While developed with North American culture in mind, much of the content is valuable globally.

The Factors that Influence the Effectiveness of Boards and the Governance Process

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The third course in this Specialization introduces you to the factors that influence how effective boards of directors will be in carrying out their roles and responsibilities and hence the impact they have in shaping the success of the organization they govern.

Capstone - Managing Board Change for Higher Levels of Leadership and Governance Effectiveness

The Capstone Project is a service learning experience designed to apply the knowledge and skills developed in the three Specialization courses to a real world leadership and governance situation.

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