Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector, Nonprofit Organizations, Nonprofit Leadership and Governance
Improving Leadership & Governance in Nonprofit Organizations,
This course introduces you to 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. Nevertheless, it is our hope that much of the course content will still be of value to those in other parts of the world. To learn more about this course, please watch the overview video by copying and pasting the following link into your web browser: https://goo.gl/YMg1Qd. Keywords: Nonprofit; Nonprofit Sector; Voluntary Sector; Nonprofit Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, Volunteer Organizations, Leadership, Management, Governance, Board, Board of Directors, Performance, Effectiveness Course 1 Overview: Week 1: Some of the questions you will explore this week are: What is the nonprofit sector and why does it exist? What are the unique characteristics of nonprofit organizations? What are the trends and emerging issues facing organizations in the nonprofit sector? Week 2: Questions to be explored this week are: What is leadership at the governance level and how is it different from management? What is good governance and why does it matter? What is a board of directors? Week 3: This week's questions: What roles do board members play in nonprofit organizations? Broadly speaking, what are boards responsible for and how do they go about their work? What are some of the issues that challenge the board's ability to go its work? Week 4: At this stage, you are asked to review the course content, submit a written assignment (known lightheartedly as a BEAR (Board Effectiveness Readiness Assessment), and take two multiple choice Readiness Assurance Tests (known similarly as RATs). One RAT will assess knowledge and reading comprehension and the other will test application of knowledge within a practical case. Week 5: We will encourage you to discuss the RATs in the discussion forums and take them again should you wish to change any of your answers based on the information exchanged.
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Rating | 4.4★ based on 25 ratings |
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Length | 6 weeks |
Starts | Jun 26 (44 weeks ago) |
Cost | $49 |
From | The State University of New York, Luther College at the University of Regina, University at Buffalo via Coursera |
Instructors | Prof. Yvonne D. Harrison, PhD, Prof. Vic Murray, PhD, Prof. Yvonne Cafik Harrison, PhD |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Social Sciences Business |
Tags | Social Sciences Governance And Society Business Leadership And Management |
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My overall experience with this Specialization, in general, and this 1st Course, in particular, is very positive.On the positive side, I really like the fact that the Courses are practice-oriented and provide not only theoretical frameworks, but also insights from experts, practical guidance, and evidence-based best practices.Also, the idea of applying Team-Based Learning (TBL), in the forms of Readiness Assurance Tests (RATs) and scenario-based RAT Application Exercises, for assessing participants' learning, is excellent!However, there are a couple of downsides, that's why I'm not giving a 5 star positive feedback.The first problem is that not all of the required readings are freely available via the Coursera platform, or elsewhere online.
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Rating | 4.4★ based on 25 ratings |
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Length | 6 weeks |
Starts | Jun 26 (44 weeks ago) |
Cost | $49 |
From | The State University of New York, Luther College at the University of Regina, University at Buffalo via Coursera |
Instructors | Prof. Yvonne D. Harrison, PhD, Prof. Vic Murray, PhD, Prof. Yvonne Cafik Harrison, PhD |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Social Sciences Business |
Tags | Social Sciences Governance And Society Business Leadership And Management |
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