Course Syllabus
PADMN 6570 - 01
Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Spring 2015
Day/Time: Mondays 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location OSH 132
Instructor: Amberlie Phillips,Chief Development Officer, YWCA Utah
(801) 792-8130 amberliephillips@hotmail.com Office Hours: By Appointment
Course Overview
PADMN 6570 explores the management functions, issues, and skills that are distinctively nonprofit, such as board-staff relations, accountability to internal and external constituencies, managing volunteers, balancing professional and political interests, and ethics. The course also examines the effects of the legal context and regulatory environment on managing in nonprofit organizations.
Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, students should demonstrate:
General familiarity with the history of the nonprofit sector, its diverse nature, and its distinctive characteristics.
Knowledge of how nonprofits operate, including how they interact with government, how they are governed, personnel challenges, funding makeup and marketing strategies
Ability to analyze a nonprofit organization in course topic areas and draw conclusions about the organization
NASPAA Core Competencies
This course addresses the following NASPAA core competencies:
1. “To lead and manage in public governance”
2. “To analyze, synthesize, think critically, solve problems and make decisions”
3. “To articulate and apply a public service perspective” University Policy Statements
University of Utah ADA Policy
The University of Utah seeks to provide equal access to its programs, services and activities for people with disabilities. If you will need accommodations in the class, reasonable prior notice needs to be given to the Center for Disability Services (Links to an external site.), 162 Union Building, 581-5020 (V/TDD). CDS will work with you and the instructor to make arrangements for accommodations. All written information in this course can be made available in alternative format with prior notification to the Center for Disability Services. Student Code
All students are expected to maintain professional behavior in the classroom setting, according to the Student Code, spelled out in the Student Handbook. Students have specific rights in the classroom as detailed in Article III of the Code. The Code also specifies proscribed conduct (Article XI) that involves cheating on tests, plagiarism, and/or collusion, as well as fraud, theft, etc. Students should read the Code carefully and know they are responsible for the content. According to Faculty Rules and Regulations, it is the faculty responsibility to enforce responsible classroom behaviors, and I will do so, beginning with verbal warnings and progressing to dismissal from and class and a failing grade. Students have the right to appeal such action to the Student Behavior Committee. Public service is a calling that requires students, as future administrators, to understand the importance of ethical behavior in all facets of their work, including their academic coursework. The University of Utah and the Master of Public Administration program expects students to adhere to generally accepted standards of academic conduct, especially given that ethics is a cornerstone of our MPA Program.
Academic dishonesty of any kind is a serious offense; it undermines both the reputation and quality of the degrees issued by the University of Utah. Plagiarism of any kind, intentional and/or unintentional, will result in strict sanctions against the student, as outlined in both University policy and those of the MPA program.
The University Code (Article XI) specifies generally accepted standards of academic honesty including, but not limited to, refraining from cheating, plagiarizing, research misconduct, misrepresenting one’s work, and/or inappropriately collaborating.
In an instructional setting, plagiarism occurs when a writer deliberately uses someone else’s language, ideas, or other original (not
