Course Objectives:
	
To understand the mission of nonprofit organizations and the role they 
play in comparison to for-profit organizations  as well as similar 
organizations throughout the world. 

To understand the tax treatment of nonprofit organizations and the arguments 
underlying their existence.

To understand the application of all relevant business functions (e.g., 
management, human resources, accounting, evaluation) to nonprofit 
organizations, underscoring the inherent differences in nonprofits 
(in areas such as boards, volunteers, auditing).

The following topics are covered in this course:

I.  	The Mission of Nonprofit Organizations
	A.	The role and process of the mission
	B.	Broad vs. Narrow
II.	Structural Analysis of Nonprofit Industries
	A.	Competitive Analysis
	B.	Market Definition and Current Industry Participants
	C.	Entry Conditions
	D.	The Six Forces Analysis
	E.	Sources of Advantage
III.	Competition and Cooperation Among Nonprofits
	A.	Game Theory
	B.	Cooperation Among Nonprofits
	C.	Competing with For-Profit and Public Agencies
	D.	The Balance between Cooperation and Competition
IV.	Human Resource Management
	A.	Attracting and Motivating Staff
	B.	Centralization vs. Decentralization
	C.	Managing Volunteers
V.	The Nonprofit Board of Directors
	A.	Functions of the Board: Theory and Practice 
	B.	Increasing Board Effectiveness
VI.	Product Mix and Pricing
	A.	Broadening and Balancing the Product Portfolio
	B.	Combining Nonprofit and For-Profit Ventures
	C.	Tax and Strategic Management Issues
	D.	Pricing in the Nonprofit World
VII.	Fund-raising for Nonprofits
	A.	Charitable Contributions: Magnitude and Sources
	B.	The Optimal Level of Fund-raising Effort
	C.	Determinants and Trends of Giving: Individuals and Corporations 
	D.	Cooperation vs. Competition in Fund-raising
VIII.	Managerial Control
	A.	Financial Reports
	B.	The Budget Process
	C.	Variance Analysis
IX.	Program Evaluation
	A.	Effectiveness vs. Efficiency
	B.	For Whom are we Evaluating Programs
	C.	Mechanics of Program Evaluation
X.	The Potential for Change
	A.	Adaptability of Nonprofits
	B.	Sources of Change
	C.	Experiencing Change

All students are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of 
honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic careers.  The
penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and ignorance is not an
acceptable defense.

Academic honesty means performing all academic work without plagiarizing,
cheating, lying, tampering, stealing, receiving assistance from any other
person or using any source of information that is not common knowledge.