MAN 680: Challenges of Public and Nonprofit Management – Case Study Seminar

Contents
World-wide public and nonprofit organizations make an important contribution to society. Facing increasing economization and globalization, organizations in both sectors need to adapt. Combined with the public and nonprofit-specific organizational purpose, these tendencies pose particular challenges to public and nonprofit management. By analyzing and discussing case studies, as well as engaging with scientific literature, students will develop an understanding for these challenges and how public and non-profit organizations address them.

Learning outcomes
By the end of the module students will be able to explain the particularities of public and nonprofit management, apply general management methods in the public and nonprofit sector, evaluate the development of specific concepts for public and nonprofit organizations, discuss hypotheses and findings in the field of public and nonprofit management, and critically analyze scientific papers. Moreover, key competences such as presentation competence, working with academic papers and team competences shall be acquired. Additionally, they will learn to critically engage with and discuss their own and their peers’ work.

Necessary prerequisites
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Recommended prerequisites
Helmig, B./Boenigk, S. (2020): Nonprofit Management, 2. Aufl., München.
Veit, S./Reichard, C./Wewer, G. (2019): Handbuch zur Verwaltungs­reform, 5. Aufl., Wiesbaden.

Examiner Performing lecturer

Prof. Dr. Bernd Helmig tba