Digital Reading Room 2.0 -- EMNO 693: Management of Nonprofit Organizations

EMNO 693: Management of Nonprofit Organizations Report a Broken Link

This elective course focuses on the management and leadership of nonprofit organizations which comprise a significant economic segment in Canada. This elective will supplement the understanding of principle and practice within the for-profit sector gained elsewhere in the MBA program. The course provides a perspective of nonprofit structures, regulations, management and leadership, and nonprofit challenges and sources of failure not found elsewhere in the curriculum.

Required Readings

Week 1

Reading 1: Dees, G., & Anderson, B. (2001). Triangle community foundation. (Case SI-09). Graduate School of Business Stanford University.

Reading 2: McLeod Grant, H. (2007). What makes great nonprofits great? [Audio podcast]. http://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/heather_mcleod_grant_-_what_makes_great_nonprofits_great

Week 2

Reading 3: The National Film Board of Canada (Producer) & Pool., L. (Director). (2011). Pink ribbons inc. [DVD]. Available from https://0-www.nfb.ca.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/film/pink_ribbons_inc

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Reading 4: AL-Tabbaa, O., Leach, D., & March, J. (2014). Collaboration Between Nonprofit and Business Sectors: A Framework to Guide Strategy Development for Nonprofit Organizations. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 25(3),657–678.

Week 3

Reading 5: Chertavian, G. (2009). Adam Smith’s non-profit. [Audio podcast]. http://bigthink.com/videos/adam-smiths-non-profit.

Reading 6: Ridder, H., Baluch, Alina, &; Piening, E. (2012). The whole is more than the sum of its parts? How HRM is configured in nonprofit organizations and why it matters. Human Resource Management Review, 22(1),1–14.

Week 4

Reading 7: Brothers, C., & Bryant, M. (2000). Healthy connections. Ivey ID: 9B00B005. Ivey Publishing.

Reading 8: Seldon, W., Nelson, C., & Couch, S. (2014). Responsible and successful collaboration. [Audio podcast]. http://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/responsible_and_successful_collaboration.

Week 5

Reading 9: Dato-on, M., & Linnane, M. (2011). Rollins college nonprofit leadership and philanthropy center: The importance of networking. Ivey ID: 9B11C023. Ivey Publishing.

Reading 10: McLeod Grant, H. (2013). Creating Forces for Good in Nonprofit Management. [Audio podcast]. http://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/creating_forces_for_good_in_nonprofit_management.

Week 6

Reading 11: CBC (2014). Will there be a chill on non-profits and charities after Portland Hotel scandal. [Audio podcast].

Reading 12: Grizzle, C., & Sloan, M. (2016). Assessing changing accountability structures created by emerging equity markets in the nonprofit sector. Public Administration Quarterly, (40)2, 387–408.

Week 7

Reading 13: Bradach, J., Tierney, T., & Stone, N. (2008). Delivering on the promise of nonprofits. Ivey ID: R0812G. Ivey Publishing.

Reading 14: Palotta, D. (TED). (2013, March). The way we think of charity is dead wrong. [Audio Podcast]. http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong.

Week 8

Reading 15: Wollebaek, D. (2009). Survival in local voluntary associations. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 19(3), 267–284.

Reading 16: Rhode, D. (2009). Ethics in the nonprofit sector. [Audio Podcast]. http://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/deborah_rhode_-_ethics_in_the_nonprofit_sector.

Supplementary Readings

Week 1 Supp. Rdgs.

Reading 1: Lohmann, R. (2007). Charity, philanthropy, public service, or enterprise: What are the big questions of nonprofit management today? Public Administration Review, 67(3), 437–444.

Reading 2: Abzug, R., & Webb, N. (1999). Relationships between nonprofit and for-profit organizations: a stakeholder perspective. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 28, 416–431. http://nvs.sagepub.com/content/28/4/416.full.pdf+html.

Week 2 Supp. Rdgs.

Reading 3: Laratta, R. (2011). Ethical climate and accountability in nonprofit organizations. Public Management Review, 13(1), 43–63.

Reading 4: Benjamin, L. (2010). Mediating accountability: How nonprofit funding intermediaries use performance measurement and why it matters for governance. Public Performance & Management Review, 33(4), 594–618.

Week 3 Supp. Rdgs.

Reading 5: Harrison, Y., & Murray, V. (2012). Perspectives on the leadership of chairs of nonprofit organization boards of directors: A grounded theory mixed-method study. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 22 (4),411–437.

Reading 6: Lee, Y., & Wilkins, V. (2011). More Similarities or More Differences? Comparing Public and Nonprofit Managers’ Job Motivations. Public Administration Review, 71(1), 45–56.

Week 4 Supp. Rdgs.

Reading 7: Millesen, J., Carman, J., & Bies, A. (2010). Why engage? Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 21(1), 5–20.

Reading 8: Van Slyke, D. (2007). Agents or stewards: Using theory to understand the government-nonprofit social service contracting relationship. Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory, 17(2), 157–187.

Reading 9: LeRoux, K., & Goerdel, H. (2009). Political advocacy by nonprofit organizations: A strategic management explanation. Public Performance & Management Review, 32(4), 514–536.

Week 5 Supp. Rdgs.

Reading 10: Bradach, J., Tierney, T., Stone, N. (2008). Delivering on the promise of nonprofits. Harvard Business Review, 86(12), 88–97.

Reading 11: Chew, C. (2006). Positioning and its strategic relevance. Public Management Review, 8(2), 333–350.

Reading 12: O'Flanagan, M. & Taliento, L. (2004). Nonprofits: Ensuring that bigger is better. McKinsey Quarterly, 2, 112–122.

Week 6 Supp. Rdgs.

Reading 13: Epstein, M., & Buhovac, A. (2009). Improving performance measurements: Not-for-profit organizations. CMA Management, 83(7), 16–21.

Reading 14: Candler, G., & Dumont, G. (2010). A non‐profit accountability framework. Canadian Public Administration, 53(2), 259–279.

Reading 15: Williams, A., & Taylor, J. (2013). Resolving Accountability Ambiguity in Nonprofit Organizations. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations, (24), 3, 559–580.

Week 7 Supp. Rdgs.

Reading 16: Aaker, J., Vohs, K., & Mogilner, C. (2010). Non-profits are seen as warm and for‐profits as competent: Firm stereotypes matter. Journal of Consumer Research, 37(2), 224–237.

Reading 17: Hee Soun, J., & Feiock, R. (2007). Public versus private funding of nonprofit organizations. Public Performance & Management Review, 31(2), 174–190.

Week 8 Supp. Rdgs.

Reading 18: Morduant, J., & Otto, S. (2004). Crisis, failure and recovery and the governance of public and nonprofit organizations: the effects of participation. Unpublished paper for the International Society for Third Sector Research. http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?as_sauthors=J+Mordaunt&as_q=Crisis%2C+failure+and+recovery+and+the+governance+of+public+and+nonprofit+organizations%3A+the+effects+of+participation&as_occt=title.