Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector and Organizations

This is an introductory course, an overview of the nonprofit sector in Hawaii, nationally, and worldwide for students who aspire to positions in middle management or senior leadership for a nonprofit organization with special applications for Social Work and Public Health. Topics include: nonprofit management as a profession, introduction to budgeting, the relationship and impacts among relevant resources (social capital), associate social, cultural, and environmental goals with social entrepreneurship, and the organizational structures suited to those goals.