This unit introduces the broad foundation that is necessary to create and manage a successful non-profit organisations. Students will gain an appreciation for the special challenges presented when creating organisations to generate sustainable social benefit.

• Strategy, mission and vision;
• Funding models;
• Busines planning;
• Outcome measurement; and
• Sustainability.

Graduates of this unit will have an appreciation of the complexities of leading and managing organisations in the social economy, and will understand process of starting sustainable non-profit organisations. Students will also refine skills critical to success in organisation including team work, oral communication and problem solving.

There will be no lectures and instead classes will be dominated by discussion of case studies, often with expert visitors.  The unit will make extensive use of online tools to stimulate learning.

Case studies used in the unit will include organisations and initiatives from across the social economy in Australia, and around the world, including:

• Arts and culture;
• Humanitarian initiatives;
• Environment and conservation;
• Indigenous issues;
• Religion
• Sport and recreation;
• Health and education;
• Foundations and other intermediaries;
• Social benefit initiatives within for-profit organisations

Topics

• Social economy overview
• High performance organisations
• Business planning
• The power of alignment: strategy, mission, vision & operations
• Stakehohlder management: clients, boards, partnerships and alliances
• Social benefit within for profit organisations
• Marketing and branding
• Financing and fund raising
• Sustainability, scaling and sustaining