Future Concepts for the Nonprofit-Sector - an international Project
- Faculty
Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences
- Version
Version 1 of 29.11.2023.
- Module identifier
22M1117
- Module level
Master
- Language of instruction
English
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summerterm
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
The aim of the project module is to give students the opportunity to explore practice-related and research-based issues arising from inquiries and offers from third-sector partners and the topics and problems they face.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
Using the example of real-life practical problems, students are expected to develop solutions, enabling them to directly experience and address issues of strategic and operational management. Furthermore, the module simultaneously provides a practical introduction to project management.
- Analysis of the objective of the project
- Concept/strategy development theory
- Implementation of practical conceptualisation
- Reflection through supervision and coaching Target group-specific presentation
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Hours of workload Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 9 Seminar Presence - 15 Learning in groups / Coaching of groups Presence - 6 Examination Presence - Lecturer independent learning Hours of workload Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 40 Work in small groups - 35 Exam preparation - 15 Peer-Feedback - 30 Study of literature -
- Ungraded exam
- Project Report, oral or
- Project Report, written or
- Project Report, medial
- Exam duration and scope
oral project report: approx. 15-45 minutes
written project report: approx. 10 - 30 pages
medial project report: multimedia approachThe requirements are specified in the respective lectures.
- Recommended prior knowledge
none
- Knowledge Broadening
Collaborating with partners from the third sector, students learn how to tackle practical problems as part of a team, enabling them to systematically apply the knowledge they have acquired and to brush up on any missing aspects.
- Knowledge deepening
This depends on the problem and topic addressed. Areas of focus range from fundraising and organizational issues to evaluation and impact measurement. In principle, all modules taught in the Master program can provide the basis for a practical concept.
- Knowledge Understanding
Students learn to develop solutions to problems for practice as part of a team.
- Application and Transfer
Students possess the knowledge and skills required to apply management techniques in practice.
- Academic Innovation
Students utilize the underlying research and select specific ways to operationalize it.
- Communication and Cooperation
Students are required to develop and represent their proposed solutions to problems using argumentation, presenting them to their “clients” in an appropriate manner. In doing so, it is important that students present the concepts they have developed in such a way that they can be understood easily, while still retaining the necessary complexity.
- Academic Self-Conception / Professionalism
Students develop an understanding of the real world of work. By interacting with “clients”, students gain insights into the different areas of the NPO sector. By presenting their results, students learn how to communicate complex information in a comprehensible way within a limited timeframe.
- Literature
Ferlie, Ewan (2022) - Strategic management in public services organisations,
According to the offered challenges from partner, the literature varies.
- Linkage to other modules
The module stand in concrete relation to all the other modules taught in the master program. In relation to the offered practical projects from the "clients" alle topics can be relevant.
- Applicability in study programs
- Management in Nonprofit-Organisations
- Management in Nonprofit-Organisations M.A. (01.09.2024)
- Person responsible for the module
- Birnkraut, Gesa
- Teachers
- Birnkraut, Gesa
- Further lecturer(s)
alle Lehrende des Studiengangs