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Curriculum

The Management Specialization requires 9 points, consisting of 3 three-point courses.

Students may choose any three (3) courses from the list below, regardless of their category.

 

Students who entered in Fall 2011, courses taken to fulfill the Core Management requirement may not de double-counted towards the Specialization. Courses taken to fulfill the Core Financial Management requirements, however, may be double-counted.

Students who entered Fall 2012, courses taken to fulfill the Core Management and Core Financial Management requirements may not be double-counted towards the Specialization.

 

Leadership, Strategy and Decision Making

Course Number

Course Title

INAF U6894

Dimensions of Leadership

INAF U6041

Corporate Social Responsibility

INAF U6010

Enterprise Strategy for Leaders

SIPA U6027

Ethical Issues in Management

INAF U6226

Leadership and Innovative Policymaking

PUAF U8207

Nonprofit Management (formerly Leading by Doing) (1.5 pts.)
INAF U6374

Mainstreaming Gender in Global Affairs

HPMN P8561

Managing Public Health Nonprofits

INAF U8560

Managing the UN System

PUAF U6801

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

LAW L9132

Nonprofit Institutions

REGN U8700

Political Leadership in International Relations

LAW L6352

Public Sector Problem Solving

EMPA U6036

Strategic Corporate Responsibility

HPMN P8558

Strategic Management

INAF U6370

Women and Global Leadership (1.5 pts.)

INAF U8792

Women and Nonprofit Management (1.5 pts.)

Control and Evaluation

Course Number

Course Title

INAF U6604

Applied Econometrics

PUAF U6460

Benchmarking Education and Skills Development

INAF U6100

Compliance Management

INAF U6016

Cost-Benefit Analysis

ENVP U6224

Environmental Data Analysis

INAF U8198

Evaluating Development Results

SOSC P8705

Evaluation of Health Programs

PUAF U8208

Law for Nonprofit Managers/Trustees

INAF U6898

Program Evaluation and Design for Nonprofits and Social Enterprises

INAF U6899

Program Evaluation: Domestic and International Programs

SIPA U8500

Quantitative Methods in Program Evaluation and Policy Research

SIPA U8510x

Quantitative Research Methods and Program Evaluation

Financial Management (FALL 2011 ENTRY ONLY)

 

Course Number

Course Title

SIPA U6200

Accounting for International and Public Affairs

SIPA U6320

Budgeting for Government

SIPA U6020

Comparative Public Sector Budgeting and Financial
Management

INAF U6022

Economics of Finance

SIPA U6310 Nonprofit Financial Management (formerly Budgeting for Nonprofits and NGOs)

Financial and Resource Management

Course Number

Course Title

HPMN P6529

Accounting and Budgeting for Health Administration

INAF U6301

Corporate Finance

LAW L6233

Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy

HPMN P8541

Economic Evaluation of Health Care Tech

INAF U6040

Energy Project Finance and Valuation

LAW L6205

Financial Statement Analysis and Interpretation

SUMA K4197 Financing the Green Economy: Markets, Business, and Politics
FUND W4370

Fund-raising Management: Foundations

FUND K4360

Fund-raising Management: Grants

SUMA K4195

Green Accounting

HPMN P8533

Health Care Financial Management

INAF U8354

Micro-Enterprise Development

INAF U8350

Microfinance and the Developing World

INAF U8102

Planning of Microfinance Institutions

INAF U6058

Public Finance and Debt Management

INAF U6085

Public Finance: Issues/Marketplace

PLAN A4620

Public Financing of Urban Development

INAF U6135

Renewable Energy Project Development and Finance

ORLA Y4876 School Finance: Resource Allocation for Nonprofit Organizations

Management Innovation and New Organizational Models

Course Number

Course Title

INAF U6053

Creating a Social Enterprise

INAF U6133

Raising Capital and Growing Social Ventures

INAF U6734

Social Enterprise and Sustainable Development in India

INAF U6256

Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship for Development

Operations, Human Resources and Program Management

Course Number

Course Title

ORLJ Y5340

Basic Practicum Conflict Resolution

PUAF U4400

Campaign Management in the United States 

PUAF U6033

Decision Models and Management

INAF U4727

Environmental Politics and Policy Management

ORLJ Y4002

Functions of Organizations

ORLJ Y6040

Fundamentals of Conflict Resolutions - Institutional Context

ORLD Y5362

Group Dynamics: A Systems Perspective

ORLD Y5062

Human Resource Development in Organizations

ORLJ Y5003

Human Resource Management

SOCW T7123 Human Resource Management, Supervision, and Staff Development

HPMN P6530

Issues and Approaches in Health Policy and Management

HPMN P8517

Management Challenges in Evolving Healthcare and Insurance System

PUAF U6260

Management Training for Development Professionals

POPF P8614

Management of Health Care Organizations

HPMN P8557

Managerial and Organizational Behavior

INAF U8690

Managing Humanitarian Emergencies

BUSI K4010

Managing Human Behavior in the Organization

PUAF U6217

Operations Management

PUAF U8203

Project Management

HPMN P8569

Seminar: Studies in Hospital Management

ORLD Y5055

Staff Development and Training

SUMA K4100

Sustainability Management

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