COURSE NUMBER: MBA292S.1

This course is cross-listed with the EWMBA Program

Please note that there is no add/drop period for this course. Do not bid on it unless you are fully committed as you will not be able to drop the course if your bid is successful.

COURSE TITLE: Social Sector Solutions: Nonprofit Consulting Projects

UNITS OF CREDIT: 3 units

INSTRUCTOR: Nora Silver and Paul Jansen

E-MAIL ADDRESS: silver@haas.berkeley.edu; paul_jansen@haas.berkeley.edu

CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: http://bspace.berkeley.edu

MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Tuesday, 6:00 – 9:30PM

PREREQUISITE(S): None

CLASS FORMAT: Primarily small group and team exercises applying frameworks

REQUIRED READINGS: Brief class pre-readings on frameworks plus articles will be available on Study.Net

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE (midterm, final, paper(s), project(s), class participation, or a mixture): 80% deliverables (10%Scoping letter and work plan, 10% Storyline, 30% Midterm progress review

with client, 30% Final presentation to client) and 20% participation in class and team

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES: A partnership with McKinsey & Company, Social Sector Solutions (S3) develops students’ skills in management consulting, problem solving, and project management, while increasing their knowledge of the unique entrepreneurial challenges of leading nonprofit/public organizations. Instruction covers frameworks for project management, problem scoping, problem solving, storyline, senior management consulting, team effectiveness, and assessing nonprofit organizations. The course is built around an assignment to 1 of 12 consultation teams that works with a local client on a current issue vital to the leadership of that client. An experienced McKinsey consultant coaches each student team. Students will be able to rank order their preferences for client assignments. See http://bit.ly/socialsolutions for descriptions of the 12 clients.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Paul Jansen is Adjunct Professor at Haas and Director Emeritus from McKinsey & Company where he co-founded and led the Global Nonprofit Practice serving leading nonprofits and foundations on issues of strategy and organization. He is the author of many articles and reports challenging sector beliefs about performance, including a co-authored report entitled, The Dynamic Board: Lessons from High-Performing Nonprofits. Nora Silver is Adjunct Professor and Director of the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership at Haas. She brings over 30 years of leadership experience as a two-time nonprofit founder, executive director and board member. She has consulted internationally with more than 200 organizations, authored books and articles on leadership and community involvement and lectured at universities and conferences around the world.