Please note this course description is from Spring 2017 and is for reference only.
COURSE NUMBER: MBA292S-1
This course is cross-listed with the
Evening-weekend MBA Program
This is an Applied Innovation elective and has a co-requisite core course: MBA200P
Problem-Finding, Problem Solving. If you enroll and have not completed MBA200P,
PFPS will be added to your schedule after the Add/Drop period.
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
CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: bCourses
EMAIL ADDRESS:
silver@haas.berkeley.edu
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
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. For more information, please visit http://socialsector.haas.berkeley.edu/socialsectorsolutions/.
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.
Nora Silver is Adjunct Professor and Director of the Center for Social Sector
Leadership at Haas. She brings over 30 years of leadership experience as a
two-time social sector founder, executive director, board member, and funder of
social sector organizations. 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.