SEMESTER: Spring 2020

COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA292S.1

This course is dual-listed with the FTMBA Program

COURSE TITLE: Social Sector Solutions: Nonprofit Consulting Projects

UNITS OF CREDIT: 3 Units  

INSTRUCTOR: Nora Silver and Joe Dougherty

CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: bCourses

PREREQUISITE(S):  For EWMBA students, the Applied Innovation/Fundamentals of Design Thinking core course is the prerequisite  

CLASS FORMAT: Primarily small group and team exercises applying frameworks to a real client problem

REQUIRED READINGS: Brief class readings on frameworks and topics, which will be available on bCourses

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
Social Sector Solutions (S3) develops students’ skills in management consulting, problem solving, persuasion, and project management, while increasing their knowledge of the entrepreneurial challenges of leading nonprofit, public or social enterprise organizations. In this unique experiential learning course, students tackle complex projects for real clients, on teams receiving coaching from experienced faculty and McKinsey consultants.

For more information, please visit https://haas.berkeley.edu/cssl/programs-events/social-sector-solutions/

DISCLAIMERS AND WARNINGS:

Please note that there is no add/drop process for this course. If you successfully bid for the course you will be enrolled in the course with no option to drop the course.

You will be assigned to work on a management consulting team with a live social sector client. As a result, you will need to devote 8-12 hours a week, some individual work and more team work, which you will need to schedule with other FTMBA and EWMBA students. You will work under the leadership of a FTMBA team lead most likely with a consulting background, selected by the instructors.

Once enrolled in the class, you will bid on your team assignment and we will strive to give you one of your top choices; that said, getting your first choice of clients isn’t guaranteed. Also, clients often change the scope of work, so be prepared to adjust to client changes, which are a basic fact of life in management consulting.

Please bid on this course only if you are fully committed. Specifically, as a check-list:

· Bid on this course only if you are willing to be flexible about your client assignment

· Bid on this course understanding that there may be major project changes initiated by the client

· Bid on this course knowing that your team lead will be a FTMBA most likely with a consulting background

· Bid on this course as long as a significant change on your available bandwidth is not anticipated, and you can commit the 8-12 hours per week

As noted above, once enrolled after bidding, you will not be able to drop this course. No exceptions will be approved by the EWMBA Program Office.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: 

Joe Dougherty is a Partner at Dalberg Advisors in San Francisco. He has served as an advisor to social enterprises, government agencies, foundations and corporations for 20 years and has worked in more than 30 countries. Joe is a lecturer at Haas who has taught nonprofit strategy and leadership, management consulting and more. Joe also teaches courses in consulting skills and project management at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

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.