PADM 5413

PADM 5413

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

Designed for Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) students, this course provides a practitoner's focus on financial, managerial, and leadership issues in the non-profit sector including universities, hospitals, environmental groups, government agencies, and foundations.  the course will include an overview of non-profit financial statements, financial ratios, debt issuance, endowment management, credit analysis, tax issues, organizational governance issues, mergers & alliances, and industry-sector trends.

When Offered Summer.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: EMPA students.

Distribution Category (HD-HE,KCM-HE, SBA-HE)

Outcomes
  • Students will apply tools for evaluating financial statements in the nonprofit sector.
  • Students will evaluate debt financing as a financial management strategy, including how debt financing impacts financial flexibility, financing techniques, bond ratings, and coverage ratios.
  • Students will evaluate frameworks for nonprofit management, including frameworks for risk management, auditing, conflict of interest, organizational governance, and partnership/alliance-building.
  • Students will draft three short, analytical papers on interpreting financial ratios for a college, analyzing a budget for a hospital, and recommending a merger of several nonprofits.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1.5 Credits Graded

  •  1628 PADM 5413   LEC 001

    • MTW
    • Aug 8 - Aug 10, 2022
    • Grasso, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person