3014 Economics of Non-profit Organisations
Content
- Definition, nature and functions of the non-profit (third) sector in the context of three-sector economy
- Trends in development of non-profit sector
- Contemporary theories of non-profit sector activities
- Functioning of the non-profit sector
- Concept of non-profit economy
- Foundation, goals, autonomy and isomorphism of non-profit organisations
- Financing and commercialisation of non-profit organisations and activities; economics of grants
- Managerial economics in non-profit organisations
- Risk management in non-profit organisations
- Non-profit organisations and non-market environment; regulatory framework of non-profit activity
Objectives and competences
Student:
- identifies and break downs socio-economic roles of non-profit organisations,
- devises the specificalities of functioning and decision-making processes in third sector organisations,
- appraises the alternative techniques of fund-raising in non-profit organisations,
- applies and interpretes the advanced tools of managerial economics with the purpose of decision-making in non-profit organisations.
Competences:
- to understand the importance and trends in non-profit sector functioning in order to promote individual initiatives in professional work,
- to place in the context tools and techniques of non-profit managerial economics as necessary foundation to perform research work in the field,
- to criticaly evaluate problems in non-profit goods and services delivery in order to reflect practice,
- to marry theory and practice in preparation and implementation of strategic and operational decisions with the purpose of new knowledge development,
- to place in the context alternative mechanisms of non-profit fund-raising.