This program covers four key themes of Salvation Army business management and administration — human resources, program design and management, financial management, and strategic planning and leadership.
Overview
The Certificate in Not-for-Profit Management in The Salvation Army can be completed in:
- 5 Courses (15 credit hours)
This program is delivered entirely online.
This program is designed for Salvation Army officers and key management staff. The program follows a cohort structure. Students begin and complete the courses together.
What You'll Learn
Here’s what you can expect to learn in this program, in addition to our Institutional Learning Outcomes:
- Comply with established and generally accepted financial, employment, and operational practices and laws.
- Work with others – staff, volunteers, and board members – to identify needs, solve problems, and design and manage services, programs, and projects.
- Demonstrate effective management and leadership practices and behaviours.
- Use effective and appropriate oral, written, and listening skills with colleagues, employees, volunteers, and community members.
- Design programs, projects, and services to meet identified needs. Measure and evaluate impact, and report on outcomes.
- Analyze financial statements to determine alignment and success in meeting strategic and business goals.
- Prepare budgets to ensure sound use and oversight of financial resources.
- Write and present professional program proposals and grant applications.
- Lead teams and be an effective team member.
- Demonstrate adaptability, flexibility, openness, and confidence to manage change.
- Manage personal interactions and interpersonal communication.
- Resolve conflict with staff, volunteers, and others appropriately and professionally.
- Align business plan to strategy. Align strategic plan to mission, vision, and values of your organizations.
- Demonstrate creativity and innovation in executing strategy, addressing community priorities, and staying relevant to the mission, values, and context of their organizations.
- Understand and assess risk potential in order to respond early enough to avoid a crisis.
- Understand, abide by, and support the governance and legal structure of your organizations.
"To those considering the Not-For-Profit Management certificate program I say, 'Go for it!' It's been transformative and highly useful in my own personal ministry. My guarantee, You will learn to lead with greater clarity and confidence!"
- Lt-Col Donald Bladen, Divisional Commander, Prairies and Northern Territories
Program Requirements
- 4 online courses addressing the four primary areas of not-for-profit management (15 credit hours)
- A course that examines the unique Canadian context for operating not-for-profit organizations in this country (3 credit hours)
Required Courses (15 credit hours)
MGT201 Human Resource Management in Not-for-Profit Organizations (3)
This course examines the fundamental challenges of managing human resources in the not-for-profit workplace. Topic areas to be covered include: strategic human resource planning, compensation, recruitment and selection, performance management, operating in a unionized environment, and others.
MGT202 Program Design, Proposal Writing, and Project Management in Not-for-Profit Organizations (3)
The first half of this course examines the effective delivery of projects and programs in a not-for-profit setting. Topics to be covered include: program design and planning, securing resources, proposal writing (including grant applications), and program evaluation. The second half of this course focuses on both the technical and leadership sides of project management. Topics include: scope and activity planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management and communication, and project monitoring and evaluation.
MGT203 Financial Management in Not-for-Profit Organizations (3)
This course examines the fundamentals of financial management including an overview of basic accounting and finance models and concepts. Topic areas to be covered include: recording and reporting financial transactions, basic financial analysis, cash flow and capital budgeting, financial planning, evaluation, and control. Note that this course is designed for not-for-profit managers without formal background in financial management.
MGT204 Strategy and Leadership in Not-for-Profit Organizations (3)
This course focuses on the integration of strategy and leadership in a not-for-profit setting. Topic areas to be covered include: strategic planning and monitoring, strategic analysis, change management, effective leadership, organizational innovation, ethics, politics, effective communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, and global leadership.
MGT206 NEW APPROACHES TO NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT FOR THE CANADIAN CONTEXT (3)
This course examines the legal foundations, the unique governance and human systems, and the resource requirements of the special entity called a not-for-profit organization within Canada. Areas to be covered include: best practices, trends in communications, fund development, and risk management. It is designed to integrate theoretical discussions and one’s experience in the field.
Admission Requirements
Review the admission requirements for this program, plus specific details for mature students, international students, and high school equivalencies for applicants outside Manitoba.
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