NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT - BMEGT20MN09

The aim of the course is to present the fundamentals of nonbusiness management. The student will be able to understand the differences between the non-profit and business organizational behaviour, and the reasons of these differences. The students will know how to manage a nonbusiness organization. They will be presented of the operation, financing of Financial bodies. They will see the conflicts in the management in these organizations, and the traits of the leaders’ behaviour. The problems of the self-governing organizations will be presented. In this chapter, the aim is to present the legislation difference between the business organizations and the governmental organizations, and the students will gain the lexical knowledge needed for understanding how to manage governmental organizations. The students will have an overview on the legalisation of the NGO-s. Especially to know the main characteristics of the formation and liquidation of associations, foundations, non-profit organizations. The course will discuss the voluntary employment and the public interest of NGO-s.

1. Know all the important elements of the non-profit management concept set, understand the fundamentals of managing non-profit organizations.
2. Have an overview on the connections between the managers and employees in a non-profit organizations, and know how these organizations operate.
3. Have a confident methodological knowledge on the different areas of the non-profit organizations, understands how to implement and combine the methods.

1. Have the ability to analyse and argue about the motivational, leaderhip and management functions of the nonrprofit organizations, so they are able to make and defend opinions.
2. In their professional vocabulary, confidently use the vocabulary of the nonprofit management profession, the basic scientific concepts of the profession, and the elements of the special vocabulary based on them.

1. Accept that the organizational behaviours that differ from the business sector are historically and socially determined and changing.
2. Accept the different methods of the nonprofit managers and understands the importance of these values.
3. Are open to all forms of professional innovation, inclusive but not without thinking, accepting theoretical, practical and methodological innovations.
4. Are open to critical self-assessment, various forms of professional training, self-developing methods of intellectual worldview and strives for self-development in these areas.
5. Consciously represent the methods with which he / she works in his / her own profession and accepts the different methodological features of other disciplines.

1. Are able to perform and manage complex tasks in accordance with the professional expectations of a professional work community.
2. Are able to organize their work and the activities of the staff under their management with the independence and re-sponsibility appropriate to their place in the organizational structure.
3. Are independent, constructive and assertive in forms of cooperation inside and outside the institution.

Lectures, optional individual and groupwork assignment, work organizations techniques.

• Kötelező irodalom a tárgyhoz készített jegyzet, a tanuláshoz felhasználandó az előadásokon bemutatott prezentációk.
• A tárgyhoz kapcsolódó jegyzet és a prezentációk a tárgy neve alatt letölthetőek: http://www.mvt.bme.hu/oktatas
• Textbook written for the course, and the PPT-s presented at the lectures.
• These can be downloaded at: http://www.mvt.bme.hu/oktatas

The learning outcomes stated in point 2.2 are evaluated as follows. The subject includes 3 midterms to assess the knowledge that focuses on topics in almost equal difficulty and weight.

Each midterm assesses a comprehensive and thorough knowledge of the given topic. They consist of explanatory, essay-type questions, mainly. The control questions for this part are made available to the students before each midterm. The requirement for completing the semester is to obtain a total of at least 40 points based on the aggregated results of the midterms. Extra points can be earned by completing special tasks during the semester (which are automatically added above the minimum 40 points).

• 1. summative performance assessment: 30
• 2. summative performance assessment: 40
• 3. summative performance assessment: 30
• Extra points: 20
• Total: 100

The replacement/repair of all three in midterms is possible - in accordance with the relevant points of the Code of Studies. In the case of retake, the result achieved at the retake is the final result. (You can make it worse!) There is no other way to get final grade only by the midterms and their retakes (only once).

Consulted with the Faculty Student Representative Committee, approved by the Vice Dean for Education, valid from: 06.11.2023.

In order to achieve the learning outcomes of 2.2., the subject consists of the following thematic blocks. In the syllabus of the course announced in each semester, these topics are scheduled according to the calendar and other conditions.