This sequence of recommended courses teaches students analytic approaches and practice behaviors for enhancing the effectiveness of human service organizations serving disadvantaged populations. The goals of the Management cluster are the following:

• To familiarize students with the theories and analytical frameworks useful for developing and implementing effective organizational policies and practices
• To instruct students in strategies that can enable human service organizations to respond effectively to external threats and opportunities.
• To help students develop competencies in modern management methods, such as staff supervision and development, negotiation, participatory decision-making, organizational development, and agency budgeting.

SSA faculty recommend taking two foundation courses in management, and at least one management methods course, and selecting from substantive elective courses.

Foundation courses
44612 Organizations, Management, and Social Policy
47000 Nonprofit Organizations: Concepts and Practice
49412 Nonprofit Organizations and Advocacy for Social Change

Methods courses
47300 Strategic Management: External Factors
48412 Nonprofits and Social Innovation
49600 Financial Management for Nonprofit  Organizations
49701 Administrative Methods

Electives
45900 Staff Development and Supervision: A Systems Approach
46412 The Evaluation of Social Welfare Programs and Policies