FIN 544 Financial Management of Public and Not-for-Profit Organizations
In this course the student will explore key finance issues in public organizations and not for profit corporations. The broad content will range from public sector bonding and levying fees, to the role of philanthropy funding in major Non Governmental Organization [NGO] operations. Different methods of budgeting and accounting from corporate methods will also be presented. The role of finance in the public and not for profit sectors has become central to the stability of the world economy. On the local level, governments and not for profit corporations provide critical services. Internationally, NGOs play major roles in mediating key global problems. Governments financed projects, from the Three Gorges Dam in China, to the new tide regulation project in Venice and the rebuilding of Port infrastructure in Seattle, have wide ranging local and global impacts.