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:
- 2 years (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.
Next Intake
August 2024. Find the course sequence at the bottom of this page.
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.
The Certificate in Not-for-Profit Management has given me a great toolkit for approaching many of the challenges and tasks that I face on a daily basis.”
- Jake Aikenhead, Certificate in Not-for-Profit Management graduate
Program Requirements
- 4 online courses addressing the four primary areas of not-for-profit management (12 credit hours)
- a virtual and online capstone course integrating all the content material (3 credit hours)
The capstone course begins with a virtual intensive week at the beginning of the program. The course continues online for the duration of the program, integrating learning in the other courses and concluding with a portfolio assignment. The capstone course supplements online learning with specific Salvation Army policies and procedures.
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.
MGT205 Not-for-Profit Management Certificate Capstone (3)
The capstone course begins with a virtual intensive week at the beginning of the Certificate in Not-for-Profit Management – The Salvation Army and continues online for the duration of the program. It is designed to apply specific Salvation Army policies and procedures to the general principles provided in the other courses in the certificate program, and it concludes with a final project relevant to a Salvation Army ministry unit or region.
Course Sequence: August 2024 – Winter 2026
August 2024 to April 2026
- MGT205 Not-for-Profit Management Certificate Capstone
- Begins with virtual classes during one week of August 2024 (dates to be confirmed)
- Continues online for the duration of the program to facilitate integration and application of learning in the other courses
- Concludes with a portfolio assignment to demonstrate and reflect on the learning throughout the program
Fall 2024 – September to December 2024
- MGT201 Human Resource Management in Not-for-Profit Organizations
Winter 2025 – January to April 2025
- MGT202 Program Design, Proposal Writing, and Project Management in Not- for-Profit Organizations
Fall 2025 – September to December 2025
- MGT203 Financial Management in Not-for-Profit Organizations
Winter 2026 – January to April 2026
- MGT204 Strategy and Leadership in Not-for-Profit Organizations
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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