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LAURIE E. PAARLBERG, Ph.D. Assistant Professor San Francisco State University
Phone: 415-405-4055 HSS RM 232 Office Hours: W: 2-4 pm and by appointment |
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Much of my research and teaching is focused on nonprofit management and the intersection between nonprofits, public policy and private enterprise. My research and teaching is largely informed by my professional and volunteer experiences in numerous nonprofit social service agencies. For a full description of my academic and professional experience, please see my professional CV.
I teach courses in nonprofit studies and management, as well as public administration. In my courses I emphasize exploring management questions from diverse theoretical perspectives. To avoid being labeled as the "theory geek", I continually strive to combine academic theory with practical, hands-on experience in the classroom and project based activities in the San Francisco community. Undergraduate URBS 660: The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Urban Life explores the diverse roles that nonprofits play in the urban community-- culminating in the profiling of exemplary Bay Area nonprofits. Graduate General Public Administration Courses PA 720: Organizational Behavior introduces diverse perspectives that inform our understanding of the structures and processes of groups and individuals in pubic organizations through a variety of classroom activities --such as case discussions, simulations, and hands-on activities. For final projects the students prepared and presented cases that took many formats, including a graphic novella.
PA 742: Strategic management in public and nonprofit organizations explores strategic thinking in contemporary government and nonprofit organizations. Drawing upon diverse theoretic perspectives of strategy and the strategic process: such as strategic planning, organizational learning, and management improvisation, students use various tools to develop a strategic document for the MPA program. PA 762: Leadership in public and nonprofit organizations, based upon the assumption that leadership is learned, uses case studies of public leaders from film and literature, such as Cleopatra, Martin Luther King, Ghandi, to illustrate key theories of leadership and foster each student's development as a leader in their own community or profession. Nonprofit Administration Courses PA 744: Nonprofits, Society and Public Policy explores the diverse roles that nonprofits play in contemporary American society, particularly the increasing role that nonprofits play as providers of public services. Students spend the semester analyzing the roles that nonprofits play in delivering public and private services in select San Francisco neighborhoods and how changes in public policy influence those roles. PA 745: Nonprofit Administration integrates the study of the management and governance of nonprofit organizations with the development of a business plan for partner community organization. Sample projects for Spring 2005 Partner Organizations:
PA 747: Developing Nonprofit Resources applies academic readings and classroom discussions to the development of comprehensive fund development plans for Bay Area nonprofit partners. PA 749/IR 758: Managing NGO's in an International Context explores nonprofit management concepts in regions across the globe.
Current Research My academic research largely focuses on the various roles that nonprofit organizations play in contemporary society and how changes in public policy and funding sources--particularly commercial revenue generation-- influence those roles and the management of nonprofit organizations. I'm particularly interested in the application of alternative management paradigms to the management of nonprofit and government organizations and how such new paradigms may influence our understanding of the management of "paradoxical" revenue streams. Current research interests include: Disparities of nonprofit financial resources across Bay Area Communities
Nonprofit management of commercial funding sources
Alternative paradigms of management in government and nonprofit organizations
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