Course structure: 4 units | Units 1-3 include assignments | Unit 4 includes a 30-question MCQ quiz with answer key
Course Overview
This course prepares students to lead religious, faith-based, charitable, nonprofit, and mission-driven organizations with strategic clarity and ethical responsibility. It treats strategy not as a corporate exercise alone, but as a disciplined process for connecting mission, values, evidence, stewardship, governance, and measurable service outcomes. Students learn how to interpret organizational context, choose strategic priorities, allocate resources, manage stakeholders, evaluate impact, and protect institutional integrity. The course is written for learners who may work in churches, mosques, temples, interfaith agencies, Christian ministries, charities, foundations, social enterprises, community organizations, or values-led businesses.
| Unit | Focus | Major learning outcome | Assessment |
| 1 | Mission, identity, and strategic context | Explain how mission, religious identity, social need, and external conditions shape strategy. | Assignment 1 |
| 2 | Governance, stakeholders, and ethical accountability | Analyze board roles, stakeholder obligations, transparency, safeguarding, and trust. | Assignment 2 |
| 3 | Strategic planning, resources, and implementation | Design a mission-aligned strategic plan using evidence, budgeting, risk, and change tools. | Assignment 3 |
| 4 | Impact, sustainability, crisis leadership, and review | Evaluate outcomes, learning systems, sustainability, and strategic renewal. | 30 MCQ Quiz |
