Certificate programme NPO Management Basic
Certificate
20 ECTS
Autumn semester
One semester consists of 3 on-campus sessions (2 days each, Friday and Saturday) and two distance learning phases.
In cooperation with the Red Cross of Lower Austria, FernFH – Distance-Learning University of Applied Sciences - is offering the part-time certificate programme NPO Management for employees of the Red Cross of Lower Austria.
The programme is intended to qualify graduates for management positions in rescue and social organisations and imparts skills in business management, legal and NPO marketing fields. The certificate programme will be held in two parts, whereby a certificate can be acquired after successful completion of the first two semesters (“Basic”). The designation “Academic NPO Manager” is awarded after successful completion of semesters three and four (“Advanced”).
Admission requirements
- General university entrance qualification OR
- relevant professional qualification AND
- leading position at the Red Cross of Lower Austria
Information session
Acquisition of competence
After completing the basic part of the Certificate programme, participants can:
- Explain business management instruments and apply them to their management tasks.
- Describe legal aspects relevant to their day-to-day management and draw appropriate legal conclusions.
- Derive marketing measures for their organisational area.
- Manage and negotiate cooperations.
- Competently deal with diversity phenomena in their day-to-day management and develop courses of action.
A certificate can be awarded after successful completion of the first semester (basic part).
After completing the advanced part of the Certificate programme, participants can also:
- Analyse their organisation (organisational unit) according to business and legal aspects, make decisions on the basis of these analyses and derive measures.
- Lead their employees and volunteers.
- Derive and evaluate fundraising measures for their functional level.
- Moderate meetings and events.
- Communicate competently in day-to-day management and
- Manage themselves professionally.
The designation “Academic NPO Manager” is awarded after successful completion of semesters two and three (“Advanced”).
| Total | 9 | 11 | 20 | ||||||
| Business Administration | Introduction to Business Administration | ||||||||
Course Number: BWL1 Course Type: Compulsory subject Course Level: Introduction Academic Year: 1 Semester: 1 ECTS Credits: 1 | |||||||||
| Accounting | |||||||||
Course Number: BWL2 Course Type: Compulsory subject Course Level: Introduction Academic Year: 1 Semester: 1 ECTS Credits: 2 | |||||||||
| Financial Management | |||||||||
Course Number: BWL3 Course Type: Compulsory subject Course Level: Introduction Academic Year: 1 Semester: 2 ECTS Credits: 2 | |||||||||
| Management Accounting and Control 1 | |||||||||
Course Number: BWL4 Course Type: Compulsory subject Course Level: Introduction Academic Year: 1 Semester: 2 ECTS Credits: 3 | |||||||||
| Law | Labour and Social Law | ||||||||
Course Number: RE2 Course Type: Compulsory subject Course Level: Introduction Academic Year: 1 Semester: 2 ECTS Credits: 2 | |||||||||
| Principles of Law | |||||||||
Course Number: RE1 Course Type: Compulsory subject Course Level: Introduction Academic Year: 1 Semester: 1 ECTS Credits: 2 | |||||||||
| Data Privacy Law | |||||||||
Course Number: RE3 Course Type: Compulsory subject Course Level: Introduction Academic Year: 1 Semester: 2 ECTS Credits: 1 | |||||||||
| NPO marketing | Principles of NPO Marketing | ||||||||
Course Number: NM1 Course Type: Compulsory subject Course Level: Introduction Academic Year: 1 Semester: 1 ECTS Credits: 2 | |||||||||
| Cooperations and Sponsoring | |||||||||
Course Number: NM2 Course Type: Compulsory subject Course Level: Introduction Academic Year: 1 Semester: 2 ECTS Credits: 2 | |||||||||
| Core Competences | Multidisciplinary Negotiations | ||||||||
Course Number: SK1 Course Type: Compulsory subject Course Level: Introduction Academic Year: 1 Semester: 1 ECTS Credits: 1 | |||||||||
| Managing Diversity | |||||||||
Course Number: SK2 Course Type: Compulsory subject Course Level: Introduction Academic Year: 1 Semester: 2 ECTS Credits: 1 | |||||||||
| Cross Disciplinary Working | Process of Learning and Support and Reflection | ||||||||
Course Number: FÜB1 Course Type: Compulsory subject Course Level: Introduction Academic Year: 1 Semester: 1 ECTS Credits: 1 | |||||||||
Programme overview
Advantages
part-time
individual
flexible