Problem 1: For each of the different approaches companies uses to develop their leaders (executive coaching, action learning, mentoring, formal training, special assignments, etc.), explain what would work for you or what would not work for you for each approach. How does each developmental approach in Chapter 15, Bono et al., Groves et al., and Watts lend itself to helping your growth as a leader?
Problem 2: This is a SWOT analysis. Please use Southeast Missouri State University (Southeast Missouri State University registered as a nonprofit organization) as an example, browse the university webpages, do some research on the university, learn about its history, and answer the following questions: what are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing Southeast Missouri State University? What strategic issues do you suggest for SEMO?
Problem 3: If you were a nonprofit CEO and were approached by another nonprofit CEO about the possibility of collaborating, what are some of the first questions you might have? If you were a nonprofit CEO and were approached by a government agency about the possibility of collaborating, what concerns might you have about the partnership? Why?
Problem 4: In Michael Worth's book nonprofit management, Chapter 6 discusses 7 methods of measuring nonprofit performance: financial ratios, benchmarking, outcomes, common indicators, blended scorecard, social return on investment, and blended value. For United Way as a nonprofit organization, which measure among the above would work best to evaluate its performance? Why?