The case of wolf management policy in the West provides an opportunity for instructors to increase student understanding of the complex interplay of national and state politics, stakeholder interests, and public perceptions in the context of natural resource management. The teaching materials associated with this e-case demonstrate the breadth and depth of issues associated with
This e-study pulls together materials about an important infrastructure development in rural American at the beginning of the 21st Century. The materials gathered span diverse contexts to map to various learning needs; a few sources provide global framing, some highlight recent federal policy actions including 2010 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and recommendations by the
More than half of the 37,261 fatal crashes in the United States occur on rural roads. This e-study draws on the work of the National Center for Excellence in Rural Safety (CERS), established by the 2005 federal transportation act. The program is a joint effort between the University of Minnesota’s Hubert H. Humphrey School of
Increasingly people in nonprofits, business, government, and community groups realize that they must collaborate if they are to find lasting remedies to complex shared problems such as homelessness, regional development, and unemployment. This video brief highlights the benefits of cross-sector collaboration for responding to public problems and opportunities. It also notes the disadvantages of collaborating,
This abridged video focuses on the development of an innovative web-based tool, Bridge to Benefits, which helps citizens understand and access the public work support programs for which they are eligible. The case hinges on a central management dilemma: how does a nonprofit secure financial capital to support ongoing operations of such a tool and
This case highlights the integrative leadership practices of several people and groups that organized the campaign to end homelessness in Hennepin County, Minnesota by 2016. Integrative leadership, as defined by Crosby and Bryson (2010) is the work of integrating people, resources, and organizations into semi- permanent arrangements that bridge multiple boundaries and achieve the common
This simulation highlights the leadership and management of a small nonprofit organization, AccountAbility Minnesota, as it grapples with an emerging problem of economic injustice. AccountAbility Minnesota was established in the early 1970s to provide free accounting services to low-income people. Through its tax preparation services, the organization helped individuals to access the Earned Income Tax
This abridged video centers on the merger of two long-established human service nonprofits. It explores the variety of reasons a nonprofit organization may consider a merger, how to assess an organization’s readiness, and the challenges of merger implementation. The full e-case on this topic is available at http://www.hubertproject.org/hubert-material/208/.
This e-study explores a complex, conflict-ridden, and lengthy effort by a variety of stakeholders to create a development plan for their socioeconomically diverse and rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. Its setting is the Belknap neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Although examples of leadership by and of African-Americans abound, relatively few scholars and teachers of leadership focus on the particular characteristics and dynamics of African American leadership — with the possible exception of civil rights era leadership (Ospina and Foldy, 2009). This case describes a new African American movement that builds on the traditions and