Special Topics: Leading with Mission

3 credits

Every organization has a mission statement; far fewer have a mission. Leading with Mission examines what it means to lead and work inside a nonprofit institution from the inside, where one's professional identity is shaped by the institution's purpose and one's daily decisions either protect or erode it. Drawing on foundational scholarship in organizational theory and the Jesuit tradition of reflective formation, the course develops the analytical frameworks, ethical disciplines, and personal leadership capacities that genuine mission fidelity requires. Students examine the difference between an organization and an institution, diagnose the conditions that produce mission drift, and develop a personal account of what leading with mission asks of their own professional practice.