Human Capital and Resource Management in Faith-Based, Nonprofit Organizations

1 credits

This four-week, 1-credit module introduces students to a faith-informed and strategic approach to managing people within faith-based nonprofit organizations. Integrating human resource stewardship with human capital leadership, the module explores how structures, compliance, and pastoral care together shape healthy, mission-driven workplaces. Students examine core HR functions including hiring, policy, and risk management through the theological lens ofimago Deiand Catholic social teaching on human dignity, vocation, and the common good. Emphasis is placed on executive leadership as both stewardship and accompaniment: cultivating just systems, fostering employee flourishing, and aligning organizational culture with Gospel values. Students are required to join a live, synchronous conversation with an expert on Thursdays as well as meet in small learning communities once a week (by arrangement).