For someone interested in how organizations make decisions, MBA student Tariq Nanji had a dream assignment: spend six months as a working member of the board of a top-tier non-profit.
His opportunity came last fall in his second year at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management when, in a new elective course, he and nine other MBA students were paired with local non-profits. The students received mentoring and hands-on exposure to board-level decision-making while the non-profits received strategic advice on a topic relevant to them.
The Rotman OnBoard Fellows Program, which wrapped up its first year this spring, was such a hit with student and non-profit participants that the school plans to expand to 15 pairings this September.
More Rotman students take a seat at the boardroom table – The Globe and Mail.
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