Peter C Brinckerhoff

Mission-Based Management

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It is a fascinating and exciting time to be in the nonprofit world. There are more challenges, more opportunities, and more ways to respond to the increasing community needs that are at your door. As a nation and as a planet, nonprofits are necessary more than ever. You want to take your mission to a new level and Mission-Based Management, Third Edition will help you, your board, and your staff get there. This significantly updated edition of this classic expands on the invaluable hows and whys of not-for-profit empowerment covered in the Second Edition to offer highly effective new ideas and new criteria for success in today's increasingly competitive nonprofit terrain. This Third Edition of Mission-Based Management provides comprehensive, hands-on guidance, addressing: * The unique concerns of today's managers in nonprofit organizations * A refreshed set of priorities for the mission-based manager * Revised characteristics of a successful mission-based organization * Updated predictions for the next ten years * A new chapter on ethics, accountability, and transparency addressing organizational transparency, the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, new technologies, technology planning, and disaster planning * Updated discussion questions at the end of each chapter, allowing you to generate better conversations with your staff and board about which parts of the book most apply to your organization's unique needs As a leader of a twenty-first century nonprofit, you have to concern yourself with many differing and conflicting needs and demands, those of your funders, the people you serve, your board, staff, community, and peers. Mission-Based Management, Third Edition reveals how top-quality not-for-profits really run and how to ensure that your organization is one of the ones that works, both this year and throughout the twenty-first century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 164mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9780470432075
• ISBN-10: 0470432071
• Artikelnr.: 26573131

Autorenporträt

Peter C. Brinckerhoff is an internationally renowned trainer, author, and consultant to nonprofit organizations. He brings years of experience in the field to his work, as he is a former board member of local, state, and national not-for-profits, and has worked on the staff and as executive director of two regional not-for-profits. Since founding his consulting firm, Corporate Alternatives, in 1982, Mr. Brinckerhoff has helped thousands of organizations become more mission-capable. He is the award-winning author of Mission-Based Management, Third Edition; Social Entrepreneurship; Mission-Based Marketing, Second Edition; and Faith-Based Management, all published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments xi
Preface to the Third Edition xiii
About the Author xv
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
A look at three core philosophies, who the book is written for, how the
book is designed, and how to get the most from reading it.
Chapter 2 Where We Were, Where We Are, Where We Are Going 13
A brief history of the nonprofit world, an examination of the relationship
between nonprofits and their funders, and an updated prediction of the
nonprofit world for the next ten years.
Chapter 3 What Works: The Characteristics of a Successful Nonprofit 31
 An updated list of the ten things that a nonprofit needs to continue to do
its mission well in the twenty-first century.
Chapter 4 The Mission is the Reason 39
How to get the most benefit from the reason that nonprofits exist. For
many, the mission is an underutilized resource. A discussion on updating
and then using a motivational mission statement.
Chapter 5 Being Ethical, Accountable, and Transparent 55
Effective nonprofits are highly ethical, accountable to their communities,
and transparent both inside and outside the organization. The best ways to
do this on the highest moral plane possible is covered.
Chapter 6 A Businesslike Board of Directors 73
What an effective board is, and what the board's and the staff's respective
roles are. Reducing board liability and recruiting and retaining a board
will be covered as well.
Chapter 7 Leading Your People 97
A new approach to nonprofit leadership that succeeds in today's high-speed,
information-driven environment, also including better communications,
evaluations, and rewards.
Chapter 8 Embracing Technology for Mission 123
How to use technology to better serve, manage, inform, market, empower, and
compete in today's all-tech, all-the-time environment.
Chapter 9 Creating a Social Entrepreneur 143
How to develop a culture that takes reasonable risks on behalf of the
people it serves. The criteria of a social entrepreneur. How to focus on
your core competencies and remain flexible.
Chapter 10 Developing a Bias for Marketing 171
The best way to bring your entire team into the marketing process, to
discover who your markets really are, and how to meet their needs and
wants. The characteristics of a market-driven and mission-based
organization. Why asking is so important.
Chapter 11 Financial Empowerment 195
The eight key characteristics of a financially empowered nonprofit, better
internal reporting, and how a nonprofit can keep what it earns.
Chapter 12 A Vision for the Future 233
How to plan where you are going, and how to get the most from the planning
process as well as from the plan itself. Sample plan outlines.
Chapter 13 The Controls That Set You Free 255
The way to get the most from nine different kinds of policies, including a
tested method for their development and enforcement.
Chapter 14 A National Agenda: Empowering Our Nonprofits 275
A new way of looking at nonprofits for everyone to consider: funders,
donors, volunteers, staff, board, the public, and the press. What we all
need to do together to improve, free, embolden, and empower the nonprofits
that are so essential to our community.
Chapter 15 Final Words 289
Index 293