Howard H. Brown, Donald Ruhl

Breakthrough Management for Not-for-Profit Organizations (eBook, PDF)

Beyond Survival in the 21st Century

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive guide to managing in the not-for-profit sector is a twofold resource. The first part is a user-friendly textbook examining what is involved in producing mission-driven goods and services, how to manage the relationships of nonprofits with the private and public sectors, and how to operate in both external and internal environments. The second part is a practitioner's ready-reference handbook, complete with survival tips and action items. Mission-driven, not-for-profit organizations pose unique challenges to leaders and managers. These challenges differ tremendously from the profit-driven requirements of the corporate world, and are even greater when budgets are tighter. This comprehensive guide to managing in the nonprofit sector is a twofold resource. The first part is a user-friendly textbook examining what is involved in producing mission-driven goods and services, how to manage the relationships of nonprofits with the private and public sectors, and how to operate in both external and internal environments. Six case studies and end-of-chapter reviews facilitate learning in this expanding field. The second part is a practitioner's ready-reference handbook, complete with survival tips and action items.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313053795
• Artikelnr.: 68527907

Autorenporträt

HOWARD H. BROWN, Ed.D., M.B.A, is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Penacook Place, a not-for-profit long-term care facility. He was previously Dean of the Business School at Ithaca College and Symington Professor of Management at Bradford College in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Earlier he served as Corporate Training Director for Pall Corporation, Long Island, New York.

DONALD L. RUHL, Ed.D., M.B.A, is an organizational consultant specializing in not-for-profit organizations. Previously he was President of Garrett Community College in Maryland, and Dean of the College and Dean of Students at Northern Essex Community College. He has also served as President of the Greater Haverhill (Massachusetts) Chamber of Commerce.

Inhaltsangabe

Guiding the NFP Organization into Effective Operations Being a Visionary:
Seeing the Big Picture and Acting on It Interacting with the Environment
Managing the Organization Producing the Services and Goods Supporting the
Organization's Efforts Leading the Organization's Efforts Beyond Survival:
Steps Towards an Effective NFP Organization An Annotated Index for
Practitioners Bibliography