Achieving success in nonprofit organizations /
This book is aimed at leaders of nonprofit organizations. These leaders include executive directors, managers, board members, pastors, key volunteers, and anyone who wishes to make a difference. The four overarching areas of living the mission, making good decisions, getting things done,and developi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :
Business Expert Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | 2014 digital library.
Strategic management collection. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- Section 1. Living the mission
- 2. Developing and living your mission (Case study: Friars Club) / Len Brzozowski
- 3. Noses in, fingers out: the board's role in achieving success (Case study: Love Your Neighbor Center) / Dick Aft
- 4. Walking the talk: serving stakeholders with ethics, values, and governance (Case study: Talbert House) / Ann Marie Tracey
- 5. Community engagement (Case study: John XXIII Institute) / John Mooney
- Section 2. Making good decisions
- 6. Innovation: creating new products and services (Case study: Support My School) / Rashmi Assudani and Laurence J. Laning
- 7. Making good decisions using data (Case study: United Way of Greater Cincinnati) / Laurence J. Laning
- 8. Portfolio management (Case study: Starfire Council) / Paul Kling
- 9. Leveraging information technology (Case study: Health Collaborative) / Laurence J. Laning
- Section 3. Getting things done
- 10. Financial management (Case study: Buckhorn Children and Family Services) / Phil Glasgo
- 11. Change management (Case study: Xavier University) / Lynda Kilbourne
- 12. Planning and managing projects more effectively (Case study: Mercy Neighborhood Ministries) / Kathryn N. Wells and Timothy J. Kloppenborg
- 13. Sponsoring projects (Case study: Redwood Rehabilitation) / Timothy J. Kloppenborg
- Section 4. Developing your team
- 14. Creating value through human resources (Case study: Xavier University) / Tamara L. Giluk and Shari Mickey-Boggs
- 15. Total quality: integrating customer, employee, and process voices (Case study: Congregation of Saint Joseph) / Timothy J. Kloppenborg
- 16. A strengths based approach for managing your people (Case study: Catholic Strengths and Engagement Community) / Leisa Anslinger and Stephanie Moore
- 17. Creating a sense of employee ownership: lessons from worker-owned cooperatives (Case study: Interfaith Business Builders and Its Cooperatives) / Ray West and Rebecca Luce
- Concluding comments
- Appendix. Our research process
- Index.