Achieving success in nonprofit organizations /

Achieving success in nonprofit organizations /

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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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Other Authors: Kloppenborg, Timothy J., 1953- (Editor), Laning, Laurence J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:2014 digital library.
Strategic management collection.
Subjects:
Nonprofit organizations.
nonprofit management
leadership
strategy
execution
portfolio management
project management
information technology
data based decision making
executive leadership
executive sponsorship
organization assessment
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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.

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