Nonprofit ManagementNonprofit Management
Principles and Practice
Title rated 0 out of 5 stars, based on 0 ratings(0 ratings)
Book, 2014
Current format, Book, 2014, Third edition, All copies in use.Book, 2014
Current format, Book, 2014, Third edition, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsWorth (nonprofit management, George Washington U.) offers undergraduate and graduate students and professionals a textbook on nonprofit management, with a focus on charitable nonprofits and those that provide education, research, health care, arts and cultural programs, social and legal, and other services. He describes the nonprofit sector, nonprofit management as a profession, and theories of the sector and organizations; governing boards and executive leadership; management issues, including accountability and performance measurement, strategic planning and management, capacity-building and collaboration, managing staff and volunteers, and marketing and communications; obtaining and managing resources, with discussion of philanthropic fundraising, earned income strategies, and financial management; and special topics (advocacy and lobbying for social change, international and global organizations, and social entrepreneurship). Ethical and legal issues are discussed within chapters. This edition has a new chapter on government support as a source of revenue, as well as new data, trends, concepts, research, and cases. Chapters have been revised, reorganized, expanded, and updated to incorporate new literature and issues, such as new material on advisory boards and councils, leadership theories, volunteerism, social media marketing, Internet fundraising, the emerging fourth sector and new organizational models, planned giving, risk management, and financial controls. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Student friendly and comprehensive, this fully updated third edition of <strong>Nonprofit Management</strong>: <strong>Principles and Practice</strong>, by Michael J. Worth, provides a broad overview of key topics on and important trends affecting governance and management of nonprofit organizations, including the scope and structure of the nonprofit sector, leadership of nonprofits, managing the nonprofit organization, fundraising, earned income strategies, financial management, nonprofit lobbying and advocacy, managing international and global organizations, and social entrepreneurship. It is packed with current cases, timely examples, and updated data, and covers various nonprofit sub-sectors, including educational, health-related, arts-focused, human service, and advocacy organizations, among others. Written specifically for students, <strong>Nonprofit Management</strong> integrates research, theory, and the practitioner literature, and includes more information than is found in the more prescriptive, practitioner-oriented alternatives.
Student friendly and comprehensive, this fully updated third edition of <strong>Nonprofit Management</strong>: <strong>Principles and Practice</strong>, by Michael J. Worth, provides a broad overview of key topics on and important trends affecting governance and management of nonprofit organizations, including the scope and structure of the nonprofit sector, leadership of nonprofits, managing the nonprofit organization, fundraising, earned income strategies, financial management, nonprofit lobbying and advocacy, managing international and global organizations, and social entrepreneurship. It is packed with current cases, timely examples, and updated data, and covers various nonprofit sub-sectors, including educational, health-related, arts-focused, human service, and advocacy organizations, among others. Written specifically for students, <strong>Nonprofit Management</strong> integrates research, theory, and the practitioner literature, and includes more information than is found in the more prescriptive, practitioner-oriented alternatives.
Title availability
About
Subject and genre
Details
Publication
- Los Angeles : SAGE, [2014], © 2014
Opinion
More from the community
Community lists featuring this title
There are no community lists featuring this title
Community contributions
There are no quotations from this title
There are no quotations from this title
From the community