Doing good well : what does (and does not) make sense in the nonprofit world / Willie Cheng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheng, Willie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit organizations--Philosophy.

Organizational effectiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why does a deserving charity struggle to make ends meet while another which squanders money, thrive? Because there is a structural disconnect between revenue and expenses in the nonprofit world. Is continuous growth the hallmark of a successful charity? No, it's just the opposite - the ultimate aim of a charity is to be extinct. Would you use volunteers if it actually cost more than hiring paid skilled staff? Yes, if engagement with the community is crucial. Call these examples, ironies, paradoxes or simply insights into why the charity sector is what it is. Doing Good Well is a thinking man's

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 0 Introduction Of Paradigms and Doing Good; Sector Structure & Governance; 1 The Nonprofit Marketplace The Missing Hand of Adam Smith; 2 Informed Giving The Visible Hand of the Donor; 3 Nonprofit Governance Who Governs a Nonprofit, Really?; 4 Regulation Black Box Or Glass House?; Nonprofit Management; 5 Nonprofit Mission Endgame: Extinction; 6 Reserves The Problem of Plenty; 7 Executive Compensation Heart Work, Less Pay; Giving; 8 Corporate Social Responsibility Is the Business of Business just Business?

9 The Charity Quotient How Charitable are You, Truly?10 Planned Giving Raising Money from the Dead; 11 Elite Giving Elite or e-Lite Giving?; 12 International Giving & NGOs Charity Without Borders; 13 Volunteerism Free Labor Wanted, but Conditions Apply!; Social Innovation; 14 Philanthropy The Second Philanthropic Revolution; 15 Social Entrepreneurship Innovating Social Change; 16 Social Enterprises Profits for Nonprofits; Doing Good Well?; 17 The Rich/Poor Divide For Richer or For Poorer?; 18 Nonprofit Qwerties Quitting Quirky Quagmires; 19 Case Study NKF: The Saga and Its Paradigms

20 The Charity Ecosystem Doing Good BetterIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-119-19973-5

1-118-79943-7

1-118-79938-0

OCLC:

851972529