Person-centered leadership for non profit organizations : management that works in high pressure systems / Jeanne M. Plas, Susan E. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plas, Jeanne M.

Contributor:

Lewis, Susan E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Management--Employee participation.

Management.

Nonprofit organizations--United States--Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work presents a case study of the leadership philosophy and day to day operations of an award-winning social service organization that targets youth and their families while successfully using person-centred strategies as the management model. The groundbreaking core of the book shows how this participatory management strategy, Person-Centred Leadership, can be incorporated with great success into high stress non-profit organizations.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

PART I: Participatory Management and the Challenges of Nonprofit Organizations

1 - Survival Within Today's Nonprofit Organizations

2 - Possibilities in Participatory Management

3 - Person-Centered Leadership

PART II: A PERSON-CENTERED, NONPROFIT EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENCE

4 - Oasis Center

5 - The Oasis Person-Centered Model

6 - Strengths and Weaknesses

7 - The Board of Directors

8 - The Shelter

9 - A Vital and Vibrant Infrastructure

10 - The Future of Nonprofit Participatory Management

Index

About the Authors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781322417455

1322417458

9781452264103

1452264104

OCLC:

808344117