Strategic management for voluntary nonprofit organizations / Roger Courtney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Courtney, Roger.

Series:

Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Associations, institutions, etc.

Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Strategic planning.

Voluntarism.

Volunteers.

Local Subjects:

Associations, institutions, etc.

Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Strategic planning.

Voluntarism.

Volunteers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

The voluntary nonprofit sector is now involved in all aspects of people's lives. The management of such organizations has never been of more interest than it is now, and the sector as a whole is in a period of great change. Well-meaning amateurs are being replaced by highly committed and professional leaders, and one in every six employees in the service sector is now working in the voluntary sector. In this shifting climate, this enlightening book questions whether voluntary organizations should now be more business-like. Helpful features of the text include:* c

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; The author; Preface; Acknowledgements; An introduction to the voluntary nonprofit sector; An introduction to strategic management in the voluntary nonprofit sector; The growth and development of the voluntary nonprofit sector; The rise of professional management in the voluntary nonprofit sector; What is the voluntary nonprofit sector and how is it different from other sectors?; The development of different approaches to strategic management; The development of strategic management

What is an excellent organization? The Attributes of Excellence SchoolStarting with the people: the Human Resources School; Post-modern perspectives on strategy; Strategy and the voluntary nonprofit sector; The development of strategic management in the voluntary nonprofit sector; How to measure success; Is strategic management effective?; Strategic analysis, formulation, choice and implementation; Strategic analysis: reviewing the organization; Strategic analysis: the external environment; Strategic formulation: creating the plan; Strategic formulation: basic choices

Strategic implementation: making it happenCase studies; Save the Children Fund; Care In The Home (CITH); World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF); CARE; The Simon Community; Grameen Bank; Homeline; NSPCC; Oxfam; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-40447-7

1-134-57718-4

1-134-57719-2

0-203-47211-X

9780203472118

OCLC:

475886601