Nonprofit management : principles and practice /

Worth, Michael J.,

Nonprofit management : principles and practice / Michael J. Worth, the George Washington University. - Fourth edition. - xxiii, 511 pages ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-493) and index.

Part I : understanding nonprofit management, the nonprofit sector, and nonprofit organizations -- Nonprofit management as a profession and a field of study -- Overview of the nonprofit sector -- Theories of the nonprofit sector and nonprofit organizations -- Part II : governing and leading nonprofit organizations -- Nonprofit governing boards -- Executive leadership -- Part III : managing the nonprofit organization -- Ensuring accountability and measuring performance -- Developing strategy and building capacity -- Collaborations, partnerships, and mergers -- Managing staff and service volunteers -- Marketing and communications -- Advocacy and lobbying -- Part IV : obtaining and managing resources -- Philanthropic fundraising -- Earned-income strategies -- Government grants and contracts -- Part V : special topics -- Social entrepreneurship and innovation -- Governing and managing international and global organizations.

"Nonprofit Management: Principles and Practice, provides a broad, insightful overview of key topics affecting governance and management of nonprofit organizations. Worth covers the scope and structure of the nonprofit sector, leadership of nonprofits, managing the nonprofit organizations, fundraising, earned income strategies, financial management, nonprofit lobbying and advocacy, managing international and global organizations, social entrepreneurship, and social innovations. Written specifically for students, this applied text balances research, theory, and practitioner literature, and is packed with current cases, timely examples, and the most recent data available." -- Back cover

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Nonprofit organizations--Management.
Organizations, Nonprofit--organization & administration.
Total Quality Management.
Nonprofit organizations--Management.
Nonprofit-Organisation
Management

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