Strategic management for voluntary nonprofit organizations /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Roger Courtney.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge studies in the management of voluntary and non-profit organizations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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 School -- Starting 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 happen -- Case 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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This UK/European text provides a much-needed summation of strategic management issues in nonprofit organizations, addressing both academic theory and current practice.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Strategic management for voluntary nonprofit organizations.
International Standard Book Number
0415250234
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Associations, institutions, etc.-- Management.
Nonprofit organizations-- Management.
Strategic planning.
Voluntarism-- Management.
Volunteers.
Associations, institutions, etc.-- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Nonprofit Organizations & Charities.