Download or read book Attitudes towards representative bodies for non profit business organisations written by Judy Joy Bryant and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Complete Guide to Nonprofit Organizations written by Penina Kessler Lieber and published by Civic Research Institute, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Governance of Not for Profit Organizations written by Edward L. Glaeser and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not-for-profit organizations play a critical role in the American economy. In health care, education, culture, and religion, we trust not-for-profit firms to serve the interests of their donors, customers, employees, and society at large. We know that such firms don't try to maximize profits, but what do they maximize? This book attempts to answer that question, assembling leading experts on the economics of the not-for-profit sector to examine the problems of the health care industry, art museums, universities, and even the medieval church. Contributors look at a number of different aspects of not-for-profit operations, from the problems of fundraising, endowments, and governance to specific issues like hospital advertising. The picture that emerges is complex and surprising. In some cases, not-for-profit firms appear to work extremely well: competition for workers, customers, and donors leads not-for-profit organizations to function as efficiently as any for-profit firm. In other contexts, large endowments and weak governance allow elite workers to maximize their own interests, rather than those of their donors, customers, or society at large. Taken together, these papers greatly advance our knowledge of the dynamics and operations of not-for-profit organizations, revealing the under-explored systems of pressures and challenges that shape their governance.
Download or read book Uncharitable written by Dan Pallotta and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2008 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A courageous call to free charity from its ideological and economic constraints...
Download or read book Private Action and the Public Good written by Walter W. Powell and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1998-03-30 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments around the world are turning over more of their services to private or charitable organizations, as politicians and pundits celebrate participation in civic activities. But can nonprofits provide more and higher-quality services than governments or for-profit businesses? Will nonprofits really increase social connectedness and civic engagement? This book, a sequel to Walter W. Powell’s widely acclaimed The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook, brings together an original collection of writings that explores the nature of the "public good" and how private nonprofit organizations relate to it. The contributors to this book—eminent sociologists, political scientists, management scholars, historians, and economists—examine the nonprofit sector through a variety of theoretical and methodological lenses. They consider the tensions between the provision of public goods and the interests of members and donors in nonprofit organizations. They contrast religious and secular nonprofits, as well as private and nonprofit provision of child care, mental health services, and health care. And they explore the growing role of nonprofits in the United States, France, Germany, and Eastern Europe, the contribution of nonprofits to economic development, and the forms and strategies of private action.
Download or read book Exposed written by Melanie L. Herman and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards written by Richard T. Ingram and published by BoardSource, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to help nonprofit board members and senior staff, "The six books address all of the fundamental elements of service common to most boards, including board member responsibilities, how to structure the board in the most efficient manner, and how to accomplish governance work in the spirit of the mission of the organization."--Pg. 2 of Book 1
Download or read book Nonprofit Athletic Organization Protection Act of 2003 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On Being Nonprofit written by Peter Frumkin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on nonprofits' growing dependence on public funding, their tendency toward political polarization, their often idiosyncratic missions, and their increasing commercialism, Peter Frumkin argues that the long-term challenges facing nonprofit organizations will be solved only when they achieve greater balance among their four central functions. Probing foundational thinking as well as emergent ideas, the book is an essential guide for nonprofit novices and experts alike who want to understand the issues propelling public debate about the future of their sector.
Download or read book Best Practices of Effective Nonprofit Organizations written by Philip Bernstein and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enhance your organization's impact! Philip Bernstein -- former member of the Board of Directors of Independent Sector and past Executive Vice President of the Council of Jewish Federations -- reviews the best practices adopted by successful nonprofit organizations, explaining the procedures that foster social achievement in all nonprofit fields. It will help you to: define purposes and goals and adhere to missions; obtain and retain high-quality volunteers and staff; create comprehensive financing plans; respond to change by adjusting services and operations; evaluate services to assess effectiveness; communicate goals both internally and externally; and much more. This volume is also highly recommended for courses in nonprofit management.
Download or read book Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations written by Alina McCandless Baluch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human resource management (HRM) can aid nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in facing uncertain, changing environments of funding pressures, increasing competition and demand for services as well as internal challenges. As the distinguishing features of NPOs can render the professionalization of HRM different from the private and public sectors, this book fills a gap in the literature by offering an in-depth look at how this distinctive nature of NPOs shapes the development and implementation of their HR practices. Timely and topical, this book addresses the professionalization of HRM in the nonprofit sector using examples from an exploratory multiple case study of NPOs selected across different fields. Not only does it offer both students and practitioners in the field of HRM and nonprofit management a better understanding of the specific challenges for HRM that stem from the management of several, contradictory bottom lines in NPOs, but it also highlights the opportunities that distinguishing nonprofit features create for the development and implementation of HR practices. By illustrating how NPOs can invest in learning and adapting processes that aid them in the alteration of HRM, this book is an essential resource for those involved in designing, implementing and studying HRM in NPOs.
Download or read book American s i e Americans Attitudes Regarding Regulation of Charitable Organizations written by Gallop Organization and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parliamentary Law and Practice for Nonprofit Organizations written by Harry S. Rosenthal and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handy and valuable parliamentary reference book fills a large informational gap for those who are preparing for and running nonprofit business meetings. An important complement to your rule book, the author simultaneously draws upon the three principal sources of parliamentary authority by including: 1. A sample of state nonprofit statutory law. 2. Selected legal case law. 3. Five of the principal parliamentary rule books. Information about the use of electronic technology, executive (closed) session, and conflicts of interest is also provided. Correct parliamentary meeting procedure is essential to the efficient and proper functioning of nonprofit organizations. Without it, an organization's goals and operation may be thwarted by inefficient and mistake-filled meetings. It is vital for nonprofits to stay informed on this subject. Parliamentary Law and Practice for Nonprofit Organizations - Third Edition is a practical and authoritative resource for professionals and volunteers who govern and participate in nonprofit organizations. The field of parliamentary procedure has seen a significant upsurge in state statutory changes and litigation. Parliamentary rule books have also been updated. This unique reference book fills a large void and will help nonprofit organizations when challenged to keep up with these developments before and during business meetings. For use by associations, foundations, condominium groups, universities, labor unions, hospitals, local governments and others with boards, it is not a procedural rule book but a very valuable addition and complement to them. And while not a substitute for the presence or advice of a professional parliamentarian or a locally licensed attorney, be sure to bring the book along before and during a meeting of members, boards, delegates, and large committees to research a variety of procedural situations. This book is also useful when studying the field of parliamentary law or drafting bylaws.
Download or read book The Jossey Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management written by David Renz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-11-08 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the Third Edition of the bestselling nonprofit management reference and text called the "big green book." Based on updated research, theory, and experience, this comprehensive edition offers practical advice on managing nonprofit organizations and addresses key aspects such as board development, strategic planning, lobbying, marketing, fundraising, volunteer management, financial management, risk management, and compensation and benefits. New chapters cover developments in such areas as social entrepreneurship, financial leadership and capital structure, accountability and transparency, and the changing political-legal climate. It includes an instructor's manual.
Download or read book Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations written by Sharon M. Oster and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-05-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. earn more than $100 billion annually, and number over a million different organizations. They face increasing competition for donor's dollars and many of the issues they confront are similar to those confronted by for-profit organizations. Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations applies powerful concepts of strategic management developed originally in the for-profit sector to the management of nonprofits. It describes the preparation of a strategic plan consistent with the resources available; it analyzes the operational tasks in executing the plan; and describes the ways in which nonprofits need to change in order to remain competitive. The book draws clear distinctions between the different challenges encountered by nonprofits operating in different industries.
Download or read book Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations Charities written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resisting the Corporatization of Nonprofit Governance written by Linda Sugin and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper is part of a symposium on "Nonprofit Organizations, Economic Challenges and the Future of Charities." The law of nonprofit governance is moving toward a more corporate model of accountability and borrowing from the law of business organizations. While applauding some of these developments, this essay expresses concern over the creeping corporatization of the law of charities, and argues that nonprofit corporations differ from business corporations in ways that the law must recognize. The market incentives that control business behavior are absent in nonprofit organizations, so regulatory mechanisms must act as substitutes. Nonprofit organizations, and charities in particular, are public/private organizations, so there must be greater government interest in their oversight than there is for purely private businesses. Individuals in charge of nonprofit corporations share the fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, and good faith with their corporate counterparts, and some scholars have argued that these duties are sufficient. A unique duty for nonprofit directors - the duty of obedience - has fallen out of favor. This essay argues that obedience has been the stepchild fiduciary duty because it may be too rigid to be reconciled with contemporary notions of board discretion and the nonprofit corollary of the business judgment rule. Nevertheless, this paper advocates a reinvigorated and redefined duty to charitable mission, which it calls "fidelity." It argues that the corporate duties are insufficient to reach the substantive obligation that nonprofit directors should have to pursue charitable goals. Fidelity creates a legal norm explicitly connected to charitable mission that also accommodates considerable flexibility and discretion for nonprofit boards. The essay argues that an obligation of fidelity is necessary to distinguish nonprofit directors from business directors, signals the importance of charitable mission for nonprofit organizations, distinguishes charities from social-entrepreneurial businesses, and requires subordination of non-charitable goals.
