Download or read book Strategies for Reducing Nonprofit Organizations Employee Turnover written by Tamara Searight and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Change Management in Nonprofit Organizations written by Kunle Akingbola and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-30 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonprofit organizations are arguably in a perpetual state of change. Nonprofits must constantly scan, analyze, and adapt to the implications of the changing needs of clients, the community, funders, and government policy. Hence, the core competencies and capabilities of nonprofits must include how to effectively manage change. The knowledge, skills, and abilities of employees, volunteers, and managers must include the competencies required to formulate and implement strategies to manage planned and unplanned change. This book brings to the forefront the challenges and opportunities of change by combining insights from practice, research, and theories of change management to examine nonprofits. It incorporates interdisciplinary perspectives to examine the dimensions, determinants, and outcomes of change in nonprofits. It offers managers, researchers, and students case examples on how to develop, implement, and manage change in the context of nonprofits. Readers will better understand the dimensions of change that are unique to nonprofits and how these should be integrated into strategy and day-to-day operations, including reflection for both the change agent and the change recipient.

Download or read book The Refractive Thinker Vol XV written by Cheryl Lentz and published by Refractive Thinker Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Foreword writer Frank Shankwitz, co-founder of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and contributing doctoral scholars as they discuss research focused on nonprofit organizations and their specific needs regarding strategies for effective management. This volume will continue to shape the conversation of their future success and the latest best practices and proven strategies for success. Contributing Scholars Media Video: https: //youtu.be/tJOqHaPdZeo CHAPTER 1 Dr. Natalie CasaleLike Us, Follow Us, Support Us CHAPTER 2 Dr. Julee H. HafnerWhat Nonprofit Organizations Need to Unlearn CHAPTER 3 Dr. Frank MusmarFinancial Distress at Nonprofit Organizations CHAPTER 4 Dr. Avideh Sadaghiani-Tabrizi & Dr. Teresa LaoManaging Nonprofit Inevitable Cyber-Vulnerabilities CHAPTER 5 Dr. Barbara J. Yancy-TooksA Critical Perspective on Selection Practices in Texas Community Colleges CHAPTER 6 Dr. Denise J. La Salle & Dr. Alexandro BeatoStrategies to Reduce Employee Turnover in Higher Education CHAPTER 7 Dr. Evelyn HollisDevelopment: A Praxis for Constructive Management and Dynamic Leadership CHAPTER 8 Dr. Toscha L. DickersonMethods to Reducing the Rate of Recidivism Among Women CHAPTER 9 Dr. Samuel Hayes, Jr.Nonprofit: U.S. Leaders' Experiences With Developing Global Networks CHAPTER 10 Dr. Julie Ducharme, Dr. Karen Walker, & Dr. Cheryl LentzNon-profit Transition Strategies: Combat Boots to Heels Program

Download or read book The Happy Healthy Nonprofit written by Beth Kanter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steer your organization away from burnout while boosting all-around performance The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit presents realistic strategies for leaders looking to optimize organizational achievement while avoiding the common nonprofit burnout. With a uniquely holistic approach to nonprofit leadership strategy, this book functions as a handbook to help leaders examine their existing organization, identify trouble spots, and resolve issues with attention to all aspects of operations and culture. The expert author team walks you through the process of building a happier, healthier organization from the ground up, with a balanced approach that considers more than just quantitative results. Employee wellbeing takes a front seat next to organizational performance, with clear guidance on establishing optimal systems and processes that bring about better results while allowing a healthier work-life balance. By improving attitudes and personal habits at all levels, you'll implement a positive cultural change with sustainable impact. Nonprofits are driven to do more, more, more, often with fewer and fewer resources; there comes a breaking point where passion dwindles under the weight of pressure, and the mission suffers as a result. This book shows you how to revamp your organization to do more and do it better, by putting cultural considerations at the heart of strategy. Find and relieve cultural and behavioral pain points Achieve better results with attention to well-being Redefine your organizational culture to avoid burnout Establish systems and processes that enable sustainable change At its core, a nonprofit is driven by passion. What begins as a personal investment in the organization's mission can quickly become the driver of stress and overwork that leads to overall lackluster performance. Executing a cultural about-face can be the lifeline your organization needs to thrive. The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit provides a blueprint for sustainable change, with a holistic approach to improving organizational outlook.

Download or read book Meeting the Job Challenges of Nonprofit Leaders A Fieldbook on Strategies and Actions written by Jean Lobell and published by Center for Creative Leadership. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonprofit organizations need to depend on mission-oriented, motivated, and committed leaders who have a mix of social awareness, programmatic expertise, operational knowledge and skills, strong relationship capacities, and sound judgment to deliver results in an environment in which they must function and fulfill their missions with very limited resources while simultaneously demonstrating the impact of every dollar they raise.Community Resource Exchange, a management consulting firm that works with nonprofit organizations of all sizes, delivers leadership and management programs designed to build the competencies of nonprofit leaders. This fieldbook aims to put many of the skills and insights gained by participants in CRE's cohort learning programs into the hands of more nonprofit leaders.The strategies offered here will provide nonprofit leaders with approaches to their challenges that shift their perspective on things or stretch their current repertoire of practices and competencies. Applying these approaches are developmental experiences, enabling nonprofit leaders to supplement or deepen their leadership talent. By implementing the suggested approaches, nonprofit leaders will learn by doing, a key ingredient in adult learning.

Download or read book Outsourcing Administrative Tasks in the Nonprofit Sector to Reduce Millennial Voluntary Turnover written by Daniel Ramos villares and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Millennial generation is America's largest, shadowing the current size of the baby boomer generation. This generation of individuals born between 1980 and 1994 is soon to move into managerial and upper management positions within nonprofit organizations, and thus human resource departments at small and large nonprofits and charities have the responsibility of placing intentional efforts into the recruitment and evaluation of engagement strategies to increase the employment of Millennials and reduce their voluntary turnover. The Millennial generation is reported to be composed of individuals who have limited interest in altruistic careers (Twenge, Campbell, & Freeman, 2012) given their reported egotistical, entitled, self-absorbed, and narcissistic personalities (Hill, 2002; Howe & Strauss, 2009). Furthermore, Millennials are not motivated to work for nonprofit organizations due to job insecurity, inadequate pay, overly defining positions, and limited development opportunities. Therefore, strategizing approaches to motivate Millennials to occupy future C-suite positions that require critical managerial, mission-driven, and administrative responsibilities should become a focus for staff development departments. However, as a consequence of the nature of most nonprofit positions, workers are usually assigned to multi-faceted tasks with little to no assistance or supervision. As turnover increases, responsibilities from one worker are usually delegated to another due to the lack of funding and the organization's upper management and donor base's desire to maintain minimal overhead. Consequently, engaging Millennials in such exceedingly demanding positions will become a challenge for nonprofits, with increasing difficulty in developing them for future upper management positions without the risk of voluntary turnover. Through an extensive literature review, this study identifies how small and large nonprofit organizations outsource certain tasks in order to reduce costs and potential turnover. Therefore, this study's focal point will be to identify whether outsourcing administrative tasks and assigning mission-driven responsibilities to Millennials will reduce voluntary turnover. Furthermore, this study will consider whether Millennials will be willing to perform in onerous positions if job security and proper pay are a guarantee.

Download or read book Meeting the Job Challenges of Nonprofit Leaders written by Jean Lobell and published by Center for Creative Leadership. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fieldbook aims to put many of the skills and insights gained by participants who have attended management programs through the Community Resource Exchange (CRE). The strategies offered here will provide nonprofit leaders with approaches to their challenges that shift their perspective on things or stretch their current repertoire of practices and competencies. Applying these approaches are developmental experiences, enabling nonprofit leaders to supplement or deepen their leadership talent. By implementing the suggested approaches, nonprofit leaders will learn by doing, a key ingredient in adult learning.

Download or read book Sustaining Nonprofit Performance written by Paul C. Light and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-08-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The nonprofit sector survives because it has a self-exploiting work force: wind it up and it will do more with less until it just runs out. But at some point, the spring must break." America's nonprofit organizations face a difficult present and an uncertain future. Money is tight. Workloads are heavy, employee turnover is high, and charitable donations have not fully rebounded from the recent economic downturn. Media and political scrutiny remains high, and public confidence in nonprofits has yet to recover from its sharp decline in the wake of well-publicized scandals. In a recent survey, only 14 percent of respondents believed that nonprofits did a very good job of spending money wisely; nearly half said that nonprofit leaders were paid too much, compared to 8 percent who said they earned too little. Yet the nonprofit sector has never played a more important role in American life. As a generation of nonprofit executives and board members approaches retirement, it becomes increasingly important to ensure that their organizations are prepared to continue their missions—that they are built to last in a supremely challenging environment. Paul Light, renowned expert on public service and nonprofit management, strongly argues for capacity-building measures as a way to sustain and improve the efforts of the nonprofit sector. With innovative data and insightful analysis, he demonstrates how nonprofits that invest in technology, training, and strategic planning can successfully advance their goals and restore public faith in their mission and capabilities. He explains the ways in which restoration of that faith is critical to the survival of nonprofits—another important reason for improving and then sustaining performance. Organizations that invest adequately in their infrastructure and long-term planning are the ones that will survive and continue to serve.

Download or read book The Talent Development Platform written by Heather Carpenter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Putting People First in Social Change Organizations The Talent Development Platform is about results driven talent development for social change. Written by seasoned nonprofit experts, this book provides a holistic process for creating an in-house training and talent development program. The Talent Development Platform offers organizations the tools for ensuring their professional development systems are successful through regular feedback loops, tailored for learning styles, and specific to their organization. Detailed case studies provide insight into the strategies used by organizations that have implemented the Talent Development Platform, and interviews with experts in the field give readers a handle on the most current thinking. Robust resource guides facilitate the talent development process, and online access to the Talent Development Platform and assessments help streamline the workflow. Social change organizations make the most of limited resources, but often overlook developing the talent they already have. This book gives readers a plan for finding and nurturing their internal talent to reduce turnover and improve organizational efficiency. More specifically the book helps organizations: Develop organizational, department, and position specific competencies. Create and revise job descriptions. Assess staff and volunteer proficiency levels with created competencies. Determine staff and volunteer learning styles. Establish professional development goals and objectives tied to strategic goals. Implement professional development with on the job learning, mentoring, and training. Calculate a return on talent investment. Evaluate talent development implementation and proficiency level changes. Implementing the Talent Development Platform provides organizations with tangible benefits in the form of lower turnover and greater output (without the burnout) from employees and volunteers, as well as intangible benefits that make organizations more attractive to top talent.

Download or read book Managing Nonprofit Organizations written by Mary Tschirhart and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-07-06 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MANAGING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS This essential resource offers an overall understanding of nonprofits based on both the academic literature and practitioner experience. It shows how to lead, manage, govern, and structure effective and ethical nonprofit organizations. Managing Nonprofit Organizations reveals what it takes to be entrepreneurial and collaborative, formulate successful strategies, assess performance, manage change, acquire resources, be a responsible financial steward, and design and implement solid marketing and communication plans. "Managing Nonprofit Organizations is the only introductory text on this subject that manages to do three critical things equally well: It's comprehensive, covering all the key topics leaders of NPOs need to know about; it's practical, providing lots of examples, case incidents, and experiential exercises that connect the content to the real world; and, best of all (and most unique compared to others), it's research-based, drawing on the latest and best empirical studies that look into what works and doesn't work in the world of nonprofit management." Vic Murray, professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria "This book is a rarity a text that can be used both as the focus for academic study and as a source of stimulating ideas for those practitioners who want to explore theories about management and how they can be applied so they can do a better job. Tschirhart and Bielefeld have explained all aspects of nonprofit management and leadership in a way that will stimulate as well as inform." Richard Brewster, executive director, National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise, Virginia Tech University "Managing Nonprofit Organizations presents a comprehensive treatment of this important topic. The book satisfies the competencies and curriculum guidelines developed by NASPAA and by NACC and would be ideal for instruction. The book maintains its commitment to informing management and leadership throughout the nonprofit sector." Jeffrey L. Brudney, Albert A. Levin Chair of Urban Studies and Public Service, Cleveland State University "This is an important book, written by two of the leading scholars in the nonprofit studies field. Nonprofit managers, board members, funders, educators, and others will find Managing Nonprofit Organizations extremely valuable." Michael O' Neill, professor of nonprofit management, University of San Francisco "Here's the book that my students have been asking for just the right mix of theory presentation, research findings, and practical suggestions to serve the thoughtful nonprofit management practitioner. It will inform, instruct, and ultimately, inspire." Rikki Abzug, professor of management, Anisfield School of Business, Ramapo College

Download or read book Integrating Mission and Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations written by James A. Phills Jr. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-21 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's nonprofit organizations face an environment characterized by higher levels of competition for funding, clients and audiences, talent, and recognition. In addition, they confront greater pressures from donors, government, and the public to demonstrate efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, and accountability, while intense social needs and problems, as well as the desire for growth, drive them to expand their programs and activities. Collectively, these challenges go to the heart of fundamental issues of mission and strategy. Integrating Mission and Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations applies and adapts the core body of general management knowledge about mission, strategy, and execution to help nonprofit leaders deal with the special challenges they face. It strives to draw on this knowledge in a way that does not dilute or oversimplify, and at the same time recognizes the unique features of the nonprofit or voluntary sector. James A. Phills develops an action-oriented framework that combines rigorous analysis with the practical challenge of execution and change. In addition to helping nonprofit leaders think through important decisions and make concrete choices, the book also provides a shared language and a discipline that can serve as the basis for more productive discussions between the individuals who lead nonprofits, the business executives who serve on their boards, and the philanthropists who support their organizations and programs. This last objective is critical, because too often nonprofit leaders and board members complain that they can't reap the benefits of the expertise of their supporters, funders, and volunteers from the business sector. Phills suggests that this is often the result of an inability to speak the same language and draw on a common understanding of key concepts, such as competition, strategy, and vision.

Download or read book Promotion Recruitment and Retention of Members in Nonprofit Organizations written by Cecilia Isabel Calderón Valencia and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although research on the value of membership of Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs) is increasing, there remain few theoretical and empirical advances in this area. Addressing this gap, this book offers a fresh perspective, exploring how NPOs’ survival is linked to the promotion, recruitment and retention of members.

Download or read book Strategic Restructuring for Nonprofit Organizations written by Amelia Kohm and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the findings of the most ambitious national study to date on nonprofit strategic restructuring, the authors provide nonprofit managers, board members, consultants, and foundation executives with research-based information to use in making tough decisions about whether and how to pursue a range of organizational partnerships—from jointly managed programs and consolidated administrative functions to full-scale mergers. The authors investigate two widespread assumptions—that strategic restructuring leads to greater organizational efficiency and that nonprofit consolidations are similar to corporate consolidations. Six in-depth case studies of actual nonprofit restructurings highlight the costs and benefits associated with this increasingly adopted course of action, a trend that is expected to remain on the upswing for the foreseeable future.

Download or read book The Nonprofit Human Resource Management Handbook written by Jessica Word and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- PART I Working in the Sector -- 2 Theories of the Nonprofit Sector -- 3 Trends in Nonprofit Employment -- 4 Legal Aspects of Nonprofit Employment -- PART II Building an HRM Infrastructure in a Nonprofit Organization -- 5 Strategic Human Resource Management -- 6 Recruitment and Selection for Nonprofit Organizations -- 7 Succession Planning and Management in Nonprofit Organizations -- 8 Talent Management -- 9 Compensation Practices in Nonprofit Organizations: Examining Practices Adopted by High Performing Nonprofits -- 10 Labor Relations in Nonprofit Organizations -- 11 Engagement, Satisfaction, and Nonprofit Organizations -- 12 Volunteer Management: It All Depends -- 13 Training and Development in Nonprofit Organizations -- 14 Making Nonprofits More Effective: Performance Management and Performance Appraisals -- PART III Emergent Challenges in Nonprofit Human Resource Management -- 15 Interchangeability of Labor: Managing a Mixed Paid and Volunteer Workforce -- 16 Managing Human Resources in International NGOs -- 17 Managing Generational Differences in Nonprofit Organizations -- 18 Diversity and Diversity Management in Nonprofit Organizations -- 19 Technology and Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations -- 20 Conclusion: Toward a Research Agenda for Nonprofit Human Resource Management -- Index

Download or read book Coping With Cutbacks written by Emil Angelica and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997-10-15 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think about funding problems in a new way Coping with Cutbacks can help you deal with funding problems in a new way. Successful nonprofits today see that solutions of the past won't work in the long-run. Authors Angelica and Hyman urge you to take a different approach, shifting your thinking from ""How do we get more money to keep our nonprofit in business?"" to ""How do we involve other segments of the community to address community issues?"" How to go about working together The first part of the book shows you practical ways to involve business, government, and other nonprofits to solve problems together. In the process, you'll be making new connections, creating buy-in, and bringing new partners to the table. The second part of this unique guide gives you a six-step process for coming up with solutions to problems—financial or otherwise—that your organization is facing. The steps are similar to what a consultant might use to help you clarify the problem, set up criteria for success, brainstorm strategies, and finally, pick the best strategies. Detailed worksheets walk you through each step and help you write a workplan. Find immediate help with 185 specific cutback strategies Coping with Cutbacks also includes 185 specific cutback strategies gathered from interviews with a wide variety of nonprofit managers. These strategies can be put to use right away to help you overcome short-term crises, manage change, and use your resources more effectively. You’ll learn 51 ways to increase revenues, manage money differently, increase fund-raising, expand services, and improve productivity; 64 ways to cut costs, deal with bills, modify staffing, and change services; 28 ways to change how your organization works, including its mission, culture, and structure; 40 ways to involve more people in solving your problem, including other nonprofits, businesses, the community, and the government; and much more!

Download or read book Human Resource Policies and Procedures for Nonprofit Organizations written by Carol L. Barbeito and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-10-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the tools you need to build a successful human resource management system! Learn about organizational policies and procedures, nondiscrimination/affirmative action, recruitment, hiring, termination, compensation, supervision, employment conditions, administration, and volunteer policies--the framework for developing a comprehensive human resource management system for paid employees, volunteer workers, and outsourced work. This practical guide has handy features like a customizable CD-ROM full of sample policies, procedures, and forms that can be easily adapted to individual nonprofit organizations of any size, and it uses checklists extensively, enabling you to perform a step-by-step implementation of a complete, up-to-date human resource management system.

Download or read book Mission Impact written by Robert M. Sheehan, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-01-14 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create powerful strategies for your nonprofit organization to achieve breakthrough performance in mission impact Does your nonprofit have a reliable way of knowing the impact its making? Beginning with an eye-opening discussion of what strategy is, Mission Impact: A Breakthrough Strategy for Nonprofits reveals how the process of strategy development should be designed with authoritative coverage of mission impact, vision, five year strategic stretch goals, strategy implementation, and management. Step-by-step guidance and practical tools Integrates the very best current thinking on performance and strategy available, drawing from both the corporate and nonprofit worlds Cutting-edge ideas presented in a user-friendly fashion The deteriorating quality of life in our communities screams out for immediate action – for breakthrough improvement, not just incremental changes. Mission Impact: A Breakthrough Strategy for Nonprofits will lead you and your organization to achieve breakthrough performance for maximum mission impact. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.