Book description
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
Mary Tschirhart is a professor in the School of Public and
International Affairs and director of the Institute for Nonprofit
Research, Education, and Engagement at North Carolina State University.
Wolfgang Bielefeld is professor emeritus in the School of
Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Purdue
University Indianapolis.
