Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations: Leading Relationships with Stakeholders

By: Melissa Newman

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Synopsis: Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations: Leading Relationshipswith Stakeholders provides practical information, rooted in organizationalbehavior theory, for the effective and successful management of nonprofitorganizations and key stakeholder groups. The book enables the readerto identify the ways in which application of management principles andtheory varies between nonprofit and for-profit organizations. It alsooffers a path to develop the skills necessary to lead a nonprofit, enactorganizational change, and create strategic plans, as well as recognizeand engage with revenue mechanisms. Using case studies and narrativeexamples, the book provides the basis for the key skills, includingmarketing, accounting, entrepreneurship, governance, fundraising, and ofcourse leadership and management. Structured around the key themes ofstaff, volunteers, donors, and community, topics include diversity, ethics,decision-making, culture, conflict, volunteer engagement, fundraising andstewardship, grants, foundations, PR, lobbying and government relations,and others.This book is ideal for college students undertaking a nonprofit managementcourse.