Effective Non-Profit Management ─ Context, Concepts, and Competencies

Presents clear, comprehensive non-profit management competencies, values, and skills
Provides up-to-date information on emerging issues in non-profit management, including transparency, technology, legal, and other socio-political issues
Includes input from an advisory group of leading non-profit executives
Offers best practices, practical tips and examples, and lists of Internet resources
Drawing on input from an advisory group of leading non-profit professionals, this text presents the broad framework and theoretical perspective underlying non-profit management practices. It contextualizes the framework and theories in terms of the changing socio-political conditions and expectations of key stakeholders of non-profit organizations. The theoretical background is coupled with practical information throughout the text. Chapters contain short cases, practical vignettes, the actual forms in use, and the pragmatic understanding of everyday practice. The book also provides best practices, practical tips, and lists of Internet resources for further study.

Dr. Shamima Ahmed is the MPA director at Northern Kentucky University. Her research and teaching interests include human resource management and nonprofit management.
Enamul H. Choudhury, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA

Introducing Non-Profit Organizations
Nature of nonprofit organizations and their uniqueness
Different categories of nonprofit organizations
Scope and significance of nonprofit organizations
Growth in nonprofit sector and the reasons
Contemporary issue: Case Study
Discussion Questions
Online Resources for students and practitioners
Essential Linkages and Distinctions: Non-Profits, for Profits and Government
Civil society and Nonprofit Organizations: linkages and networking
Public Administration and Nonprofits: linkages and partners.
Business sector and nonprofits: linkages and partners
Contemporary issue
Case Study
Discussion Questions
Web Resources
Legal Framework
Legal framework of managing nonprofit organizations
Monitoring agencies and offices
Contemporary issues
Case Study
Discussion Questions
Web Resources for students and practitioners
Governance
Nonprofit boards
Chief executive
Strategic planning and mission statement
Ethics and Organizational culture
Contemporary issues
Case Study
Discussion Questions
Web Resources for students and practitioners
Volunteers
The meaning of volunteer work in nonprofits
Volunteer administration program
Liabilities issue
Case Study
Discussion Questions
Web Resources for students and practitioners
Human Resource Management
Major anti-discrimination laws
HRM Issues
Technology in HRM
Case Study
Discussion Questions
Web Resources for students and practitioners
Employment opportunities and sources
Revenue Sources
Revenue sources
Legal framework
Contemporary Issues
Case Study
Discussion Questions
Web Resources for students and practitioners
Financial Management
The uniqueness of nonprofit accounting and financial management
Major financial documents & technology
Issues
Case Study
Discussion Questions
Web Resource for students and practitioners
Marketing
What is nonprofit marketing and why is it important?
Differences between nonprofit and for-profit marketing
Marketing - a process
Best practices
Issues in nonprofit marketing
Case Study
Discussion Questions
Web Resources for students and practitioners
Technology Applications and Its Strategic Use
Technology planning
Scope and opportunities
Technology Issues
Case Study
Discussion Questions
Web Resources for students and practitioners
Non-Profit Effectiveness
The nature of nonprofit effectiveness
Different strategies and processes of measuring effectiveness and the associated
problems
Are there best practices?
Issues
Case Study
Discussion Questions
Web Resources for students and practitioners
Global International Dimension
What are NGOs?
Major roles and activities of NGOs
Government agency and NGO relationships
Emerging issues
Case Study
Discussion Questions
Web Resources for students and practitioners
Conclusion