Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations
About the Book Series
Voluntary and non-profit organizations are playing an increasingly significant role, worldwide, in the provision and management of public services. Drawing together significant and ground breaking research, this series will be essential reading for students of public policy and management as well as the thinking manager. Topics covered include the management of innovation and change, financial management, performance evaluation and management and organizational development and project management.
Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations
1st Edition
By Alina McCandless Baluch
September 03, 2015
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 ...
Strategic Positioning in Voluntary and Charitable Organizations
1st Edition
By Celine Chew
April 23, 2015
Rekindling the critical analysis of the adoption of generic commercial (for-profit) management approaches in the non-profit context, Strategic Positioning in Voluntary and Charitable Organizations reveals that charities are positioning themselves in their evolving external environment in ...
Charity Shops: Retailing, Consumption and Society
1st Edition
By Suzanne Horne, Avril Maddrell
December 22, 2014
In the late 1990s, there was a distinct rise in interest in the non-profit sector, and in retailing and consumption. Drawing together these two concerns this book provides a comprehensive and international account of the retail charity sector. Charity shops are now significant ...
Managerial Economics of Non-Profit Organizations
1st Edition
By Marc Jegers
August 12, 2014
This is the first book of its kind to bring together the microeconomic insights on the functioning of non-profit organizations, complementing the wide range of books on the management of non-profit organizations by instead focusing on both theoretical and empirical work. Jegers begins by ...
Accountability and Effectiveness Evaluation in Nonprofit Organizations
1st Edition
By James Cutt, Vic Murray
May 22, 2013
This unique volume provides new perspectives on assessing the performance of nonprofit organizations whilst meeting the information needs of decision-makers, both internal (such as resource-providers, regulators and clients), and external (including boards, managers, staff and volunteers). Whilst ...
The Third Sector in Europe: Prospects and challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephen P. Osborne
August 09, 2012
The role of the Third Sector within European society is an extremely topical subject, as both governments and the EU continue to consider the role these organizations can play in providing essential public services. This book presents contemporary research into this emerging area, exploring the ...
Governance and Regulation in the Third Sector: International Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Susan D. Phillips, Steven Rathgeb Smith
July 11, 2012
Governance and Regulation in the Third Sector brings together scholars and experienced practitioners from different countries to investigate the relationship between regulation and relational governance for the third sector in a comparative context. Each chapter reviews recent regulatory changes in...
Social Enterprise: At the Crossroads of Market, Public Policies and Civil Society
1st Edition
Edited
By Marthe Nyssens
October 24, 2006
In one of its previous books, the EMES European Research Network traced the most significant developments in 'social entrepreneurship' emerging inside the third sector in Europe. Building upon that seminal work, this volume presents the results of an extensive research project carried out over...
The Governance of Public and Non-Profit Organizations
1st Edition
Edited
By Chris Cornforth
July 12, 2005
Governing boards play a crucial role in ensuring that public and non-profit organizations are publicly accountable and perform well. Until now, there have been relatively few detailed empirical studies of what boards do in practice, but this book fills that gap by bringing together analyses based ...
The Management of Non-Governmental Development Organizations: An Introduction
1st Edition
By David Lewis
August 02, 2004
Exploring the newly emerging field of the management of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in developing countries, this informative book draws upon current research in non-profit management, development administration and business management. Key issues covered include: * the ...
The Emergence of Social Enterprise
1st Edition
Edited
By Carlo Borzaga, Jacques Defourny
May 07, 2004
What are the characteristics of social enterprises? What are the future prospects for social enterprises? What do social enterprises contribute? Analyzing social enterprises in fifteen different countries, The Emergence of Social Enterprise seeks to answer these important questions while ...
Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations
1st Edition
By Roger Courtney
March 15, 2002
The voluntary nonprofit sector is now involved in all aspects of people's lives. The management of such organizations has never been of more interest than it is now, and the sector as a whole is in a period of great change. Well-meaning amateurs are being replaced by highly committed and ...