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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.

27 Series Titles


Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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