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.
Financial Management in the Voluntary Sector: New Challenges
1st Edition
By Paul Palmer, Adrian Randall
January 11, 2002
The voluntary sector contains over 50,000 organizations, 320,000 paid staff, and 3 million volunteers. The accounting and financial management of organizations in this sector poses as many difficulties as that of major for-profit organizations, if not more so, given the absence of the profit motive...
Third Sector Policy at the Crossroads: An International Non-profit Analysis
1st Edition
By Helmut K. Anheier, Jeremy Kendall
July 25, 2001
The nonprofit sector occupies an ever more central role in economic and social policies, from the redesign of welfare system in the U.S. or UK, to fostering democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. At the same time, non-profit organizations face increased public scrutiny, and calls for more '...
Voluntary Organizations and Innovation in Public Services
1st Edition
By Stephen P. Osborne
August 13, 1998
The innovative capacity of voluntary organizations has become a touchstone for their role in providing public services. Across the world there are increasing pressures on voluntary organizations to improve the quality and effectiveness of public services through innovation and change. This volume ...