Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations: Leading Relationships with Stakeholders - Paperback

by Melissa Newman (Author)

Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations: Leading Relationships

with Stakeholders provides practical information, rooted in organizational

behavior theory, for the effective and successful management of nonprofit

organizations and key stakeholder groups. The book enables the reader

to identify the ways in which application of management principles and

theory varies between nonprofit and for-profit organizations. It also

offers a path to develop the skills necessary to lead a nonprofit, enact

organizational change, and create strategic plans, as well as recognize

and engage with revenue mechanisms. Using case studies and narrative

examples, the book provides the basis for the key skills, including

marketing, accounting, entrepreneurship, governance, fundraising, and of

course leadership and management. Structured around the key themes of

staff, volunteers, donors, and community, topics include diversity, ethics,

decision-making, culture, conflict, volunteer engagement, fundraising and

stewardship, grants, foundations, PR, lobbying and government relations,

and others.

This book is ideal for college students undertaking a nonprofit management

course.

Author Biography

Melissa Newman is Associate Professor, Educator of Management at the University of Cincinnati's Lindner College of Business.