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  1. Making Nonprofits Work : A Report on the Tides of Nonprofit Management Reform
    Making Nonprofits Work : A Report on the Tides of Nonprofit Management Reform
  2. Notable American Philanthropists: Biographies of Giving and Volunteering
    Notable American Philanthropists: Biographies of Giving and Volunteering
  3. The Fund Raiser's Guide to the Internet
    The Fund Raiser's Guide to the Internet
  4. Warwick Fundraising Set : Revolution in the Mailbox; Testing, Testing 1, 2, 3; How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters
    Warwick Fundraising Set : Revolution in the Mailbox; Testing, Testing 1, 2, 3; How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters
  5. Zondervan 2003 Minister's Tax & Financial Guide (Zondervan Minister's Tax & Financial Guide)
    Zondervan 2003 Minister's Tax & Financial Guide (Zondervan Minister's Tax & Financial Guide)
  6. The Law of Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations (Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management Series)
    The Law of Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations (Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management Series)
  7. Roots of Justice : Stories of Organizing in Communities of Color (Kim Klein's Chardon Press)
    Roots of Justice : Stories of Organizing in Communities of Color (Kim Klein's Chardon Press)
  8. Development and the Learning Organisation (Development in Practice Readers Series)
    Development and the Learning Organisation (Development in Practice Readers Series)
  9. Grassroots and Nonprofit Leadership: A Guide for Organizations in Changing Times
    Grassroots and Nonprofit Leadership: A Guide for Organizations in Changing Times
  10. Inclusive Aid: Changing Power and Relationships in International Development
    Inclusive Aid: Changing Power and Relationships in International Development
  11. Foundations and Evaluation : Contexts and Practices for Effective Philanthropy
    Foundations and Evaluation : Contexts and Practices for Effective Philanthropy
  12. The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector
    The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector
  13. Marketing Management for Nonprofit Organizations
    Marketing Management for Nonprofit Organizations
  14. The Art + Science Of Grantsmanship: Grants For Non-profits
    The Art + Science Of Grantsmanship: Grants For Non-profits
  15. The Nonprofit Handbook, 2002 Supplement : Management (Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management Series)
    The Nonprofit Handbook, 2002 Supplement : Management (Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management Series)
  16. Building Donor Loyalty : The Fundraiser's Guide to Increasing Lifetime Value
    Building Donor Loyalty : The Fundraiser's Guide to Increasing Lifetime Value
  17. How to Recruit Generation Me
    How to Recruit Generation Me
  18. Planned Giving: Management, Marketing, and Law : 1997/1998 Cumulative Supplement (Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management Series)
    Planned Giving: Management, Marketing, and Law : 1997/1998 Cumulative Supplement (Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management Series)
  19. Principles of Professional Fundraising : Useful Foundations for Successful Practice (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Sector)
    Principles of Professional Fundraising : Useful Foundations for Successful Practice (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Sector)
  20. Striving for Philanthropic Success: Effectiveness and Evaluation in Foundations
    Striving for Philanthropic Success: Effectiveness and Evaluation in Foundations
  21. The Charitable Crescent: Politics of Aid in the Muslim World
    The Charitable Crescent: Politics of Aid in the Muslim World
  22. Managing Complex Networks : Strategies for the Public Sector
    Managing Complex Networks : Strategies for the Public Sector
  23. The Five Strategies for Fundraising Success: A Mission-Based Guide to Achieving Your Goals (Jossey Bass Nonprofit & Public Management Series)
    The Five Strategies for Fundraising Success: A Mission-Based Guide to Achieving Your Goals (Jossey Bass Nonprofit & Public Management Series)
  24. Using Public Relations Strategies to Promote Your Nonprofit Organization
    Using Public Relations Strategies to Promote Your Nonprofit Organization
  25. High Income Consulting: How to Build and Market Your Professional Practice
    High Income Consulting: How to Build and Market Your Professional Practice
Making Nonprofits Work : A Report on the Tides of Nonprofit Management Reform
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 Making Nonprofits Work : A Report on the Tides of Nonprofit Management Reform
Paul Charles Light
Manufacturer: Brookings Institution Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0815752458

Book Description

The nonprofit sector is under tremendous pressure to improve its organizational performance. Its funders-governments, charitable organizations, and individual givers-insist on economy and results, while its clients-both communities and individuals-demand efficiency and responsiveness. This report charts the current trends of management reform in the nonprofit sector. It begins with an assessment of the current climate for reform at both the national and local levels, then examines the four popular methods, or "tides" being advocated: scientific management, which is built on a template of best practices; liberation management, which uses outcome measurement to gauge success; war on waste, which promotes private industry-style cost-cutting techniques; and watchful eye, which emphasizes public exposure as a disciplining tool for nonprofits. The report ends with a discussion of the limits of knowledge in the general field of nonprofit management reform, and a report on the estimated strength of each of the four reform tides. Paul C. Light concludes that the nonprofit sector has a remarkable opportunity to prevent the excesses and avoid the fads that have dominated reform efforts in government and the private sector, but only if it recognizes the limits of knowledge on what does and does not work in making organizations run more efficiently. An Action Report on Public Service

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Academic report.......2001-11-15

This "book" is an academic review of little use to nonprofit leaders.

Books:

  1. CarverGuide, Strategies for Board Leadership (Carverguide Series on Effective Board Governance, 10)
  2. Making Nonprofits Work : A Report on the Tides of Nonprofit Management Reform
  3. Conducting a Successful Development Services Program
  4. Gale's Guide to Nonprofits: A Gale Ready Reference Handbook (Gale Ready Reference Handbook)
  5. Evaluation: An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Guiding, and Improving Policies and Programs
  6. Secrets of Successful Grantsmanship : A Guerrilla Guide to Raising Money (Jossey Bass Nonprofit & Public Management Series)
  7. Making Policy Making Change : How Communities Are Taking Law into Their Own Hands (Kim Klein's Chardon Press)
  8. Successful Special Events: Planning, Hosting, and Evaluating (Aspen's Fund Raising Series for the 21st Century)
  9. National Civic Review, No. 3, Fall 1998 : Cutting-Edge Communities (J-B NCR Single Issue National Civic Review)
  10. The Structure of Women's Nonprofit Organizations (Indiana University Center on Philanthropy Series in Governance)

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