Peter C Brinckerhoff

Mission-Based Management

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It is a fascinating and exciting time to be in the nonprofit world. There are more challenges, more opportunities, and more ways to respond to the increasing community needs that are at your door. As a nation and as a planet, nonprofits are necessary more than ever. You want to take your mission to a new level and Mission-Based Management, Third Edition will help you, your board, and your staff get there. This significantly updated edition of this classic expands on the invaluable hows and whys of not-for-profit empowerment covered in the Second Edition to offer highly effective new ideas and new criteria for success in today's increasingly competitive nonprofit terrain. This Third Edition of Mission-Based Management provides comprehensive, hands-on guidance, addressing: * The unique concerns of today's managers in nonprofit organizations * A refreshed set of priorities for the mission-based manager * Revised characteristics of a successful mission-based organization * Updated predictions for the next ten years * A new chapter on ethics, accountability, and transparency addressing organizational transparency, the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, new technologies, technology planning, and disaster planning * Updated discussion questions at the end of each chapter, allowing you to generate better conversations with your staff and board about which parts of the book most apply to your organization's unique needs As a leader of a twenty-first century nonprofit, you have to concern yourself with many differing and conflicting needs and demands, those of your funders, the people you serve, your board, staff, community, and peers. Mission-Based Management, Third Edition reveals how top-quality not-for-profits really run and how to ensure that your organization is one of the ones that works, both this year and throughout the twenty-first century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 164mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9780470432075
• ISBN-10: 0470432071
• Artikelnr.: 26573131

Autorenporträt

Peter C. Brinckerhoff is an internationally renowned trainer, author, and consultant to nonprofit organizations. He brings years of experience in the field to his work, as he is a former board member of local, state, and national not-for-profits, and has worked on the staff and as executive director of two regional not-for-profits. Since founding his consulting firm, Corporate Alternatives, in 1982, Mr. Brinckerhoff has helped thousands of organizations become more mission-capable. He is the award-winning author of Mission-Based Management, Third Edition; Social Entrepreneurship; Mission-Based Marketing, Second Edition; and Faith-Based Management, all published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments.

Preface to the Third Edition.

About the Author.

Chapter 1 Introduction.

A look at three core philosophies, who the book is written for,how the book is designed, and how to get the most from readingit.

Chapter 2 Where We Were, Where We Are, Where We'reGoing.

A brief history of the nonprofit world, an examination of therelationship between nonprofits and their funders, and an updatedprediction of the nonprofit world for the next ten years.

Chapter 3 What Works: The Characteristics of a SuccessfulNonprofit.

An updated list of the ten things that a nonprofit needs tocontinue to do its mission well in the twenty-first century.

Chapter 4 The Mission Is the Reason.

How to get the most benefit from the reason that nonprofitsexist. For many, the mission is an underutilized resource. Adiscussion on updating and then using a motivational missionstatement.

Chapter 5 Being Ethical, Accountable and Transparent.

Effective nonprofits are highly ethical, accountable to theircommunities and transparent both inside and outside theorganization. The best ways to do this on the highest moral planepossible is covered.

Chapter 6 A Businesslike Board of Directors.

What an effective board is, and what the board's and the staff'srespective roles are. Reducing board liability and recruiting andretaining a board will be covered as well.

Chapter 7 Leading Your People.

A new approach to nonprofit leadership that succeeds in today'shigh-speed, information-driven environment, also including bettercommunications, evaluations, and rewards.

Chapter 8 Embracing Technology for Mission.

How to use technology to better serve, manage, inform, market,empower, and compete in today's all-tech, all-the-timeenvironment.

Chapter 9 Creating a Social Entrepreneur.

How to develop a culture that takes reasonable risks on behalfof the people it serves. The criteria of a social entrepreneur. Howto focus on your core competencies and remain flexible.

Chapter 10 Developing a Bias for Marketing.

The best way to bring your entire team into the marketingprocess, to discover who your markets really are and how to meettheir needs and wants. The characteristics of a market-driven andmission-based organization. Why asking is so important.

Chapter 11 Financial Empowerment.

The eight key characteristics of a financially empowerednonprofit, better internal reporting, and how a nonprofit can keepwhat it earns.

Chapter 12 A Vision for the Future.

How to plan where you are going, and how to get the most fromthe planning process as well as from the plan itself. Sample planoutlines.

Chapter 13 The Controls That Set You Free.

The way to get the most from nine different kinds of policies,including a tested method for their development andenforcement.

Chapter 14 A National Agenda: Empowering OurNonprofits.

A new way of looking at nonprofits for everyone to consider:funders, donors, volunteers staff, board, the public and the press.What we all need to do together to improve, free, embolden, andempower the not-for-profits that are so essential to ourcommunity.

Chapter 15 Final Words.

Index.