Voluntary Agencies: Challenges of Organisation and Management

ISBN-13: 9780333629512 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 255 str.

David Billis;Margaret Harris

Opis

This book brings together papers by voluntary sector scholars which were specially commissioned to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the LSE's Centre for Voluntary Organisation. The papers address key issues currently facing UK voluntary sector managers including: What place do values have? How is accountability achieved? How can organisational change be handled? Are governing bodies needed? What kind of training is appropriate? Should volunteers be managed? And what does contracting do to voluntary agencies?

Spis treści

Introduction.- What is a Voluntary Organisation?; T. Marshall.- What are the Key Influences on the Work of Voluntary Agencies?; M. Taylor.- How are Values Handled in Voluntary Agencies?; R. Paton.- Are Voluntary Agencies Accountable?; D. Leat.- How do Voluntary Agencies Manage Organisational Change?; D. Wilson.- What Kind of Leadership do Voluntary Organisations Need?; R. Kay.-  Do We Need Governing Bodies?; M. Harris.- What does Contracting do to Voluntary Agencies?; J. Lewis.- What does Contracting do to Users?; N. Deakin.- Are Voluntary Agencies Really More Effective?; M. Knapp.- Can Volunteers be Managed?; J. Davis Smith.- What Kind of Training does the Voluntary Sector Need?; S.P. Osborne.- Who Cares Whether your Organisation Survives?; D. Billis.- Conclusion.