Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Nonprofit Organizations & Charities - General

'Transgovernance: Advancing Sustainability Governance' analyses the question what recent and ongoing changes in the relations between politics, science and media - together characterized as the emergence of a knowledge democracy - may imply for governance for sustainable development, on global and other levels of societal decision making, and the other way around: How can the discussion on sustainable development contribute to a knowledge democracy? How can concepts such as second modernity, reflexivity, configuration theory, (meta)governance theory and cultural theory contribute to a...

The kind of person who decides to combat malaria must have a very rare combination of attributes: dogged enough to keep going when results are slow; independent enough to continue, often alone, when other, more popular, causes distract attention from their work;...

Im Rahmen eines sich verandernden Sozialstaates lasst sich ein doppelter Professionalisierungsprozess im Sozialmanagement feststellen: Einerseits deutet die Konjunktur und Nachfrage diverser Aus- und Weiterbildungsmoglichkeiten im Sozial-, NPO- und New-Public-Management auf eine akademisch-wissenschaftliche Professionalisierung hin. Andererseits differenziert sich Leitung und Fuhrung (Management) in offentlichen und freien Tragern durch spezialisiertes Wissen, Kompetenz, Verantwortung und Aufgaben. Vor dem Hintergrund der qualitativ empirischen Studie Professionelles Sozialmanagement...

Nonprofit America is one of the least understood segments of national life, yet also one of the most crucial.

Author Lester Salamon, who pioneered the empirical study of the nonprofit sector in the United States, provides a wealth of new data to paint a compelling picture of a set of institutions being buffeted by a withering set of challenges, yet still finding ways to survive and prosper. These challenges, however, are posing enormous risks to the historic character and role of nonprofits.

Operating in an increasingly competitive environment in which traditional sources of government...

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Bei personenbezogenen Dienstleistungen ist das Objekt der Dienstleistung ein Subjekt. Damit stellen sich besondere Anforderungen an die Individualisierung von Dienstleistungsarbeit und den Umgang mit der sich daraus ergebenden Interaktionsdynamik. Zugleich wird es angesichts sich verandernder Rahmenbedingungen immer wichtiger, Skalen-, Synergie- und Rationalisierungseffekte zu erzielen. Wie lasst sich beides miteinander verbinden? Dazu sind in der vorliegenden Publikation grundlegende Reflexionen und prototypische Losungsansatze zu finden. Sie basieren auf Erfahrungen, die zunachst im...

As the American Century dawned, more and more Americans saw the need to engage in world affairs and to make the world a safer place--not by military action but through humanitarian aid. It...

Effective leadership and management in health and social care are built on good practice, strong relationships and a critical understanding of the wider context in which care takes place. Leading, Managing, Caring illustrates how leadership and management work in everyday settings, providing invaluable support to those practising or studying in the area. The book introduces the four core building blocks of the caring manager or leader: personal awareness, team awareness, goal awareness and contextual awareness. Together these form a firm foundation for understanding and practice....

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly concerned with the need to demonstrate how social justice principles impact every aspect of their work. This is the only textbook to explicitly integrate social justice principles into the management of a nonprofit organization. It provides students with the knowledge and skills required to integrate a social justice value system into their work as effective nonprofit leaders. Using practical tips and illustrative case examples, the text explains the structure and processes of nonprofit organizations with a particular emphasis on social justice...