Publisher's Synopsis
""Nonprofit organizations need smart, informed managers. This introductory textbook aims to expose students to the range of responsibilities expected from modern nonprofit organizations, their boards, their executive management, their frontline staff, and their community volunteers. Featuring an extended case study, the book is aimed at students and professionals. Section 1 focuses on the characteristics of a nonprofit organization, with an explanation of the specific attributes of both charitable and member-serving nonprofits. It consider the historical development of the nonprofit sector as a whole and of the human services subsector in particular. The section culminates with a review of the political and economic climate in which nonprofits operate. Section 2 considers general theories of leadership. The multiple roles of the nonprofit professional leader are delineated, to recognize that the same person may serve as manager and admi
