Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
The Marketization of Nonprofits
This thesis deals with the concept and consequences of marketization in the nonprofit sector. Marketization describes the process of nonprofit organizations becoming more business-like and is caused, among other things, by increased competition for scarce resources, the rise of professionalism, and calls for more transparency and efficiency by funders and the public. Research about marketization is inconclusive; some researchers believe marketization can increase not only efficiency, but also effectiveness of organizations, while others fear that nonprofits lose their focus on a social mission. The four articles presented in this thesis focus on the theoretical and practical implications of ...
Investments in and for Nonprofit Organizations
The value-driven nature of nonprofit organizations calls for a broader understanding of investments outside of a purely financial conceptualization. Nonprofits ultimately strive for a social return, and allocating resources to nonprofit capacities is a vital form of investments. The four chapters of this thesis examine two types of nonprofit investments, impact investing and investments in nonprofit capacities, and focus on their influencing factors and effects. The findings reveal that strategic behavior and planning are crucial management tasks. The blurring of social and financial logics offers opportunities that if accompanied by a clear strategy enhances the work of nonprofits.
Verbandsmanagement
Um Planungs- und Leitungsaufgaben wahrnehmen zu können, ist es für haupt- und ehrenamtliche Führungskräfte in Verbänden zunehmend nötig, sich ein betriebswirtschaftliches Grundverständnis und professionelle Managementfähigkeiten anzueignen. Hier setzt das Buch an: Erstmalig werden die für ein modernes Verbandsmanagement wesentlichen Themen in einer Publikation systematisch und ausführlich erläutert. Anhand des Münchner Management-Modells (MMM) werden alle wichtigen Themen − von Finanzmanagement und Governance über Mitgliederorientierung, Lobbying und Digitaler Transformation bis zu Verbandsrecht und Controlling – theoretisch fundiert dargestellt, ohne den nötigen Praxisbezug aus den Augen zu verlieren. Mit Downloadmaterial auf myBook+. Die digitale und kostenfreie Ergänzung zu Ihrem Buch auf myBook+: - Zugriff auf ergänzenden Materialien und Inhalte - E-Book direkt online lesen im Browser - Persönliche Fachbibliothek mit Ihren Büchern Jetzt nutzen auf mybookplus.de.
The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations
Written by over 200 leading experts from over seventy countries, this handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research on volunteering, civic participation and nonprofit membership associations. The first handbook on the subject to be truly multinational and interdisciplinary in its authorship, it represents a major milestone for the discipline. Each chapter follows a rigorous theoretical structure examining definitions, historical background, key analytical issues, usable knowledge, and future trends and required research. The nine parts of the handbook cover the historical and conceptual background of the discipline; special types of volunteeri...
Smart Green World?
In this book, Steffen Lange and Tilman Santarius investigate how digitalization influences environmental and social sustainability. The information revolution is currently changing the daily lives of billions of people worldwide. At the same time, the current economic model and consumerist lifestyle needs to be radically transformed if society is to overcome the challenges humanity is facing on a finite planet. Can the much-discussed disruption potential of digitalization be harnessed for this purpose? Smart Green World? provides guiding principles for a sustainable digital society and develops numerous hands-on proposals for how digitalization can be shaped to become a driving force for soc...
