Nonprofit Management: Principles and Practice

Nonprofit Management: Principles and Practice is the first comprehensive textbook written for the nonprofit management course. Written specifically for students, it is substantive and includes more than what is found in the prescriptive practitioner oriented books that have been the only choice for the classroom thus far. It provides a balanced and integrated approach to the field and reveals a variety of opinions and perspectives and attempts to view issues from multiple perspectives and drawing from various approaches selectively as situations may dictate.

Features & Benefits:

Features objectivity and its balanced treatment in areas of disagreement; i.e. it will not strike a tone that implies the superiority of using corporate strategies in the nonprofit sector, nor one that emphasizes only the risks involved in nonprofit earned-income ventures. Rather, it will synthesize the major points of voices on both sides of the debate.

Where appropriate, practitioner literature as well as research will be presented; however, the tone will not be prescriptive or directive.

Mini-cases will be included to enhance understanding of the issues using real-world situations.

Each chapter includes a section suggesting further readings, to give students direction on where to go in the literature, should they want to learn more.

Questions for Discussion are included at the end of each chapter to help students think about the relevance of what they are reading and apply it to any nonprofit organizations with which they may have personal experience.

•The most comprehensive and current textbook available on nonprofit management. Essential for the classroom."
-Robert Silverman, University at Buffalo

Nonprofit Management: Principles and Practice, the first comprehensive textbook written for the Nonprofit Management course, covers such topics as the scope and structure of the nonprofit sector, leadership of nonprofits, managing the nonprofit organization, fundraising, nonprofit enterprise, financial management, collaborations and mergers, nonprofit lobbying and advocacy, and international trends. Written specifically for students, this text integrates research, theory, and the practitioner literature and includes more than is found in the more prescriptive, practitioner-oriented alternatives. Providing an overview suitable for students enrolled in their first course in the field, the book also includes cases and discussions of advanced issues for those with experience.

Key Features

• Takes a balanced approach to varied perspectives and controversial issues and encompasses traditional concepts as well as new approaches and thinking
• Integrates social sciences research, management theory, and practitioner literature
• Includes mini-cases to enhance student understanding of the issues involved in real-world situations
• Gives students direction on where to go in the literature to learn more through chapter-ending "Suggestions for Further Reading"
• Includes "Questions for Discussion" at the end of each chapter to help students apply chapter content to actual nonprofit organizations

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Nonprofit Management is ideal for courses in Nonprofit Management, Not-for-Profit Management, and Public Management.

Michael J. Worth is Professor of Nonprofit Management in the School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. He teaches related to the governance and management of nonprofit organizations, fund raising and philanthropy, and nonprofit enterprise. He served as Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs at The George Washington University for eighteen years and previously as Director of Development at the University of Maryland,  College Park for seven years.  

Dr. Worth has been a frequent speaker at conferences of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB). He has served as a member of CASE's Commission on Philanthropy, as Special Consultant to the President of CASE for Executive Education, as Editor of the CASE International Journal of Educational Advancement, and as a faculty member at the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education. He consults with educational institutions and nonprofit organizations in the areas of fund raising management, board development, and strategic planning.  

In addition to numerous articles and reviews, Dr. Worth has written or edited four books, including Public College and University Development (1985), The Role of the Development Officer in Higher Education (Jossey-Bass 1994, 2000), Educational Fund Raising: Principles and Practice (Oryx Press,1993), and New Strategies for Educational Fund Raising, (American Council on Education and Praeger Publishers, 2002). A new book, Fund-Raising Leadership, will bepublished by the Association of Governing Boards in 2005.