Nonprofit Organizations category: 797 books
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Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Taking a problem based approach to regeneration management, this exciting new book, authored by renowned academics and practitioners, examines how issues of ethics, equality, sustainability, local governance, civic renewal and learning are addressed within the areas of social and economic development...
Social Economy
Communities, Economies and Solidarity in Atlantic Canada
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
This book contributes to the growing literature on the social economy from the particular perspectives of Atlantic Canadians who have been part of the Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network. It illustrates the importance of the sector to the region’s social, economic and public life...
by John Robert
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
As anyone in business knows, strategic communication is critical to achieving long-term success. In Communication: 10 Easy Ways to Explode Your Business From Communicating, super-networker John Robert argues that strategic relationship planning should be high on your list of priorities.
Forming...
The New Public Governance?
Emerging Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Public Governance
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Despite predictions that 'new public management' would establish itself as the new paradigm of Public Administration and Management, recent academic research has highlighted concerns about the intra-organizational focus and limitations of this approach. This book represents a comprehensive analysis...
by Ellen Eischen
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
If you want to take advantage of social media marketing for your business, look no further. This e-book provides you with easily understood tips and tricks for social network advertising on sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. We’ll show you the best of social media’s...
Intentional Leadership
12 Lenses for Focusing Strengths, Managing Weaknesses, and Achieving Your Purpose
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Empowered by the knowledge that employees are influenced by their direct supervisor more than any other leader in a company, author Jane A. G. Kise advocates intentional leadership, a style of leading that focuses on how to lead, not just what to accomplish. Learn to concentrate on your strengths...
Co-design and Social Innovation
Connections, Tensions and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Although co-design has been practised in new service and product development for some years, it has only recently begun to appear in the burgeoning field of social innovation. It appears to be well-attuned to this new context, offering as it does an open-ended relational process to generate novel...
Making Good
Finding Meaning, Money, and Community in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
As we emerge from the recession, a generation is searching for practical answers about how to succeed and make positive change in the world. With real-life success stories and practical advice and exercises, Making Good outlines how to find opportunities to effect change and make money. These opportunities...
Social Media in the Public Sector
A Guide to Participation, Collaboration and Transparency in The Networked World
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Grounded in solid research, Social Media in the Public Sector explores the myriad uses of social media in the public sector and combines existing practices with theories of public administration, networked governance, and information management. Comprehensive in scope, the book includes best practices,...
by John Carver, Carver Governance Design Inc., Miriam Mayhew Carver
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
The Carver Policy Governance Guide series includes six booklets that offer board members a description of John Carver's Policy Governance model of board leadership. Policy Governance enables a board to fulfill its accountability to its organization's "owners," whether the owners are association...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019
In recent decades, we have witnessed an increasing use of projects and similar temporary modes of organising in the public sector of nations in Europe and around the world. While for some this is a welcome development which unlocks entrepreneurial zeal and renders public services more flexible and...
by Alan Winters, Shahid Yusuf
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2007
China is now the world's fourth largest economy and growing very fast. India's economic salience is also on the rise. Together these two countries will profoundly influence the pace and nature of global economic change. Drawing upon the latest research, this volume analyzes the influences on the rapid...
by Chad Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
“Empty your wallet. Don’t ask questions. Look straight ahead – don’t get smart.” Sounds more like an alleyway mugging than international development, right? But that’s what we’ve been told, and up til now, we’ve been obedient. Not anymore.
We can no longer just shut up and give....
Sustainable Impact
How Women Are Key to Ending Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
The world has changed rapidly over the past decades. These changes havemade eradicating global poverty more challenging than ever.In a comprehensive guidebook,Laina Raveendran Greene, Audrey Tan and Lizzy Hawkinsthreepassionate female social entrepreneursshare their thoughtsonthefeminisation of poverty...