Strategic management in nonprofit organizations /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, William A., 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2015]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • note: Learning Objectives
  • Example: Providing Hot Food to a Low-Income Community
  • Differences Between Organizational Types
  • Ownership
  • Revenue
  • Capital
  • Citizen, Service Beneficiary, or Customer
  • Rationale for Being: The Influence of Institutional Logics
  • Summary of the Differences Between Organizational Types
  • Why Nonprofits Exist
  • Functions of Nonprofit Organizations
  • Size and Scope of the Nonprofit Sector
  • Organizational Life Cycle Stages
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • Appendix
  • Learning Objectives
  • Effectiveness in Nonprofits
  • Persistence and Growth
  • Management Practices and Productivity
  • Clarity of Failure
  • Nonprofit Strategic Management Cycle
  • Operating Domains
  • Systems and Capabilities
  • Performance and Innovation
  • Mission, Vision, and Values
  • How to Use These Statements
  • Mission Attachment
  • Mission Versus Sustainability
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • Learning Objectives
  • External Environment
  • Environmental Analysis Techniques
  • Characteristics of the Environment
  • General Environment
  • Task Environment
  • Social Need or Demand
  • Types of Needs Assessment
  • Type of Need
  • Assets and Resources
  • Beneficiary
  • Financial Resources
  • Earned
  • Other Sources of Funds
  • Summary of Financial Resources
  • Labor
  • Sociopolitical Interests
  • Legitimacy
  • Targets of Sociopolitical Activities
  • Other Providers
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • Learning Objectives
  • Nonprofit Value Framework
  • Comparative Advantage
  • Resource Portfolio
  • Human Capital
  • Financial Assets
  • Physical Assets
  • Information and Innovation
  • Relationships
  • Reputation
  • Management Functions
  • Management Framework
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • Learning Objectives
  • Techniques to Form Program Strategies
  • Public Benefit Methods
  • Systems of Intervention
  • Beneficiaries' Influence on Program Strategies
  • Limited Exchange Relationship
  • Few Competing Providers
  • Information Asymmetry
  • Professional Ethos
  • Broader Social Priorities
  • Mission and Historical Precedence
  • Segmentatio: Who Is Our Customer?
  • Reach and Richness
  • What Value to Provide and How to Provide Value
  • Generic Business Strategies
  • Cost Efficiency Strategies
  • Bargaining Power of Customers
  • Bargaining Power of Suppliers
  • Potential Entrants
  • Product Substitutes
  • Differentiation Strategies
  • Bargaining Power of Customers
  • Bargaining Power of Suppliers
  • Potential Entrants
  • Product Substitutes
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • Learning Objectives
  • Competitive and Cooperative Dynamics in Nonprofits
  • Analysis of the Task Environment
  • Clarify Public Benefit Purpose
  • Segmenting Operating Domains
  • Analyzing Operating Domains
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Competitive Analysis Techniques
  • Reaction by Others
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • Learning Objectives
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Considerations
  • Diversification
  • Portfolio Analysis
  • Strategic Orientation and Alignment
  • Organizational Structure and Controls
  • Boards of Directors
  • Roles and Functions
  • How to Improve Board Performance
  • Planning
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • Learning Objectives
  • Logic of Program Activities
  • Target Beneficiaries
  • Defining Outcomes
  • Program Activities
  • Information Management and Measurement
  • Types of Indicators
  • Learning and Innovation
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • Learning Objectives
  • Advocacy and Political Strategy
  • Background
  • Key Decisions in Developing a Social and Political Strategy
  • Approach to Political Action
  • Reactive Versus Proactive
  • Autonomously Versus Collectively
  • Select and Prioritize Issues
  • Prioritize Targets
  • Advocacy Strategies
  • Educating and Mobilizing Community Members
  • Influencing the Policy Agenda and Monitoring Implementation
  • Election-Related Activities
  • Direct Lobbying
  • Implementation and Monitoring of Policy
  • Shifting the Activities and Practices of Corporations
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions
  • Additional Resources
  • References
  • Learning Objectives
  • Issues and Challenges for Managers
  • Complexity of Management
  • Cash Flow
  • Mission Drift
  • Managing Funding Resources
  • Private Source Fees
  • Third-Party Fees
  • Public Funds
  • Individual Donations
  • Major Gifts
  • Private Grants
  • Methods to Analyze Funding Options
  • Market Determinants
  • Relationship Management
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • Learning Objectives
  • Levels of Engagement
  • Types of Interorganizational Relationships
  • Paradoxes of Interorganizational Arrangements
  • Reasons for Interorganizational Arrangements
  • Achieve Social Impact
  • Cost Efficiency
  • Strategic Adaptations
  • Learning
  • Access to Resources
  • Managing Stakeholder Relations
  • Challenges of Interorganizational Relationships
  • External Contingencies and Preconditions
  • Phases of Managing Interorganizational Arrangements
  • Phase One: Initiate
  • Phase Two: Implementation
  • Phase Three: Sustain and Assess Impact
  • Trust in Interorganizational Relationships
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • Learning Objectives
  • Executive Leadership
  • Defining and Exploiting Market Domains
  • Building Systems and Capabilities
  • Ensuring Performance and Innovation
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions
  • References