A practical day-to-day guide to managing a voluntary organization. How to Manage a Voluntary Organization features activity boxes designed to make the reader think about real-life situations that frequently arise, with case studies and a free CD-ROM containing templates and documents.
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David Hussey is an international authority on strategic management, and has had a career in management and consultancy. He is Visiting Professor in Strategic Management at Nottingham Business School and is involved as a volunteer in three charities.
Foreword by Philip Sadler, CBE
1. The voluntary sector
What is the voluntary sector?; The size of the voluntary sector; A picture of great variety; The variety of voluntary organizations; Ongoing or one-off; Conclusion
2. Beginning with a vision
Definition; Vision at different levels; A model for transformation; The case studies; Some points about vision; Maintaining commitment to the vision; A vision does not last for ever
3. Strategies and policies
Concepts and reality; Strategy and the nature of the charity; A strategy model; Key success factors for strategic success; Consultations and involvement; Implementation; The integrated organization; The importance of a framework of policies
4. Matters of governance
Legal form of organization; The constitution; The duties of trustees; Formal meetings; Ethics and social responsibility
5. Management of people
10 universal qualities of effective management; Recruiting the right people; Trustees; Patrons and occasional use of celebrities; Board of management (or management committee); Paid staff; Seconded staff; Volunteers
6. Financial accounting and record keeping
Concepts of accounting; Accrual or cash accounting?; Record keeping; Some legal requirements; Supporting procedures; Setting up an accounting system;
7. Management accounting
Budgetary control; Financial ratios; Decision making; Evaluating capital expenditure projects
8. Marketing: basic concepts
The business approach to marketing; Adapting marketing concepts to 'non-business' activities; Public relations; To be continued
9. Marketing and fund-raising
Rolling marketing campaigns compared to special appeals; The rolling marketing campaign; The one-off special projects campaign; Grants;
10. Rationalization, consolidation and closure
Restructuring; The problem of small and struggling charities; Mergers; Achieving a change through custodian and management trustees
11. Epilogue: the future
Retirement age, life expectation and physical fitness; The attitudes towards volunteering and personal donations; Higher-calibre staff and professionalism needed; A more litigious, technical and bureaucratic society; Structure of the third sector; Improving the viability of the sector
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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Many of those working in the voluntary sector have management experience, but little of working for a charity while others have experience of the sector, but no management experience. This practical work aims to bridge these knowledge gaps, serving as a handbook on day-to-day management in the voluntary sector. It features activity boxes designed to make the reader think about real-life situations that frequently arise, with case studies and a free CD-ROM containing templates and documents. Topics addressed include: the importance of having a realistic vision; organizational and management structures of charities; human resource issues; accounting; marketing; how to make use of the Internet; and how to deal with the prospect of mergers and takeovers. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Nº de ref. del artículo: GOR002782383
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