Managing Nonprofit Organizations offers a comprehensive treatment of the key topics in nonprofit management for practitioners, professors, and students in both graduate and undergraduate courses. This groundbreaking volume serves as both text and handbook and includes supplemental online materials and additional cases. The authors Tschirhart and Bielefeld (two of the top scholars in nonprofit management) bring theory and practice together in a cohesive way so readers are both informed and interested.

THE AUTHORS

MARY TSCHIRHART is a professor in the School of Public and International Affairs and director of the Institute for Nonprofit Research, Education, and Engagement at North Carolina State University.

WOLFGANG BIELEFELD is professor emeritus in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University--Purdue University Indianapolis.

Acknowledgments ix

The Authors xiii

Part One: Understanding, Envisioning, and Creating 1

1 Understanding Nonprofit Organizations 3

2 Effective and Ethical Organizations 11

3 Founding Nonprofits and the Business Case 33

4 Organizational Structure 60

Part Two: Strategizing, Resourcing, and Aligning 83

5 Formulation of Strategy 85

6 Resource Acquisition 111

7 Financial Stewardship and Management 140

8 Marketing 168

Part Three: Leading, Managing, and Delivering 199

9 Boards and Governance 201

10 Executive Directors and Leadership 228

11 Strategic Human Resource Management 255

12 Motivation and Performance 280

Part Four: Evaluating, Connecting, and Adapting 299

13 Program Evaluation 301

14 Public and Government Relations 327

15 Partnerships, Alliances, and Affiliations 356

16 Organizational Change and Innovation 384

17 The Future of Nonprofit Leadership and Management 418

Appendix: Mapping of Chapter Content to NACC Guidelines for Study in Nonprofit Leadership, the Nonprofit Sector, and Philanthropy 425

Notes 429

Index 469