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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Nonprofit Management"”.
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Experiential Education Approaches in Nonprofit Management and Leadership Education: An Examination of Master's Degree Programs Associated with the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council
… Professional preparation is a central concern of nonprofit leadership and management programs. Prior to this study, however, there was no systematic attempt to document the various experiential education strategies employed in nonprofit leadership and management master's-degree programs in the …
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"Exploring the Dimensions of Organizational Capacity for Local Social Service Delivery Organizations Using a Multi-Method Approach"
… garnered increased attention from the public and nonprofit management literature in recent years. Capacity, broadly defined as the ability of an organization to fulfill its goals, has been of particular focus of scholars interested in understanding the variables that impact organizational …
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Dead Men Tell No Tales: How Can Creative Approaches to Communication Keep Historic Sites From Going Silent
… from creating a more professional nonprofit management model to the more drastic option of deaccessioning houses or their collections. Experts predict that the trend of deaccessioning will not only continue, but increase. The most stunning example to date of a house museum shifting …
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Navigating Identity through Philanthropy: A History of the Islamic Society of North America (1979 - 2008)
… civic and religious participation. Using nonprofit research and theory related to issues of diversity, legitimacy, power, and nonprofit governance and management, I challenge misconceptions about ISNA and dispel a number of myths about Muslim Americans and their institutions. In addition, …
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Experiencing Nonprofits in Vietnam: What Matters Most to the People Nonprofits Aim to Serve
To better understand nonprofit performance and impact, this study set out to identify the salient viewpoints of the individuals and communities a nonprofit human service provider sets out to serve, i.e., the nonprofit’s constituents. Focusing on the first encounter with a nonprofit, which the …
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Nonprofit Marketing Education in the United States: An Examination and Interpretation of the Prevalance and Nature of Curriculum
<p>The nonprofit sector is a large, growing, and essential part of the United States economy. There is a history of inspired ideas and complex change in the nonprofit sector that marketing educators and business school administrators must understand if they are to be leaders in the continuing …
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Connecting Communities: Factors Influencing Project Implementation Success in the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
… in policy implementation, public administration, nonprofit management, and project management, a framework was created to identify and categorize these factors as project-specific, organization-centric, physical environment, interorganizational, or legal environment (POPIL). A mixed methods …
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Leaders' Accounts: A Study of Transnational NGOs Leadership Views on Accountability
… organizations in the sample. Drawing from the nonprofit, management, and international relations scholarship, I explore the three central questions of accountability debates: What is accountability? Accountable to whom? And how? I argue that once one addresses each of these accountability …
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Factors Impacting Burnout Among Nonprofit Fundraisers
… of individual factors impacting burnout amongst nonprofit employees. Using data from a survey of nonprofit fundraisers a model emerges that shows sense of community, mission valence, and the strength of the psychological contract all impact burnout. Several work task factors also impact burnout …
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Beyond Generosity: The Action Logics in Philanthropy
<p>What influences the thinking and decision processes of donors when they engage in philanthropy? This study employed developmental psychology to explore this question. Developmental theorists agree that an adult develops in sequential stages over the course of a lifetime, gradually adopting an …
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Regime Theory Revisited: The Role Of Nonprofit Organizations In Urban Policymaking
<p>REGIME THEORY REVISITED: THE ROLE</p> <p>OF NONPROFITS IN URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT</p> <p>by</p> <p>MICHELLE L. WOODDELL</p> <p>AUGUST 2014</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Brady Baybeck</p> <p>Major: Political Science</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>While quite a bit has been written about the …
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An Exploration of Resilient Nonprofit Organizations: How Human Services Providers in Virginia Survived and Thrived the Great Recession of 2007-2009
Nonprofits are primarily dependent upon external sources for funding and other critical resources; therefore during recessionary periods the nonprofit sector faces a crisis of its own as crucial resources become scarce. The Great Recession of 2007-2009 had widespread adverse impact on the nonprofit …
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Writing as a Nonprofit Leadership Tool
<p>When writers use their skills towards a nonprofit’s mission, they can help enhance communities and change lives. There are roles in the nonprofit sector that are very writing centric, such as grant writers and communication specialists, that writers commonly hold. However, writing is also a …
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Values as a Component of Leadership and Their Relationship to organizational Efficacy and Culture; An Ethnographic Study of Leaders' influence at a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Organization 1965-2005
An ethnographic case study approach of a Pennsylvania non-profit organization was used to develop an understanding of leaders' values as they relate to organizational culture and organizational efficacy using testimony of organizational leaders and followers as well as organizational documents. …
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The Battle of Gentrification vs. Centrification: The role of nonprofits
… local government, community based organizations, nonprofits, and grassroots advocacy groups can build community engagement, raise-up and prioritize the historical neighborhood, and champion the value proposition for residents who face gentrification. Using a case study in Tacoma, Washington, this …
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Grassroots Talent Development at La Maestra: Understanding the Perceptions of Leaders and Staff
… the leadership and staff perceptions of talent management (TM) in the San Diego-based community health center La Maestra. The organization initiated a scheme called Grassroots Talent Development (GTD) that focuses on developing its internal talents from the ground up, including using mentorship, …