The Nonprofit Handbook: Management (Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series) [Hardcover]

Tracy D. Connors (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471397997 | ISBN-13: 978-0471397991 | Publication Date: March 15, 2001 | Edition: 3

The 2002 Supplement includes:

• A revised chapter on Contingency and Emergency Public Affairs.
• New chapters on such topics as Making your Data Collection Meaningful, Sales for Non-Profits, Strategic Leadership of Volunteer Organizations in an International Context, and Organizational Culture and Not-for-Profit Organizations.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

The revised and expanded format enables us to provide more coverage to both "sides" of the nonprofit equation, management and fund-raising. In practice, these two aspects of a nonprofit's organizational structure each keep to themselves. The Nonprofit Handbook: Management offers proven advice, from experts in the field, on every facet of a nonprofit's daily operations: management and leadership, human resources, benefits, compensation, financial management, marketing and communications, law and regulations. The Nonprofit Handbook: Fund-Raising covers every aspects of the practice from preparatory, organizational and managerial issues, to both annual and major giving to specialized types of nonprofit organizations. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

AN INNOVATIVE, NEW APPROACH TO NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT

The Nonprofit Handbook: Management, Third Edition brings together more than thirty-five leading experts in nonprofit management to provide information and guidance on standardized policies and procedures that are applicable to virtually every nonprofit organization--and effect the three most crucial areas: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Evolutionary Environment. Updated to include the latest developments in the field, this new edition:

• Covers such topics as management environment, organizational identity and focus, effective operating and management strategies, marketing and communications, information management technology, process management, fund raising, values, leadership, and human resource development
• Includes sample forms, management checklists, model reports, and suggested policy statements that can be adapted to the needs of any organization
• Applies the latest developments in business management to the nonprofit sector
• Stays current with annual updates

Also available as part of a two volume set along with Fund Raising: Evaluating and Managing the Fund Development Process, Third Edition, The Nonprofit Handbook provides a foundation from which nonprofits can best manage and administer their organizations—and make their missions flourish.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 960 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (March 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471397997
• ISBN-13: 978-0471397991
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,491,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Thirty years after his publication of the Nonprofit Organization Handbook, the first handbook focused exclusively on better management of nonprofit organizations, Tracy D. Connors continues to share that visionary perspective through consulting, teaching and publishing in the field of management of nonprofit organizations.

For over thirty years Connors has maintained an unsurpassed publication record in the field of not-for-profit management, a field that he himself largely defined in his break through Nonprofit Organization Handbook, the first of its kind, published in 1979 by McGraw-Hill--establishing for the first time that regardless of the specific public service provided, not-for-profit organizations shared seven areas of management--from fund raising to volunteer administration (First and Second Editions, McGraw-Hill, 1980, 1988).

These pioneering works compiled the fundamental management information needed by NPO leaders in one volume for the first time.

At the time, few would have agreed there was such a professional area as "nonprofit management" or a "nonprofit executive." Since then the number of nonprofit organizations in the United States has doubled, even as the field of nonprofit management has emerged and evolved to support improved professional development.

Nonprofit organizations provide the majority of human services in the United States--collectively called "quality of life." Better management and leadership within these organizations directly contributes to an improved quality of life for millions of Americans.

In 1995, Connors published the first Volunteer Management Handbook (John Wiley & Sons), a work that he is now expanding and updating into a second edition.

The first edition of the Volunteer Management Handbook offered " a wealth of practical, how-to information in the art and science of volunteer development, administration, and law-related areas. Particular attention is given to pointing out the similarities and differences in volunteer policy and law in various states."

Professional staff members of all nonprofit organizations found the groundbreaking new management handbook useful, particularly those having responsibilities involving volunteers. For the first time, they had available, in one volume, the fundamental principles of volunteer management explained and illustrated using examples and case studies specific to nonprofit organizations.

When the second edition of the John Wiley & Sons Volunteer Management and Leadership Handbook is published in 2010, it will be his eighth major nonprofit management handbook (not including annual supplements or foreign language editions)--nonprofit organization management being a recently recognized field that he himself defined when he published the first such management handbook in 1979.

He has also published two major works of military history--Truckbusters From Dogpatch: the Combat Diary of the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing in the Korean War, 1950-1953 (BelleAire Press, 2005) and Baited Trap, the Ambush of Mission 1890 (BelleAire Press, 2008).

Successful careers and senior management experience in all three sectors of the American economy--for-profit/business, government (both military and civilian), and the "Third Sector," nonprofit, public service organizations--give Connors a unique perspective on management and effective leadership.

Captain Tracy D. Connors, USN (Ret), attended Jacksonville University, and earned degrees from the University of Florida (BA) and the University of Rhode Island (MA), with additional graduate study at the University of Maryland and Bowie State University.

Connors is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Florida. He is designing and teaching several new course offerings, including: Volunteer Management for Nonprofit Organizations and Leading to Excellence for Nonprofit Organizations.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive first stop for nonprofit management issues, April 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Nonprofit Handbook, Management (Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series) (Hardcover)

If you have a management issue that needs attention in your nonprofit organization, make this book your first stop. It covers a multitude of relevant nonprofit management topics, including HR, fundraising, finance, IT, etc.

I say FIRST stop, however, because the book is probably not going to provide you with detailed enough information. Some topics, like unrelated business income, are treated quite exhaustively. Others, like the chapters on accounting and on how to solve a financial problem in a nonprofit organization, were pretty light. (In the latter case, most of the chapter is spent on cutting expenses, while the ultimate solution--increasing revenues--got only a page.) Each chapter, however, has a bibliography at the end which will direct you to further resources. This was the main value of the book for me.

My advice: good reference, but check this tome out of the library.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Covers just about every conceivable topic of management, January 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Nonprofit Handbook, Management (Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series) (Hardcover)

When the IRS recently took the position that special events can sometimes be taxed - for example, if an event takes six months or longer to create - U.S. fund development professionals and nonprofit managers began to ask, "Are our events going to have a problem"? and "What is the rationale for such a tax"? and "Where do I go for more information on this topic"?   If your development office had a copy of the just-published work, The Nonprofit Handbook: Management (Second Edition), you'd find your answer right there, in chapter 27, "Unrelated Business Income."  This encyclopedic volume on just about every conceivable topic on the subject of the management of nonprofit organizations is a well-thought-out collection of articles by many of the best experts on the various aspects of nonprofit management.  Indeed, its chief strength is that it covers so much ground -- covering strategic planning, human resources, communication, fund raising, information management, accounting, finance, and legal issues.   Tracy Connors, the book's editor, has done a good job in selecting the experts who have contributed articles.  Attorney Bruce Hopkins, for example, is perhaps the best known author of books and articles on the law of tax exempt organizations.  He has contributed a useful chapter on that subject in this volume.  (We'll be reviewing his book, Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations, in the future.)   In covering so much ground, the handbook at times leaves the reader wanting to delve deeper.  That was anticipated, it seems: Each chapter provides a "suggested reading" list, making the work a good launchpad for deeper study, if needed.   The Nonprofit Handbook:  Management is a valuable resource for anyone in a nonprofit organization responsible for strategic and operational management decisions.  That would include fund development officers in universities, health care organizations, arts organizations, cause-oriented nonprofits, and so forth.  It is also invaluable to nonprofit CEOs, COOs, CFOs, VPs, board members, human resources directors, and so forth.