Riggio / Smith Orr Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-7879-7452-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: J-B US non-Franchise Leadership

Well-grounded in theory, research, and practice, ImprovingLeadership in Nonprofit Organizations is a comprehensiveresource that goes beyond traditional nonprofit management theoryto offer the latest in cutting-edge thought on leadership fornonprofit organizations. The book offers a wealth of new directionsand ideas for leadership and features chapters written by suchwell-known experts as Frances Hesselbein, Stephen Dobbs, FlorenceGreen, and Jay Conger. Improving Leadership in NonprofitOrganizations discusses the most compelling leadershipchallenges and issues for nonprofit organizations and
* Shows that transformational leaders of nonprofits lead moreeffective organizations
* Includes a comparison of highly functioning for-profit boardswith boards of nonprofit organizations
* Provides an analysis of dysfunctional boards
* Discusses for-profit "organizations of hope" that provideimportant leadership for social change and responsibility
* Suggests strategies for managing and motivating a volunteerworkforce
* Presents a model for leading nonprofit projects
* Offers a valuable model for program evaluation in nonprofitorganizations
* Considers the ongoing development of nonprofit leaders
* Includes strategies to develop leadership capacity

Autoren/Hrsg.

Riggio, Ronald E.

Smith Orr, Sarah

Weitere Mitwirkende

Shakely, Jack

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tables, Figures, and Exhibits xi
Foreword xiii
Jack Shakely
Preface xvii
The Kravis Leadership Institute xxi
The Authors xxiii
PART ONE: CHALLENGES FOR NONPROFIT LEADERS 1
1 Future Challenges for Nonprofit Organizations 3
Frances Hesselbein
2 Some Thoughts About Nonprofit Leadership 10
Stephen Mark Dobbs
3 Ten Things Nonprofits Must Do in the Twenty-First Century19
Florence L. Green
PART TWO: A FOCUS ON THE NONPROFIT LEADER 37
4 Missionary Leadership: Harnessing the Power of the Mission39
K. M. Thiagarajan
5 Transformational Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations49
Ronald E. Riggio, Bernard M. Bass, Sarah Smith Orr
6 The Ethical Challenges of Nonprofit Leaders 63
Joanne B. Ciulla
7 Managerial Pay in Nonprofit and For-Profit Corporations76
Kevin F. Hallock
8 Succession and Its Discontents: The Perils and Promise ofChange 102
Georgia Sorenson
PART THREE: BOARD LEADERSHIP 117
9 Transforming Nonprofit Boards: Lessons from the World ofCorporate Governance 119
Jay A. Conger
10 Last Things First--Theories and Realities: A Perspectiveon Nonprofit Leadership 131
Susan M. Scribner
PART FOUR: A FOCUS ON THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION 149
11 Organizations of Hope: Leading the Way to Transformation,Social Action, and Profitability 151
Gill Robinson Hickman
12 Volunteers and Volunteer Organizations: TheoreticalPerspectives and Practical Concerns 163
Mark Snyder, Allen M. Omoto
13 Leadership, Social Work, and Virtual Teams: The RelativeInfluence of Vertical Versus Shared Leadership in the NonprofitSector 180
Craig L. Pearce, Youngjin Yoo, Maryam Alavi
PART FIVE: NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES205
14 Leadership of the Nonprofit Strategy Development Process207
Thomas J. Reynolds
15 A Leadership Model for Nonprofit Projects 219
Victor Sohmen
16 Using Professional Evaluation to Improve the Effectiveness ofNonprofit Organizations 234
Stewart I. Donaldson
17 Leadership Assessment and Development: Recommendations for aNew Assessment Model 252
Paul M. Arsenault
Conclusion: Soul-Based Leadership: The Confluence of Ideals,Concepts, and Action 267
Sarah Smith Orr
Name Index 279
Subject Index 283

Über Autor(innen)

Ronald E. Riggio is the Henry R. Kravis Professor ofLeadership and Organizational Psychology and director of the KravisLeadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College. He is the authorof numerous books on the topic of leadership.
Sarah Smith Orr is president of Smith Orr &Associates in Pasadena, California. She is a consultant and coachfor executives and organizations with a specialty in nonprofitleadership and for men and women making a passage through a lifetransition.