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Managing at the Leading Edge: New Challenges in Managing Nonprofit Organizations - Hardcover

Hudson, Mike

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9780787978068: Managing at the Leading Edge: New Challenges in Managing Nonprofit Organizations
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ISBN 10: 078797806X ISBN 13: 9780787978068
Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2005

Synopsis

In Managing at the Leading Edge, United Kingdom’s nonprofit expert Mike Hudson (a modern-day Alexis de Tocqueville) offers an outsider-looking-in guide to the management and governance of nonprofits in the United States. In this important book, he tackles three major questions: What are the leading-edge approaches to managing nonprofit organizations? What should managers and board members be doing differently to enhance the performance of their organizations? How can the impact of the nonprofit sector be significantly increased? Basing his interviews on face-to-face interviews with leading nonprofit CEOs, consultants, academics, and senior managers, Hudson shows what does and does not work in nonprofit organizations. He then distills the best practices from these organizations into practical advice and guidance.  Managing at the Leading Edge presents Hudson’s thought-provoking, proven-in-practice agenda and shows nonprofit leaders how to:

  • Build capacity within their organizations
  • Manage organizational performance
  • Create strategic alliances, both within and outside the nonprofit sector
  • Make the most of changing patterns of funding
  • Develop effective, mission-focused leadership
  • Strengthen governance and board performance

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About the Author

Mike Hudson is the director of Compass Partnership, a management consultancy specializing in the nonprofit sector. He was the administrative director of Friends of the Earth UK during its formative years. Following this, he worked in the United Kingdom and the United States as a business strategy consultant.

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In Managing at the Leading Edge, United Kingdom’s nonprofit expert Mike Hudson (a modern-day Alexis de Tocqueville) offers an outsider-looking-in guide to the management and governance of nonprofits in the United States. In this important book, he tackles three major questions: What are the leading-edge approaches to managing nonprofit organizations? What should managers and board members be doing differently to enhance the performance of their organizations? How can the impact of the nonprofit sector be significantly increased? Basing his interviews on face-to-face interviews with leading nonprofit CEOs, consultants, academics, and senior managers, Hudson shows what does and does not work in nonprofit organizations. He then distills the best practices from these organizations into practical advice and guidance. 

Managing at the Leading Edge presents Hudson’s thought-provoking, proven-in-practice agenda and shows nonprofit leaders how to

  • Build capacity within their organizations
  • Manage organizational performance
  • Create strategic alliances, both within and outside the nonprofit sector
  • Make the most of changing patterns of funding
  • Develop effective, mission-focused leadership
  • Strengthen governance and board performance

Moving beyond “one-size-fits-all” advice, Hudson encourages readers to take what works for their nonprofits and modify it to create effective, significant organizations.

From the Inside Flap

In Managing at the Leading Edge, United Kingdom’s nonprofit expert Mike Hudson (a modern-day Alexis de Tocqueville) offers an outsider-looking-in guide to the management and governance of nonprofits in the United States. In this important book, he tackles three major questions: What are the leading-edge approaches to managing nonprofit organizations? What should managers and board members be doing differently to enhance the performance of their organizations? How can the impact of the nonprofit sector be significantly increased? Basing his interviews on face-to-face interviews with leading nonprofit CEOs, consultants, academics, and senior managers, Hudson shows what does and does not work in nonprofit organizations. He then distills the best practices from these organizations into practical advice and guidance.

Managing at the Leading Edge presents Hudson’s thought-provoking, proven-in-practice agenda and shows nonprofit leaders how to

  • Build capacity within their organizations
  • Manage organizational performance
  • Create strategic alliances, both within and outside the nonprofit sector
  • Make the most of changing patterns of funding
  • Develop effective, mission-focused leadership
  • Strengthen governance and board performance

Moving beyond “one-size-fits-all” advice, Hudson encourages readers to take what works for their nonprofits and modify it to create effective, significant organizations.

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Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
078797806X
ISBN 13 
9780787978068
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
336
Rating
  • 2.80 out of 5 stars
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