An Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector: : A Practical Approach for the Twenty-First Century - Softcover

Grobman, Gary M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1929109865 ISBN 13: 9781929109869

Publisher: White Hat Communications, 2020

Synopsis

An Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector: A Practical Approach for the 21st Century is an introductory text on the nonprofit sector and nonprofit organizations. It provides an overview of the history, theory, and scope of the nonprofit sector. It discusses issues facing nonprofits, such as legal and regulatory issues, ethics, quality, fiscal, and liability issues. It also provides practical guidelines for writing mission and vision statements, strategic planning, hiring, firing, lobbying, communicating, using the Internet, and other functions of nonprofit organizations. Each chapter includes a synopsis at the beginning, as well as discussion questions, activities, and bibliographic references at the end. An index is included.

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About the Author

Gary M. Grobman (B.S. Drexel University; M.P.A. Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government; Ph.D., Penn State University) is special projects director for White Hat Communications, a Harrisburg, PA-based publishing and nonprofit consulting organization formed in 1993. The title of Dr. Grobman's doctoral dissertation is An Analysis of Codes of Ethics of Nonprofit, Tax-Exempt Membership Associations: Does Principal Constituency Make a Difference? He has taught nonprofit management classes as an adjunct faculty member at Bay Path College, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Marylhurst University, and Gratz College. He was an officer of the teaching section of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). He has served on the board of directors as an officer of the Greater Harrisburg Concert Band, the Harrisburg Area Road Runners Club, and the Citizens Service Project-the statewide 501(c)(3) that was established to promote citizen service in Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Holocaust-A Guide for Pennsylvania Teachers, The Nonprofit Handbook, Improving Quality and Performance in Your Non-Profit Organization, The Nonprofit Management Casebook, Ethics in Nonprofit Organizations, Just Don't Do It! A Fractured and Irreverent Look at the Ph.D. Culture, and other books published by White Hat Communications and Wilder Publications (now Fieldstone).

Edition details

• Publisher: White Hat Communications
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1929109865
• ISBN 13: 9781929109869
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 514