Developing Nonprofit and Human Service Leaders

Essential Knowledge and Skills

KEY FEATURES:

• Each chapter focuses on a fundamental skill that future administrators will need to be successful in both general business management and applied human service environments.
• A clear, conceptual framework assists readers in pulling all the pieces of nonprofit administration together.
• Carefully tested in-class exercises and away-from-class assignments bring the ideas in the book to life and help students without much background in the area of administration be able to succeed.
• Hands-on skill building exercises and assignments in each chapter address topics such as ethical dilemmas, administrative theories and practices, encouraging readers to put their knowledge to use in real-life scenarios.
• A comprehensive, conceptual overview places administration skills into four quadrants: task vs. people orientation and internal vs. external orientation.
• EPAS standards for administrators are addressed through the organization, design, and content of the workbook.
• Each chapter includes a summary and glossary.
• The text is written to be appealing to undergraduates while being comprehensive enough for graduate courses in nonprofit management and administration.