Nonprofit organizations : challenges and collaboration /
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. |
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| Description: | ix, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6000797 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures and Tables
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- A Changing Environment that Affects Nonprofits
- The Capacity Building Concept
- Collaboration, Trust and Innovation Challenges Involved in the Development of Capacity Building Skills
- Nonprofits: The Need to Go Beyond Effectiveness and Efficiency
- Part I. Collaboration
- Chapter 2. Collaborations Between Businesses and Nonprofits: Approaching Corporate Citizenship
- Sustainable Development as the Purpose of Collaborations
- Sectors Come Together
- Why do Nonprofits Collaborate?
- Why do Businesses Collaborate?
- The Collaboration Continuum
- Obstacles, Problems and Risks
- Collaboration Forms and Structures
- Chapter 3. Collaborations Between Public Administrations and Nonprofits: Towards a Relational Society
- Introduction
- Why Is There a Relationship Between Public Administrations and Nonprofits?
- Why do Public Administrations Collaborate?
- The Collaboration Continuum and Public-private Collaboration Forms
- Problems in Collaboration
- Collaboration Management
- Other Aspects Helping Collaboration Management
- Conclusions
- Chapter 4. Collaborations Among Nonprofits: An Immediate Challenge
- Introduction
- Nonprofit Organizations' Environment
- Collaboration as an End: Why is Collaboration Necessary?
- The Collaboration Continuum
- Collaboration Models
- Collaboration Management
- Conclusions: Some Tips to Improve Collaborations Among Nonprofits
- Part II. Competencies Required for Third-Sector Capacity Building
- Chapter 5. Accountability Elements in Nonprofits
- Introduction
- What Is Accountability and Why Is It So Important for Nonprofits?
- Accountable on What and To Whom?
- Measuring Results: A Must for Accountability
- Nonprofits' Benchmarking and Accountability
- Final Considerations
- Chapter 6. Nonprofits' Governance Bodies and Governability
- Introduction
- Management and Governance
- Major Governance Body Responsibilities
- Governance Body Composition, Training and Renewal
- Conclusions
- Chapter 7. The Human Team
- Introduction
- What Does It Mean to Have a Skillful Team?
- Having a Skillful Human Team
- The Influence of Organizational Structure and Culture
- Conclusions
- Chapter 8. Final Considerations
- Personal Barriers for Capacity Building
- Organizational Barriers for Capacity Building
- Sector Barriers for Capacity Building
- Social Innovators, Social Learning Organizations and a Mediating Capital Nonprofit Sector
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
