The Earthscan reader on NGO management /

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Imprint:London ; Sterling, VA. : Earthscan, 2002.
Description:xiv, 464 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/6827943
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Other authors / contributors:Edwards, Michael, 1957-
Fowler, Alan, 1947-
ISBN:1853838470
9781853838477
1853838489 (PBK.)
9781853838484 (PBK.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables, Figures and Boxes
  • List of Contributors
  • List of Sources
  • List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Changing Challenges for NGDO Management
  • Part 1. Visions, Values and Roles
  • 1. NGO Futures - Beyond Aid: NGDO Values and the Fourth Position
  • 2. International Development NGOs: Agents of Foreign Aid or Vehicles for International Cooperation?
  • 3. NGOs, Social Change and the Transformation of Human Relationships: A 21st-century Civic Agenda
  • Part 2. Strategy, Scaling-up and Advocacy
  • 4. Making a Difference: Scaling-up the Developmental Impact of NGOs - Concepts and Experiences
  • 5. Organizing Non-profits for Development
  • 6. 'Does the Doormat Influence the Boot?' Critical Thoughts on UK NGOs and International Advocacy
  • 7. Political Responsibility in Transnational NGO Advocacy
  • Part 3. Developing the Organization: Managing Growth, Change and Structure
  • 8. The Evolutionary Life-cycles of Non-governmental Development Organizations
  • 9. Stepping into the River of Change
  • 10. Strategy and Structure in Managing Global Associations
  • Part 4. Strengthening Governance and Accountability
  • 11. NGO Performance and Accountability: Introduction and Overview
  • 12. Beyond the Magic Bullet? Lessons and Conclusions
  • 13. 'Board Games': Governance and Accountability in NGOs
  • Part 5. Organizing for Good Development Practice: Participation, Empowerment, Partnering and Capacity-building
  • 14. Paradoxes of Participation: Questioning Participatory Approaches to Development
  • 15. Beyond Partnership: Getting Real about NGO Relationships in the Aid System
  • 16. Crossing the Great Divide: Building Links and Learning Between NGOs and Community-based Organizations in the North and South
  • Part 6. Measuring Achievement: Approaches and Methods
  • 17. NGO Performance: What Breeds Success? New Evidence from South Asia
  • 18. Assessing NGO Performance: Difficulties, Dilemmas and a Way Ahead
  • 19. Social Capital, Sustainability and Working Democracy: New Yardsticks for Grassroots Development
  • 20. Accounting for Change: The Practice of Social Auditing
  • Part 7. Becoming a Learning Organization
  • 21. Organizational Learning in Non-governmental Organizations: What Have We Learned?
  • 22. On the Road to Becoming a Learning Organization
  • 23. An NGDO Strategy: Learning for Leverage
  • Part 8. Mobilizing Resources and Sustaining the Organization
  • 24. Defining Sustainability
  • 25. Options, Strategies and Trade-offs in Resource Mobilization
  • Part 9. Dealing with Gender
  • 26. Getting Institutions Right for Women in Development
  • 27. The Role of Gender in NGDOs
  • 28. Organizational Gender Diagnosis
  • Part 10. Human Resources: Their Management, Development and Leadership
  • 29. Leadership and Management
  • 30. Human Resource Management
  • Index