Research Catalog

Title

Pathways to nonprofit excellence / Paul C. Light.

Author

Light, Paul Charles.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2002.

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Description

iv, 188 pages; 23 cm

Summary

• "Under increasing competition from private firms and faith-based organizations, the nonprofit sector's 1.23 million organizations and 11 million employees are facing unprecedented pressure to improve performance. While the sector is awash in ideas for management reform, no one knows which reforms are working and why. As a result, reforms come and go like waves at the seashore, rarely leaving a lasting imprint.".
• "Pathways to Nonprofit Excellence provides data on the impact of recent reform efforts from professionals who have observed them firsthand. Based on interviews with 250 leading thinkers from the worlds of philanthropy, scholarship, and consulting, as well as 250 executive directors of some of the nation's most effective nonprofits, the book illuminates the characteristics of effective organizations.".
• "The research reveals that there is no one best way to achieve and sustain strong performance. The professionals interviewed caution nonprofits against pretending to be private firms, governments, or faith-based organizations - even if they behave like them from time to time. In fact, nonprofits must become more nonprofit-like if they are to choose their future."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Leadership
• Organizational effectiveness
• Nonprofit organizations > Management

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The Nonprofit Present -- 2. Imagining a Nonprofit-like Future -- 3. Views from a Distance -- 4. Views from the Front Lines -- 5. Pathways to Excellence -- App. A. Opinion Leaders' Survey -- App. B. Executive Directors' Survey.

ISBN

0815706251

LCCN

2002001313

OCLC

• 49029283
• ocm49029283
• SCSB-4259648

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries