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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12493673.
- catalog contributor b12493674.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-182) and index.".
- catalog description "The nonprofit present -- Imagining a nonprofit-like future -- Views from a distance -- Views from the front lines -- Pathways to excellence -- Appendix A : Opinion leaders' survey -- Appendix B : executive directors' survey.".
- catalog extent "ix, 188 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0815706251".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press,".
- catalog subject "658/.048 21".
- catalog subject "HD62.6 .L543 2002".
- catalog subject "Leadership.".
- catalog subject "Nonprofit organizations Management.".
- catalog subject "Organizational effectiveness.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The nonprofit present -- Imagining a nonprofit-like future -- Views from a distance -- Views from the front lines -- Pathways to excellence -- Appendix A : Opinion leaders' survey -- Appendix B : executive directors' survey.".
- catalog title "Pathways to nonprofit excellence / Paul C. Light.".
- catalog type "text".