Learning Why and How: A Reader in Managing Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations

Author(s): Rita S. Mano

DOI: 10.2174/9781608054510112010100iv

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

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A broad definition of the sector and the specific, legal and main organizational features of nonprofit organizations are presented. The origins, basic structures and relationships with the economic and public sector are described. The chapter addresses the three basic functions of nonprofits governance, central administration and programs. A specific section to International Organizations is provided. The chapter also presents the relationship to the sovereign state in different countries.

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Definition of nonprofit organizations, legal status, relationship with economic and public sectors, international organizations, structure.

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