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

Author(s): Rita S. Mano

DOI: 10.2174/978160805451011201010042

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Board Members and Managers

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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.

Abstract

Board members and managers, along with the volunteer workforce are vital to organizational performance and outcomes in nonprofits. Issues of interests, needs and motives of the participants are discussed in the present chapter. The aspects of personal characteristics, their motivations and their goals are discussed to show how important it is to consider thoroughly the structure of the board and their capabilities as essential factors in the decision making process of nonprofit organizations. This chapter also addresses the specific aspects of managers’ involvement and conditions in nonprofit settings that enable planning and executing crucial strategic choices.

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Managers, goals, organizational identity, boards, composition, duties, size.

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