Nonprofit Management: Principles and Practice - Softcover

Worth, Michael J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1483375994 ISBN 13: 9781483375991

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Michael J. Worth’s student-friendly best-seller provides a broad, insightful overview of key topics affecting governance and management of non-profit organizations. Worth covers the scope and structure of the non-profit sector, including leadership of non-profit’s, managing the non-profit organization, fundraising, financial management, non-profit lobbying and advocacy, managing international and global organizations, and social innovation.

 

Written specifically for students, this applied text balances research, theory, and practitioner literature, and is packed with current cases, timely examples, and the most recent data available. This new edition includes a new chapter on collaboration, partnerships, and mergers among non-profits as well as new brief and comprehensive cases, new and expanded coverage of social entrepreneurship, international non-governmental organizations, social media and social networks, and more. 

About this title

About the Author

Michael J. Worth is professor of nonprofit management in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public

Administration at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. He teaches graduate courses related to the governance

and management of nonprofit organizations and to philanthropy and fundraising.

Dr. Worth served as vice president for development and alumni affairs at the George Washington University and

previously as director of development at the University of Maryland. Earlier in his career, he was assistant to the president

at Wilkes University and director of development at DeSales University. As vice president at the George Washington

University, he planned and directed two major campaigns and provided support to the board of trustees.

In addition to articles and monographs, Dr. Worth has written or edited various books and textbooks, including six

previous editions of Nonprofit Management: Principles and Practice. Other recent works include Fundraising: Principles and

Practice (2016), Leading the Campaign (2nd edition, 2017), Advancing Higher Education: New Strategies for Fundraising,

Philanthropy, and Engagement (co-edited with Matthew T. Lambert, 2019), and Comprehensive Fundraising Campaigns:

New Directions for Colleges and Universities (2022).

Among other voluntary services, Dr. Worth has been a member of the board of directors of Miriam’s Kitchen, an

organization working to eliminate homelessness in Washington, DC, and a member of the advisory board of the Young

Nonprofit Professionals Network, Washington, DC, chapter. Dr. Worth consults on governance, management, and fundraising

with colleges and universities, national associations and institutions, and nonprofit organizations in various fields

and sectors.

He holds a BA from Wilkes University, an MA in economics from American University, and a PhD in higher education

from the University of Maryland.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1483375994
• ISBN 13: 9781483375991
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 536