Transformational Leadership and Not for Profits and Social Enterprises

Transformational Leadership and Not for Profits and Social Enterprises
Author: Ken Wiltshire
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2018-03-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1315468557

Recent decades have seen a significant transformation of the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. This includes rise in the number of organisations and people employed, shift from charities and philanthropic agencies to hybrid social enterprise business models, competing stakeholder interests and increasing expectations regarding accountability and transparency. The role of NFPs has also become more complex – they not only serve the disadvantaged and fulfil social needs but also actively advocate for and implement public policies and promote social and economic inclusion. The growth and complexity has brought with it a need for innovative and entrepreneurial approaches to leadership that stems from an in-depth understanding of the changing nonprofit landscape. Addressing this need, for Not for Profits and Social Enterprises will help readers navigate extant challenges by drawing on conceptual literature, both theoretical and empirical and emphasising practical real world experience through case studies and vignettes The key aim of this book is to help existing and future NFP leaders at all organisational levels to support their organisations and employees and in turn clients and communities, through theoretical insights and practical approaches by focusing on transformational leadership aspects for contemporary Not for Profits. for Not for Profits and Social Enterprises is key reading for researchers, academics and policy makers in the areas of Non-profit Management, Leadership, Public Sector Management and Charity Management as well as related disciplines such as Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship.

Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership

Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership
Author: Joan Garry
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2017-03-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119293065

Nonprofit leadership is messy Nonprofits leaders are optimistic by nature. They believe with time, energy, smarts, strategy and sheer will, they can change the world. But as staff or board leader, you know nonprofits present unique challenges. Too many cooks, not enough money, an abundance of passion. It’s enough to make you feel overwhelmed and alone. The people you help need you to be successful. But there are so many obstacles: a micromanaging board that doesn’t understand its true role; insufficient fundraising and donors who make unreasonable demands; unclear and inconsistent messaging and marketing; a leader who’s a star in her sector but a difficult boss… And yet, many nonprofits do thrive. Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership will show you how to do just that. Funny, honest, intensely actionable, and based on her decades of experience, this is the book Joan Garry wishes she had when she led GLAAD out of a financial crisis in 1997. Joan will teach you how to: Build a powerhouse board Create an impressive and sustainable fundraising program Become seen as a ‘workplace of choice’ Be a compelling public face of your nonprofit This book will renew your passion for your mission and organization, and help you make a bigger difference in the world.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Business & Management (ICETBM 2023)

Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Business & Management (ICETBM 2023)
Author: Sudarsan Jayasingh
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2023-05-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9464631627

This is an open access book. The International Conference on Emerging Trends in Business & Management (ICETBM2023) aims to bring together leading academicians, practitioners, researchers, and students to exchange their views, knowledge, experience and insights on the emerging trends in business and management. The conference theme for year 2023 is “Business Intelligence and Analytics as Drivers for Digital Transformation”. Organizations are adopting a data-driven approach to identify new business opportunities, serve customers better, increase sales, improve the efficiency of operations and more. The amount of data generated, captured, copied, and consumed worldwide is growing rapidly due to increased use of the internet, mobile phone and social media. In today’s modern corporate environment, business intelligence and analytics have emerged as indispensable tools for improving decision-making, facilitating the execution of major initiatives, and guiding the overall company strategies. Business Intelligence and Analytics enables organizations to develop new innovative business models and approaches in the era of digital transformation. The role of analytics in solving business problems has increased manifold in recent years. Researchers, academics, and practitioners are paying more attention because of the increasing benefits achieved using business analytics. The conference will be held in SSN School of Management, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, India on 24th & 25th February 2023 and will be a hybrid event. This conference will offer invited talks by experts and paper presentations from leading academicians and industry speakers to share new ideas, research insights, recent innovations, trends, and challenges faced in the field of Business and Management.

European Public Leadership in Crisis?

European Public Leadership in Crisis?
Author: John Diamond
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2014-10-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1783509023

This volume questions the changing dynamics of public leadership across different European settings. Chapters highlight emergent discussions on the strengths and weaknesses of current knowledge. Authors investigate the tensions between Anglo-American and economic focused models of leadership that may challenge received wisdom.

The Process of Social Value Creation

The Process of Social Value Creation
Author: Archana Singh
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 8132228278

This book discusses social entrepreneurship, especially in context of India. It focuses on understanding the whole process of social value creation, i.e. social entrepreneurship - opportunity identification, resource mobilisation, social value, capabilities of social entrepreneurs and innovation in three different types of social enterprises – (i) non-profit or charitable ones; (ii) non-profit social enterprise, sustainable with the combined income of grants, subsidies and own earned income; self-sustainable not-for-profit social enterprise; and hybrid social enterprise; and (iii) for-profit social enterprises. Sample cases of social entrepreneurs (Ashoka Fellows) were selected from three inter-linked sectors -- health, education and livelihood. To provide a comprehensive view, interviews were taken not only from the founders (social entrepreneurs), management personnel, and other employees, but also from the beneficiaries. The book comprises how, on the basis of cross-comparison between three types of social enterprises, several propositions and finally theoretical framework on social entrepreneurship have been developed. It proposes that social entrepreneurship can be acquired and that these social entrepreneurs can help solve the larger social problems faced both by developing and developed nations.

Transformational Philanthropy

Transformational Philanthropy
Author: Lisa Dietlin
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 076376678X

"Transformational Philanthropy: Entrepreneurs and Nonprofits is the first practical guide for both nonprofit leaders and entrepreneurs to develop effective ways to work together in order to solve the challenges facing us in the twenty-first century."-- Page 4 of cover.

Social Entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneurship
Author: Manuel London
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2009-12-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135966729

What motivates someone to become a social entrepreneur? What are the competencies needed to be effective social advocates and agents for change? This book answers these questions in an accessible and practical way, providing comprehensive guidelines, numerous examples, and sources of information and training for anyone who wants to start a community-based social advocacy and change initiative or for employees who want to start a corporate social responsibility initiative. Features include the following: examples of individuals and organizations who have learned from successes and failures in social entrepreneurship self-assessments to help readers evaluate their own talents and proclivity to be social entrepreneurs steps and strategies, competency-building activities, and assessments to evaluate and facilitate initiatives resources available from foundations, government agencies, and other sources for the budding social entrepreneur

The Wiley Handbook of Entrepreneurship

The Wiley Handbook of Entrepreneurship
Author: Gorkan Ahmetoglu
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2017-07-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1118970721

Written by leading scholars, The Wiley Handbook of Entrepreneurship provides a distinctive overview of methodological, theoretical and paradigm changes in the area of entrepreneurship research. It is divided into four parts covering history and theory, individual differences and creativity, organizational aspects of innovation including intrapreneurship, and macroeconomic aspects such as social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship in developing countries. The result is a must-have resource for seasoned researchers and newcomers alike, as well as practitioners and advanced students of business, entrepreneurship, and social and organizational psychology.

Good to Great

Good to Great
Author: Jim Collins
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2001-10-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0066620996

The Challenge Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning. But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? The Study For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great? The Standards Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world's greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck. The Comparisons The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good? Over five years, the team analyzed the histories of all twenty-eight companies in the study. After sifting through mountains of data and thousands of pages of interviews, Collins and his crew discovered the key determinants of greatness -- why some companies make the leap and others don't. The Findings The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include: Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness. The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence. A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap. “Some of the key concepts discerned in the study,” comments Jim Collins, "fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people.” Perhaps, but who can afford to ignore these findings?

Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations
Author: Kathryn A. Agard
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 1073
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1412968860

Leadership in Non-Profit Organizations tackles issues and leadership topics for those seeking to understand more about this dynamic sector of society. A major focus of this two-volume reference work is on the specific roles and skills required of the non-profit leader in voluntary organizations. Key features include: contributions from a wide range of authors who reflect the variety, vibrancy and creativity of the sector itself an overview of the history of non-profit organizations in the United States description of a robust and diverse assortment of organizations and opportunities for leadership an exploration of the nature of leadership and its complexity as exemplified in the non-profit sector availability both in print and online - this title will form part of the 2010 Encyclopedia Collection on SAGE Reference Online. The Handbook includes topics such as: personalities of non-profit leaders vision and starting a nonprofit organization nonprofit law, statutes, taxation and regulations strategic management financial management collaboration public relations for promoting a non-profit organization human resource policies and procedures.