Effectively Managing Human Service Organizations (SAGE Sourcebooks for the Human Services)
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ISBN: 141290420X / Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, January 2005
This resource for professionals and graduate students teaches the basic skills managers need to make human service organizations of any size more effective. Using hundreds of real-life examples, the text addresses such topics as developing a strategic plan, finding and keeping productive employees, and preparing effective grant proposals. Coverage extends to suggestions for working with a board of trustees. Discussion questions are found at the end of each chapter. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Now in its Third Edition, Effectively Managing Human Service Organizations continues to provide invaluable advice for achieving managerial success. Ralph Brody dissects and diagnoses common workplace dilemmas, arming practicing managers with the skills to implement positive changes in their organizations. While retaining much of the valuable information from the previous editions, the Third Edition adds up-to-date information and ideas to chapters on developing leadership, planning strategically, solving organizational problems, addressing challenging employee situations, monitoring financial statements, improving internal and external communications, and obtaining funding from private foundations. Easy to read, the book contains hundreds of real-life examples and specific guidance in developing skills necessary to manage large and small organizations.
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