Building Nonprofit Capacity A Guide to Managing Change Through Organizational Lifecycles

Name: Building Nonprofit Capacity A Guide to Managing Change Through Organizational Lifecycles
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ISBN: 9780470907771

ISBN-10: 0470907770

ISBN-13: 9780470907771

Edition: 2012

Authors: John Brothers, Anne Sherman

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This important resource shows nonprofit leaders how to effectively shepherd a change process within their organization. Based on research from TCCs organizational effectiveness studies and results from the core capacity assessment tool (CCAT, used with over 1000 organizations), the book provides an assessments lifecycle score that reflects the organizations current stage of development. Filled with case studies, the book provides an outline of the trajectory of organizations along the lifecycle and best practices of how to move successfully through the lifecycle, including the use of templates and resources to assist their movement.

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 11/18/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 7.10" wide x 9.30" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Setting the Stage: Change as a Defining Force in the Nonprofit Sector


Lifecycle: A Framework for Initiating, Anticipating, Managing, and Understanding Change


Our Perspective


What's in This Book?



Back to Basics: "What Is Core"


Defining the "Core" in Core Program


The Established Organization in Core Program: Characteristics and Telltale Signs


To Put a Stake in the Ground, You Need a Good Mission


An Organizational Vision as Your Guide to Success


Values Matter


Be Sure Your Strategy Is … Strategic


Founder's Syndrome … Not Just for Founders Anymore


Taking It to the Next Level: The Importance of Trust



Infrastructure/Adolescence


Planning for Organizational Growth


The Role of the Board


Organizational Culture



Maturity/Impact Expansion (MIE)


Importance of Resource Development in the MIE Phase


Making the Case


Building Board Accountability in the MIE Phase


Organizational Assessment: The CSE Tool


Impact Expansion and the Question of Scale



Decline


Overview of Decline and the Lifecycle


High-Arc and Low-Arc: How Organizations in the Decline Phase Are Affected


The Arc During Crisis



Turnaround and Closing


Historical Look at Lifecycle Thought: Closing


The Downward Apex Point


Organizational Turnaround


Closing an Organization


The Mind-Set of Closing Organizations



Conclusion


Reflections on This Book


Where Do We Go from Here?


Appendix


Notes


The Authors


Index