Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations is about exemplary leadership as found in both corporate and nonprofit organizations. Taking a fresh approach to the study of leadership the authors perform research in nonprofits both to understand and appreciate their complexities and to reach conclusions about the nature of leadership in any context including for-profit and governmental entities. . Features and Benefits: . Case studies of nonprofit leadership that affirm public-minded mission-driven leaders and acknowledge their contributions Critical review of literature on leadershipthat encourages diversity in leadership models and approaches Chapters on leadership constructs such as fit dynamics readiness and flowthat provideuseful insights and methods to enable success Overarching concept of alignmentthat reframes leadership as an active process where the awareness of and response to the interplay of multiple relevant factors matters more than charisma pedigree or powerLeadership in Nonprofit Organizations is an ideal core text for graduate courses in nonprofit leadership. It could be used as a supplementary text in graduate courses in organization development and leadership as well as courses in community development human ecology and human services. In addtion practitioners managers and nonprofit organizational stakeholders will find it of great interest.