Performance Management in Nonprofit Organizations

<p>With increased competition for external funding technological advancement and public expectations for transparency not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations are facing new challenges and pressures. While research has explored the roles of accounting accountability and performance management in nonprofit organizations we still lack evidence on the best practices these organizations implement in the areas of accountability and performance management. This book collects and presents that evidence for the first time offering insights to help nonprofits face these new challenges head-on.</p><p><em>Performance Management in Nonprofit Organizations </em>focuses on both conventional and contemporary issues facing nonprofits presenting evidence-based insights from leading scholars in the field. Chapters examine the design implementation and working of accounting accountability governance and performance management measures providing both retrospective and contemporary views as well as critical commentaries on accounting and performance related issues in nonprofit organizations The book's contributors also offer critical commentaries on the changing role of accounting and performance management in this sector. </p><p>This research-based collection is an interesting and useful read for academics practitioners students and consultants in nonprofit organizations and is highly accessible to accounting and non-accounting audiences alike.</p>