Managing for Profit in the Nonprofit World
by Paul B. Firstenberg
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Abstract: This book focuses on how nonprofit organizations can improve their financial condition and administration. The assertion is made that professional management and the willingness to take risks lie at the core of improved finances and better administration. Chapters include: the nature of a nonprofit organization; financing growth; a planned approach to change; professionalization of management; superior entrepreneurial management; and profiles of nonprofit entrepreneurs.Tags
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Paul B. Firstenberg has extensive experience in all aspects of philanthropic enterprise, as an executive, trustee, advisor, author, and teacher. He was chancellor of Tulane University, Chief Financial Officer of Princeton University, Chief Operating Officer and trustee of Children's Television Workshop, and an officer of the Ford Foundation. In show more addition, he has served as consultant to, and trustee of, various nonprofit organizations and has taught nonprofit organization management at the Yale School of Management and Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School. Mr. Firstenberg is currently Executive Director of American ORT show less
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