Person-Centered Leadership for Nonprofit Organizations: Management that Works in High Pressure Systems / Edition 1

by Jeanne M. Plas, Susan Kay Edmunds Lewis

Overview

This book describes an approach to participatory management and leadership that has proven effective for organizations in U.S. and other western countries where people won't permit teambuilding to develop to the exclusion of individuality. The groundbreaking core of the book shows how this participatory management strategy, Person-Centered Leadership for Nonprofit Organizations, can be incorporated with great success into high stress nonprofit organizations. The book describes the leadership philosophy and day-to-day operations of an award-winning social service organization that targets youth and their families while successfully using person-centered strategies as the management model.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761906247
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/22/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	85,270
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

Table of Contents

PART ONE: PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT AND THE CHALLENGES OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: THE PAST, THE FUTURE AND PERSON-CENTERED POSSIBILITIES
Introduction
Survival within Today's Nonprofit Organizations
Pressures and Burnout
Possibilities in Participatory Management
Person-Centered Leadership
PART TWO: A PERSON-CENTERED NONPROFIT EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENCE
Introduction
Oasis Center
An Overview
The Oasis Person-Centered Model
Strengths and Weaknesses
Growing Pains and Satisfactions
The Board of Directors
The Creation of a New Participatory Model
The Shelter
Against All Odds
A Vital and Vibrant Infrastructure
Teamwork That Works
The Future of Nonprofit Participatory Management

Editorial Reviews

"a valuable addition to literature on team and organizational leadership."

Barbara Crosby

This text for students of and professionals in the nonprofit sector describes an unusual approach to participatory management in which employees are given the same amount of attention as the product, service, or client. Through a case study account of an award-winning nonprofit organization, the authors (both, Vanderbilt U.) present evidence that this strategy leads to improved employee morale and reduced organizational stress. Plas has specialized in leadership and emotions in the workplace throughout her academic career, and Lewis is completing her dissertation in community psychology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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