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 Voluntary Agencies: Challenges of Organization and Management by Billis, David , Harris, Margaret |
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Brief Description This volume brings together papers by voluntary sector scholars which were specially commissioned to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the London School of Economics's Centre for Voluntary Services. The papers address key issues currently facing UK voluntary sector managers. |
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Synopsis This book brings together papers by voluntary sector scholars which were specially commissioned to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the LSE's Centre for Voluntary Organisation. The papers address key issues currently facing UK voluntary sector managers including: What place do values have? How is accountability achieved? How can organisational change be handled? Are governing bodies needed? What kind of training is appropriate? Should volunteers be managed? And what does contracting do to voluntary agencies? |
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Table of Contents Introduction What is a Voluntary Organisation?; T. Marshall What are the Key Influences on the Work of Voluntary Agencies?; M. Taylor How are Values Handled in Voluntary Agencies?; R. Paton Are Voluntary Agencies Accountable?; D. Leat How do Voluntary Agencies Manage Organisational Change?; D. Wilson What Kind of Leadership do Voluntary Organisations Need?; R. Kay Do We Need Governing Bodies?; M. Harris What does Contracting do to Voluntary Agencies?; J. Lewis What does Contracting do to Users?; N. Deakin Are Voluntary Agencies Really More Effective?; M. Knapp Can Volunteers be Managed?; J. Davis Smith What Kind of Training does the Voluntary Sector Need?; S.P. Osborne Who Cares Whether your Organisation Survives?; D. Billis Conclusion |
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