Designed specifically for nonprofit organizations!
Praise for The Nonprofit Organizational Culture Guide: Revealing the Hidden Truths that Impact Performance by
Paige Hull Teegarden, Denice Rothman Hinden & Paul Sturm
Paige Hull Teegarden, Denice Rothman Hinden & Paul Sturm
"This book is a must-read for nonprofit executives! The authors spell out the themes, beliefs and assumptions unique to nonprofits, regardless of size or mission, ultimately revealing how 'culture' manifests itself in organizations."
Darryl A. Jones, CEO, Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations
"This is the book the nonprofit community has needed for a long time. The authors provide a compelling assessment tool that all organizations can use." Flo Green, Vice President, IdeaEncore Network
"This is an important book for consultants and managers who work with nonprofit organizations."
Edgar H. Schein, Professor of Management Emeritus, MIT Sloan School of Management
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About the Book
The Nonprofit Organizational Culture Guide: Revealing the Hidden Truths that Impact Performance explores the nature of organizational culture in nonprofit organizations, with special emphasis on small to medium-sized nonprofits meeting human and community needs. It takes the position that organizational culture is real, pervasive and complex — and that it matters. It also takes the position that organizational culture is often misunderstood and by embracing a new mind-set about what it is and how to use it, leaders can use organizational culture as a powerful management tool. We believe that in spite of its elusiveness nature, organizational culture offers a new, important perspective for leaders of nonprofit organizations.
Most important, this book introduces our process for uncovering the hidden truths that govern organizational behavior. Our Revealing Organizational Culture process - the ROC - is a step-by-step guide for discovering elements of organizational culture and developing strategies for applying those discoveries to management challenges.
This is a handbook — part reference tool, part practical guide — for nonprofit managers and leaders, board members, consultants and funders, as well as nonprofit management educators and others who seek to help nonprofits improve their organizations' service delivery and performance in accomplishing their missions.
Why should you care about organizational culture? What is organizational culture? Can understanding organizational culture help you better lead and manage your organization or better help you offer sound advice and counsel to nonprofits? We hope this book will help you begin answering these questions by
- Exploring the meaning of organizational culture,
- Sharing perspectives on the topic from various academic disciplines,
- Reviewing alternative ways of surfacing the organizational culture in a nonprofit organization, and
- Understanding how paying attention to organizational culture can be valuable in the context of managing nonprofit organizations