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An edition of Making critical decisions (2007)

Making critical decisions

a practical guide for nonprofit organizations

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Roberta Snow and Paul Phillips present a clear and structured way to manage the challenges of limited resources, competing demands, and the need for accountability while remaining true to a nonprofit's mission. Making Critical Decisions offers nonprofit leaders a proven model for making hard choices that minimize risks while maintaining progress toward the organization's goals as well as a practical framework for understanding and implementing the decision-making process. The book includes qualitative and quantitative tools and offers illustrative case examples throughout that clearly show how this method can be applied to different types of nonprofit organizations.

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Jossey-Bass
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English
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237

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Business, Nonfiction, Nonprofit organizations, Management, Decision making, Nonprofit organizations -- Management, Management & management techniques, Non-profitmaking organizations, Business & Economics, Business / Economics / Finance, Business/Economics, Nonprofit Organizations & Charities, Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities, Nonprofit organizations, management

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2008, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Making critical decisions: a practical guide for nonprofit organizations
2008, Jossey-Bass
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Table of Contents

The art and science of decision making: putting theory into practice
What works
What doesn't work
Reacting versus responding
Responding versus reacting
Borrowing from business: due diligence in decision making
What investors do
Defining due diligence
Staging implementation to reduce risk
A consistent approach to critical decisions
Managing critical decisions: the who, what, and how
Who decides?
What choices?
How do you put it all together
Enter the matrix: introducing an effective tool
The matrix: framing the decision
The rows: weighting the due diligence criteria
The columns: scoring the due diligence criteria
Using the matrix for binary decisions
Using the matrix for choices among similar options
Using the matrix for choices among dissimilar options
Making critical decisions
Stage one: feasibility
The seductive nature of new ideas
Common feasibility decisions
The feasibility matrix
Stage two: pilot
Piloting the feasible decision
Designing the pilot project
The pilot matrix
Stage three: implementation
From pilot to implementation
A good implementation plan
The implementation matrix
Stage four: cutback
Dimensions of cutting back
The cutback matrix
Putting the matrix to work
Boards of directors
Executive directors
Managers
Funders
Consultants
The decision-making guide
Assessing the decision
Working through the matrix
Appendix: staff renewal decisions
Notes
Further reading
Index.

Edition Notes

"Features an easy-to-use matrix for effective decision making."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-230) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
658.4/03
Library of Congress
HD30.23 .S668 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 237 p. ;
Number of pages
237

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23395922M
Internet Archive
makingcriticalde00snow_0
ISBN 10
0787976369
ISBN 13
9780787976361
LCCN
2007028791
Goodreads
2437913

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