Exploring the newly emerging field of the management of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in developing countries, this informative book draws upon current research in non-profit management, development administration and business management. Key issues covered include:
* the changing global and local contexts of development co-operation
* management technologies such as empowerment and stakeholder analysis
* structural issues such as accountability, governance and participation
* learning and diversity
* dealing with complexity and uncertainty.
Illustrated throughout with examples drawn from the author's own research and consultancy experience, this important text develops a model of NGO management which reveals the distinctive organizational challenges they face.
Autorentext
David Lewis is lecturer in non-governmental organizations at the Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics. He undertakes research on development issues, with particular focus on Bangladesh, and has worked as a short-term consultant mainly in South Asia for a range of development agencies. He has also undertaken NGO training work in Nigeria, Mexico and Japan.
Inhalt
1. Introduction: the growth of the 'NGO management debate', Part I. 2. Contexts, histories and relevant concepts, 3. NGOs and development, 4. Culture and ambiguity; an anthropological approach to NGO management, Part II. 5. Advocacy and service delivery: managing the main NGO activities, 6. NGOs and the management of relationships, 7. NGOs and the dynamics of internal management, 8. Conclusion: towards an understanding of NGO management