How to manage a voluntary organization : the essential guide for the not-for-profit sector

Many of those working in the voluntary sector have management experience, but little of working for a charity while others have experience of the sector, but no management experience.

This practical work aims to bridge these knowledge gaps, serving as a handbook on day-to-day management in the voluntary sector.

It features activity boxes designed to make the reader think about real-life situations that frequently arise, with case studies and a free CD-ROM containing templates and documents.

Topics addressed include: the importance of having a realistic vision; organizational and management structures of charities; human resource issues; accounting; marketing; how to make use of the Internet; and how to deal with the prospect of mergers and takeovers.