Exam 1: Nonprofit Management As a Profession and a Field of Study

Compare and contrast the perspectives of scholars and practitioners regarding the plight of nonprofit sector management.

Analyze the debate about whether nonprofit management programs are best taught in business schools, schools of public affairs and administration, or in colleges of arts and sciences. Which do you think is the most appropriate setting? Why?

Mendel argues nonprofit studies must go beyond traditional accountability and include political studies.

What was the first school of management in the United States?

The double bottom line concept means nonprofit managers must ______.

Analyze how the revolution in management influenced the way nonprofit organizations are managed.

Who wrote that nonprofit organizations require a multifaceted, flexible approach to management?

According to Herman, one of the differences of managing a nonprofit versus a for-profit corporation is that nonprofit organizations ______

Demands that organizational procedures comply with government regulations contributed to the need for ______.

A leader of a nonprofit organization is designing a new type of water purification system to improve living conditions for poor children. Which type of entrepreneurship is the leader demonstrating?

Compare and contrast the "social enterprise school" and the "social innovation school" perspectives.

Which authors suggest nonprofit organizations shift their focus from "telling time" to "building clocks?"

There has been a shift in thinking about nonprofits that emphasize ______.

Identify differing agendas that might be found in a nonprofit organization. Explain how they may impact the job of the chief executive officer.

Which decade marked a turning point in public policy, with government outsourcing more of the delivery of human services to nonprofit organizations?

Which organization accredits public administration degree programs?

The complexity of the nonprofit manager's job frequently results in ______.

Identify the various stakeholders a nonprofit must be accountable to. Explain why.

A recent shift in thinking about nonprofits focused more on the sustainability of the organization as opposed to its services.

People who view nonprofit organizations as social institutions portray nonprofit managers as ______.