Product Description: This set features two texts edited by professors J. Steven Ott and Lisa A. Dicke:The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector, Second Edition, is a volume of classic and contemporary readings that presents the most influential theories, concepts, and issues associated with the nonprofit sector...read more

CLASSIC READINGS IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR is organized around the field's most discussed themes: leadership, motivation, individuals in teams and groups, effects of the work environment on individuals, power and influence, and organizational change. Within each of these thematic sections, the readings are presented chronologically so students can understand the development of specific theories, as well as the overall development of the field of organizational behavior. Because of this effective organization and a thorough introduction, many instructors use this reader as the sole text for their courses.

Product Description: J. Steven Ott’s Understanding Nonprofit Organizations: Governance, Leadership, and Management is a collection of the most insightful and most recent readings about the challenges of managing a nonprofit organization in the United States...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Grounded in the assumptions that public administration is more than the application of business administration tools to the management of government agencies and that values and ethics are central to all aspects of public administration, this unique new reader examines the nature, scope, structures, functions, and challenges facing public administration at the turn of the 21st century...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Non-Profit Sector: An Overview is a collection of the most insightful and accessible writings about the nonprofit sector in the U.S. and its organizations. The book discusses everything from Andrew Carnegie's turn-of-the-century philosophy of philanthropy, to the most recent writings by current scholars and practitioners...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY emphasizes the importance of moving beyond reform to a future-oriented stance. The text identifies several themes central to public administration, including the importance of globalization, diversity, intergovernmental relations, and the critical significance of public law as a central defining feature of public life...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Throughout the 1990s public demand for a fundamental shift in the relationship between government and its citizens has intensified. In response, a "new governance" model has emerged, emphasizing decreased federal control in favor of intergovernmental collaboration and increased involvement of state, local, and private agencies...read more

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Product Description: This volume contains all the vital resources needed for effective management in government. The readings collected in this book trace the history and nature of public management, examine the role of computers, and discuss privatization...read more

Product Description: The study of nonprofit management is a relatively new field, and this is one of the first books to pull together the best information available for those interested in the intricacies of directing and managing a nonprofit enterprise...read more

Defines terms, concepts, and processes related to management, medical treatment and therapy, insurance, medicines, computers, finance and planning, and summarizes important court rulings and federal laws

Defines terms related to governance, funding, public administration, staffing, accounting, business practice, investments, labor relations, and public relations