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The Nonprofit Problem Solver A Management Guide
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Richard Lord
Book Code: C3125
ISBN: 0-275-93125-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-93125-4
165 pages, figures, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 7/10/1989
List Price: $66.95 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • If you are a nonprofit administrator with limited management experience or training; have little or no time for formally acquiring administrative skills (few of us have); and are fond of charts, The Nonprofit Problem Solver may be the answer for you.
    —NonProfit Times
  • While The Nonprofit Problem Solver is definitely utilitarian, it is not dull. It tells you how to do things, and do them in ways that save time, money, and aggravation. It lives up to its title by explaining thoroughly, and with good working charts, how to avoid some of the problems that plague the small and medium-sized nonprofit (organizations).
    —Chronicle of Non Profit Enterprise
  • The Nonprofit Problem Solver: A Management Guide, by Richard Lord, is a `how to' manual for managers and executives of non-profit organizations. Included are chapters on how to identify an organization's needs, generate a positive cash flow, manage an audit, and establish personnel policies.
    —The Chronicle of Philanthrophy
Description: A practical, hands-on manual for managers and executives of nonprofit organizations, The Nonprofit Problem Solver provides comprehensive coverage of every aspect of the nonprofit management function. The author, who has direct management experience in a number of nonprofit settings as well as extensive consulting experience, explains in clear and practicable terms what is involved in each of the particular functions. What makes the book especially valuable is its unique focus on the kinds of typical and recurrent problems that tend to arise specifically in nonprofit organizations. Lord examines each of these problems in detail, telling the reader what to watch for, what to expect, and how to avoid the problems--or if unavoidable how to deal with them successfully. The Nonprofit Problem Solver takes a potentially intimidating field and brings it into direct relevance to the daily life of nonprofit managers. Written in an easy to read "how-to" style, the book begins with a chapter designed to help managers identify their own organizations' needs. Subsequent chapters address key issues that nonprofit managers must deal with on a day-to-day basis such as: how to generate a positive cash flow; surviving an audit; how to borrow and how to finance capital acquisitions; putting together an in-house accounting manual; establishing and writing personnel policies; accounting and budget controls; compensation and compensation policies; managing the physical plant. The emphasis throughout is on management methods that can be easily and effectively implemented to produce a professionally run, smoothly operating organization. Both current managers and students in nonprofit management programs will find The Nonprofit Problem Solver an indispensable and frequently consulted reference source.
Table of Contents:
  • What Are We Doing Here?
  • Happiness Is a Positive Cash Flow
  • How to Survive Your Audit Without Killing Your Accountant
  • Form Follows Function: Budgeting
  • Looking into the Future: Long-Range Planning
  • Avoid Lawsuits with Appropriate Personnel Policies
  • Potential Pandora's Boxes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 88-32188
LCC Class: HD62
Dewey Class: 658
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