Background
OSTER, Sharon was born in 1948 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
(Why do some companies thrive while others in the same ind...)
Why do some companies thrive while others in the same industry languish? How can a struggling firm achieve higher annual earnings? What allows new corporations to become successful in highly competitive industries? In this book, now updated and expanded, Sharon Oster shows that combining a sound understanding of economic and managerial principles can make a striking difference in the quality of the strategic planning of an organization and provide guidelines for effective corporate strategies. The third edition of Modern Competitive Analysis includes new material on game theory, added value analysis, and strategic intent. Examples are drawn from modern network industries and more attention is paid to newly deregulated markets. Unusually broad in scope, with many examples from large and small companies, service firms, manufacturers, foreign and American organizations, as well as non-profit corporations, the book emphasizes an economic approach to strategic planning, using the most recent theories to illuminate situations faced by businesses today. Covering new and important areas in economics not treated in other management and strategic planning books, and couched in clear terms that make these concepts especially accessible, Modern Competitive Analysis is a fundamental resource to the managers of today and tomorrow.
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(Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. earn more than $100 b...)
Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. earn more than $100 billion annually, and number over a million different organizations. They face increasing competition for donor's dollars and many of the issues they confront are similar to those confronted by for-profit organizations. Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations applies powerful concepts of strategic management developed originally in the for-profit sector to the management of nonprofits. It describes the preparation of a strategic plan consistent with the resources available; it analyzes the operational tasks in executing the plan; and describes the ways in which nonprofits need to change in order to remain competitive. The book draws clear distinctions between the different challenges encountered by nonprofits operating in different industries.
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(Comprehensive, hands-on strategies targeted to helping no...)
Comprehensive, hands-on strategies targeted to helping nonprofit organizations get their message across Successful communications are absolutely vital to nonprofits. How else can they spread the word about their mission? Raise money? Attract clients to their services? This nuts-and-bolts guide from a nonprofit professional is designed to enable not-for-profit companies to streamline and coordinate their efforts in this area. Part text, part workbook, it presents an easy-to-follow, 7-step process that includes strategies for ensuring that complementary messages go out to the organization's different audiences. You'll find tips on how to adapt the same basic message for a variety of purposes, such as fund-raising, lobbying, public education, publicity, marketing, and advertising. And there is also detailed advice on fitting the message to the medium, be it print, TV, video, or radio. * An accompanying disk features worksheets, forms, surveys, and self-assessment tools to help readers create their own communications plans JANEL M. RADTKE (New York, New York) is executive director of the Center for Strategic Communications in New York, which runs professional education programs for nonprofit managers.
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(Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. earn more than $100 b...)
Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. earn more than $100 billion annually, and number over a million different organizations. They face increasing competition for donor's dollars and many of the issues they confront are similar to those confronted by for-profit organizations. Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations applies powerful concepts of strategic management developed originally in the for-profit sector to the management of nonprofits. It describes the preparation of a strategic plan consistent with the resources available; it analyzes the operational tasks in executing the plan; and describes the ways in which nonprofits need to change in order to remain competitive. The book draws clear distinctions between the different challenges encountered by nonprofits operating in different industries.
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(Working Across Boundaries is a practical guide for nonpro...)
Working Across Boundaries is a practical guide for nonprofit and government professionals who want to learn the techniques and strategies of successful collaboration. Written by Russell M. Linden, one of the most widely recognized experts in organizational change, this no nonsense book shows how to make collaboration work in the real world. It offers practitioners a framework for developing collaborative relationships and shows them how to adopt strategies that have proven to be successful with a wide range of organizations. Filled with in-depth case studies—including a particularly challenging case in which police officers and social workers overcome the inherent differences in their cultures to help abused children—the book clearly shows how organizations have dealt with the hard issues of collaboration. Working Across Boundaries includes • Information on how to select potential partners • Guidelines for determining what kinds of projects lend themselves to collaboration and which do not • Suggestions on how to avoid common pitfalls of collaboration • Strategies proven to work consistently • The phases most collaborative projects go through • The nature of collaborative leadership
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( This book describes an approach to participatory manage...)
This book describes an approach to participatory management and leadership that has proven effective for organizations in U.S. and other western countries where people won't permit teambuilding to develop to the exclusion of individuality. The groundbreaking core of the book shows how this participatory management strategy, Person-Centered Leadership for Nonprofit Organizations, can be incorporated with great success into high stress nonprofit organizations. The book describes the leadership philosophy and day-to-day operations of an award-winning social service organization that targets youth and their families while successfully using person-centered strategies as the management model.
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(Comprehensive, hands-on strategies targeted to helping no...)
Comprehensive, hands-on strategies targeted to helping nonprofit organizations get their message across Successful communications are absolutely vital to nonprofits. How else can they spread the word about their mission? Raise money? Attract clients to their services? This nuts-and-bolts guide from a nonprofit professional is designed to enable not-for-profit companies to streamline and coordinate their efforts in this area. Part text, part workbook, it presents an easy-to-follow, 7-step process that includes strategies for ensuring that complementary messages go out to the organization's different audiences. You'll find tips on how to adapt the same basic message for a variety of purposes, such as fund-raising, lobbying, public education, publicity, marketing, and advertising. And there is also detailed advice on fitting the message to the medium, be it print, TV, video, or radio. * An accompanying disk features worksheets, forms, surveys, and self-assessment tools to help readers create their own communications plans JANEL M. RADTKE (New York, New York) is executive director of the Center for Strategic Communications in New York, which runs professional education programs for nonprofit managers.
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(A Publication of INDEPENDENT SECTOR A publication of IN...)
A Publication of INDEPENDENT SECTOR A publication of INDEPENDENT SECTOR This volume provides insights into how managers, board members, and other leaders can meet the pressing challenges of governance and management, and lead their organizations with informed vision and renewed purpose. It identifies what is unique about leadership in the nonprofit sector, and outlines what can be adapted and applied to nonprofit organizations from management research and practices developed in the business and public sectors. The book brings together leaders in the field to chart new directions for nonprofit management theory and practice in such areas as board structure and function, the mission of nonprofits, resource development and management, management for social change, and more.
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(A Publication of INDEPENDENT SECTOR A publication of IN...)
A Publication of INDEPENDENT SECTOR A publication of INDEPENDENT SECTOR This volume provides insights into how managers, board members, and other leaders can meet the pressing challenges of governance and management, and lead their organizations with informed vision and renewed purpose. It identifies what is unique about leadership in the nonprofit sector, and outlines what can be adapted and applied to nonprofit organizations from management research and practices developed in the business and public sectors. The book brings together leaders in the field to chart new directions for nonprofit management theory and practice in such areas as board structure and function, the mission of nonprofits, resource development and management, management for social change, and more.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555424902/?tag=2022091-20
(This book is a comprehensive, introductory guide to chang...)
This book is a comprehensive, introductory guide to change management strategies for nonprofit organizations.
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OSTER, Sharon was born in 1948 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
Bachelor, Hofstra College, 1970. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Hofstra College, 2001. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Harvard University, 1974.
Teaching assistant Department Economics Harvard University, 1973—1974. Assistant professor Department Economics Yale University, New Haven, 1974—1979, associate professor, 1979—1982, associate professor School Organization and Management, 1982—1983. Professor economics and management Yale University School Management, 1983—1994, Frederic D. Wolfe professor management and entrepreneurship, since 1992, associate dean, 1992—1994, dean, since 2008.
Board directors Health Care Real Estate Investment Trust.
(Why do some companies thrive while others in the same ind...)
(A Publication of INDEPENDENT SECTOR A publication of IN...)
(A Publication of INDEPENDENT SECTOR A publication of IN...)
(Working Across Boundaries is a practical guide for nonpro...)
(Comprehensive, hands-on strategies targeted to helping no...)
(Comprehensive, hands-on strategies targeted to helping no...)
( This book describes an approach to participatory manage...)
(This book is a comprehensive, introductory guide to chang...)
(Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. earn more than $100 b...)
(Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. earn more than $100 b...)
Author: Modern Competitive Analysis, 1990, Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations, 1995. Editor: Management of Nonprofit Organizations, 1994. Co-author: Generating and Sustaining Nonprofit Earned Income: A Guide to Successful Enterprise Strategies, 2004.Contributor articles to professional journals.
Board member Choate Rosemary Hall, Yale University Press.