Author: Jeffrey L. Brudney
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Abstract: Shows how private citizens and public agencies can work together to provide a wide range of public services, from neighborhood crime watch to mental health assistance. It describes effective methods for managing volunteer programs sponsored by public agencies and demonstrates how volunteer programs can enhance the quality and impact of government services.
Fostering Volunteer Programs in the Public Sector
Author: Jeffrey L. Brudney
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Abstract: Shows how private citizens and public agencies can work together to provide a wide range of public services, from neighborhood crime watch to mental health assistance. It describes effective methods for managing volunteer programs sponsored by public agencies and demonstrates how volunteer programs can enhance the quality and impact of government services.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Abstract: Shows how private citizens and public agencies can work together to provide a wide range of public services, from neighborhood crime watch to mental health assistance. It describes effective methods for managing volunteer programs sponsored by public agencies and demonstrates how volunteer programs can enhance the quality and impact of government services.
Public Sector Volunteer Management
Author: Aminata Sillah
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000689247
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
In order to effectively and consistently provide services to citizens, local governments have had to come up with creative ways for offering services demanded by their citizens. One popular approach became the creation of volunteer programs as local governments became increasingly reliant on volunteers. Volunteers are one means by which local governments help to increase meaningful engagement with citizens and help meet the increasing needs for public services with limited resources. On a broader scale, volunteers in public agencies provide a variety of services to fill gaps in creating and sustaining collective societal goods that otherwise might have been limited due to fiscal stress on local governments or eliminated. Public Sector Volunteer Management: Best Practices and Challenges adds to the understanding of how management practices may affect retention of volunteers. It provides an opportunity to add much-needed data to any discussion concerning volunteering at the local government level from the perspective of volunteer coordinators and aims to provide in-depth research on local government volunteer management practices. This book focuses on best practices identified as necessary for successful volunteer management in the public sector, specifically in a local government setting, making it a valuable text for researchers, academics, and students in the fields of public and nonprofit management, leadership, and human resource management.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000689247
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
In order to effectively and consistently provide services to citizens, local governments have had to come up with creative ways for offering services demanded by their citizens. One popular approach became the creation of volunteer programs as local governments became increasingly reliant on volunteers. Volunteers are one means by which local governments help to increase meaningful engagement with citizens and help meet the increasing needs for public services with limited resources. On a broader scale, volunteers in public agencies provide a variety of services to fill gaps in creating and sustaining collective societal goods that otherwise might have been limited due to fiscal stress on local governments or eliminated. Public Sector Volunteer Management: Best Practices and Challenges adds to the understanding of how management practices may affect retention of volunteers. It provides an opportunity to add much-needed data to any discussion concerning volunteering at the local government level from the perspective of volunteer coordinators and aims to provide in-depth research on local government volunteer management practices. This book focuses on best practices identified as necessary for successful volunteer management in the public sector, specifically in a local government setting, making it a valuable text for researchers, academics, and students in the fields of public and nonprofit management, leadership, and human resource management.
Handbook of Public Personnel Administration
Author: Jack Rabin
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780824792312
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Offers in-depth analyses spanning the entire field of public personnel administration--from a history of the American civil service as characterized by competing perspectives to the contemporary application of total quality management by human resources practitioners. Addresses the major laws that regulate worker compensation.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780824792312
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Offers in-depth analyses spanning the entire field of public personnel administration--from a history of the American civil service as characterized by competing perspectives to the contemporary application of total quality management by human resources practitioners. Addresses the major laws that regulate worker compensation.
Public Library Administration Transformed
Author: Karen Starr
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 153810640X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Public libraries have historically faced challenges as viable units in local government. As society struggles with issues related to the scope and effectiveness of government, librarians must ask, “How and why will communities support public libraries in the 21st century?” Public Library Administration Transformed covers public library administration in a comprehensive and detailed manner Chapters cover: administrative functions of the library public finance administrative law library governance human resources leadership strategic planning program management and evaluation marketing and public relations intergovernmental relations cooperative government The discipline of public administration develops skills that are vital to successful libraries. Grounded in the context of public administration, this book provides a framework for future library services, focusing on effective public sector skills, organizational and service innovation, information technology, readers, and the full range of library constituents. Suitable for use in public library classes, exam copies are available to qualified instructors of such courses upon request.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 153810640X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Public libraries have historically faced challenges as viable units in local government. As society struggles with issues related to the scope and effectiveness of government, librarians must ask, “How and why will communities support public libraries in the 21st century?” Public Library Administration Transformed covers public library administration in a comprehensive and detailed manner Chapters cover: administrative functions of the library public finance administrative law library governance human resources leadership strategic planning program management and evaluation marketing and public relations intergovernmental relations cooperative government The discipline of public administration develops skills that are vital to successful libraries. Grounded in the context of public administration, this book provides a framework for future library services, focusing on effective public sector skills, organizational and service innovation, information technology, readers, and the full range of library constituents. Suitable for use in public library classes, exam copies are available to qualified instructors of such courses upon request.
Oversight Hearing on the Older American Volunteer Programs, Foster Grandparent, Senior Companions, and RSVP
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Human Resources
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aged volunteers in social service
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aged volunteers in social service
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Handbook of Public Administration
Author: W. Bartley Hildreth
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1498750044
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Public administration as a field of study finds itself in the middle of a fluid environment. The very reach and complexity of public administration has been easy to take for granted, easy to attack, and difficult to explain, particularly in the soundbite and Twitter-snipe media environment. Not only has the context for the discipline changed, but the institutions of public administration have adapted and innovated to deliver services to the public and serve those in power while becoming increasingly complex themselves. Has public administration evolved? And what new lines of research are critical for effective policy and delivery of programs and public services while preserving foundational principles such as the rule of law and expert institutions? This Handbook of Public Administration sheds light for new researchers, doctoral students, scholars, and practitioners interested in probing modern public administration’s role in solving major challenges facing nations and the world. This fourth edition recognizes that the scholarship of public administration must reflect the diverse influence of an international orientation, embracing public administration issues and practices in governance systems around the world, and illustrating just how practice can vary across jurisdictions. Every section identifies foundational principles and issues, shows variation in practice across selected jurisdictions, and identifies promising avenues for research. Each chapter revisits enduring themes and tensions, showing how they persist, along with new challenges and opportunities presented by digital technology and contemporary political realities. The Handbook of Public Administration, Fourth Edition provides a compelling introduction to and depiction of the contemporary realities of public administration, and it will inspire new avenues of inquiry for the next generation of public administration researchers.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1498750044
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Public administration as a field of study finds itself in the middle of a fluid environment. The very reach and complexity of public administration has been easy to take for granted, easy to attack, and difficult to explain, particularly in the soundbite and Twitter-snipe media environment. Not only has the context for the discipline changed, but the institutions of public administration have adapted and innovated to deliver services to the public and serve those in power while becoming increasingly complex themselves. Has public administration evolved? And what new lines of research are critical for effective policy and delivery of programs and public services while preserving foundational principles such as the rule of law and expert institutions? This Handbook of Public Administration sheds light for new researchers, doctoral students, scholars, and practitioners interested in probing modern public administration’s role in solving major challenges facing nations and the world. This fourth edition recognizes that the scholarship of public administration must reflect the diverse influence of an international orientation, embracing public administration issues and practices in governance systems around the world, and illustrating just how practice can vary across jurisdictions. Every section identifies foundational principles and issues, shows variation in practice across selected jurisdictions, and identifies promising avenues for research. Each chapter revisits enduring themes and tensions, showing how they persist, along with new challenges and opportunities presented by digital technology and contemporary political realities. The Handbook of Public Administration, Fourth Edition provides a compelling introduction to and depiction of the contemporary realities of public administration, and it will inspire new avenues of inquiry for the next generation of public administration researchers.
Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Author: Joan E. Pynes
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787975575
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
In this thoroughly revised and updated second edition of Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, Joan E. Pynes--a respected authority in public administration--demonstrates how strategic human resources management is essential for proactively managing change in an environment of tighter budgets, competition from private organizations, the need to maintain and train a more diverse workforce, and job obsolescence brought about by shifts in technology. Complete with a free online instructor's manual, this new edition offers current compensation and budgetary guidance and helps practitioners navigate the newest legal and technological challenges and opportunities in human resource management.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787975575
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
In this thoroughly revised and updated second edition of Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, Joan E. Pynes--a respected authority in public administration--demonstrates how strategic human resources management is essential for proactively managing change in an environment of tighter budgets, competition from private organizations, the need to maintain and train a more diverse workforce, and job obsolescence brought about by shifts in technology. Complete with a free online instructor's manual, this new edition offers current compensation and budgetary guidance and helps practitioners navigate the newest legal and technological challenges and opportunities in human resource management.
Research Handbook on E-Government
Author: Welch, Eric W.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1786437252
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
E-government is an increasingly well-established and wide-ranging field, in which there has been an explosion of new technologies, applications, and data resulting in new challenges and opportunities for e-government research and practice. This Research Handbook advances research in the field of e-government by first recognizing its roots and documenting its growth and progress. It investigates the advent and implications of new technologies, and structures the content around core topics of service, management, engagement and access. Two additional sections examine the role of e-government in developing countries and smart cities.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1786437252
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
E-government is an increasingly well-established and wide-ranging field, in which there has been an explosion of new technologies, applications, and data resulting in new challenges and opportunities for e-government research and practice. This Research Handbook advances research in the field of e-government by first recognizing its roots and documenting its growth and progress. It investigates the advent and implications of new technologies, and structures the content around core topics of service, management, engagement and access. Two additional sections examine the role of e-government in developing countries and smart cities.
Between State and Market
Author: Kahanoff Foundation. Non-Profit Sector Research Initiative
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773520961
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 607
Book Description
Papers originally presented at a conference held in Toronto, Ont., 1999.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773520961
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 607
Book Description
Papers originally presented at a conference held in Toronto, Ont., 1999.
Volunteering As Leisure/leisure As Volunteering
Author: Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 9780851999210
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Volunteerism is a topic of increasing importance in this age of budget cuts, declining employment and amid the threat posed by other competing leisure pursuits. There are both social and economic benefits of volunteering. As we are becoming more reliant on volunteers, there is a need for a better understanding of why people take up volunteering, and how to recruit, manage, motivate, and support volunteers most effectively. In order for organisations that host volunteers to achieve the most from their volunteers, they must understand how to give them the best "leisure" experience. This book examines critical aspects of contemporary volunteerism, from the perspective of a variety of volunteering contexts. It will appeal to academic researchers and students in disciplines such as leisure, recreation, tourism, management and sociology as well as practitioners in the voluntary sector (including volunteers), National and Local Government and those organising special events that depend on voluntary support.
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 9780851999210
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Volunteerism is a topic of increasing importance in this age of budget cuts, declining employment and amid the threat posed by other competing leisure pursuits. There are both social and economic benefits of volunteering. As we are becoming more reliant on volunteers, there is a need for a better understanding of why people take up volunteering, and how to recruit, manage, motivate, and support volunteers most effectively. In order for organisations that host volunteers to achieve the most from their volunteers, they must understand how to give them the best "leisure" experience. This book examines critical aspects of contemporary volunteerism, from the perspective of a variety of volunteering contexts. It will appeal to academic researchers and students in disciplines such as leisure, recreation, tourism, management and sociology as well as practitioners in the voluntary sector (including volunteers), National and Local Government and those organising special events that depend on voluntary support.