The Management of Non-Governmental Development Organizations

Exploring the newly emerging field of the management of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in developing countries, this informative book draws upon current research in non-profit management, development administration and business management. Key issues covered include:

• the changing global and local contexts of development co-operation management technologies such as empowerment and stakeholder analysis structural issues such as accountability, governance and participation learning and diversity dealing with complexity and uncertainty.

Illustrated throughout with examples drawn from the author's own research and consultancy experience, this important text develops a model of NGO management which reveals the distinctive organizational challenges they face.

Autorentext

David Lewis is lecturer in non-governmental organizations at the Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics. He undertakes research on development issues, with particular focus on Bangladesh, and has worked as a short-term consultant mainly in South Asia for a range of development agencies. He has also undertaken NGO training work in Nigeria, Mexico and Japan.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: the growth of the 'NGO management debate', Part I. 2. Contexts, histories and relevant concepts, 3. NGOs and development, 4. Culture and ambiguity; an anthropological approach to NGO management, Part II. 5. Advocacy and service delivery: managing the main NGO activities, 6. NGOs and the management of relationships, 7. NGOs and the dynamics of internal management, 8. Conclusion: towards an understanding of NGO management