Technology in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-37813-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 64 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 136 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Voluntaristics Review

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are major forces shaping our current age. ICT affects many areas of human existence and influences the both human wellbeing and human evil. The nonprofit sector is already heavily involved in technology both as a way to pursue its mission and as an influential factor in the evolution of the sector. This article examines how technology affects the sector and how the sector uses technology in its work.
The article begins with a discussion of how the emerging information society will change the nonprofit sector. The sector that we know is grounded on our experience in the agrarian and industrial periods in the United States and Europe. We then explore how technology evolved in the sector. This is followed by an examination of technology and nonprofit organizational behavior. Technology changes the organizations that make use of its capacities. Next is a discussion of the types of technology that nonprofit organizations use. The final three sections deal with technology and social change, technology in nonprofit settings, and issues and trends. This article provides the reader with a current appreciation of the scholarly and professional literature on ICT in the nonprofit sector.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McNutt, John

Guo, Chao

Goldkind, Lauri

An, Seongho

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Non-Profit-Organisationen, Verbände

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Editor’s Introduction

David Horton Smith

Author Biography

Technology in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action

John McNutt, Chao Guo, Lauri Goldkind, Seongho An

Abstract

Keywords

A Overview: Technology in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action

B Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action in an Information Society

C The Evolution of Information and Communication Technology in the Nonprofit Sector

D Technology and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior

E The Technology Arsenal of Nonprofit Organizations

F Technology and Social Change

G Technology Applied to Various Practice Areas

H Issues

I Conclusion

J Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

John G. McNutt, PhD, is Professor in the School of Public Policy and
Administration at the University of Delaware. Dr. McNutt is a specialist in the
application of high technology to political and social engagement. His work
focuses on the role of technology in lobbying, e-government and e-democracy,
political campaigning and deliberation, organizing, and other forms of political
participation.
Chao Guo, PhD, is Associate Professor in the School of Social Policy and Practice
at the University of Pennsylvania. Guo is also founding co-director of the China
Institute for Philanthropy and Social Innovation at Renmin University of China.
His interests are in collaboration within and across sectors, new media and
nonprofit advocacy, and social entrepreneurship.
Lauri Goldkind, PhD, LMSW, is Associate Professor at Fordham’s Graduate
School of Social Service. She chairs the Leadership and Macro practice
concentration and also teaches in the Nonprofit Administration program.
Dr. Goldkind’s current research has two strands: technology implementation
and information and communication technology (ICT) tools in human services
and nonprofits, and social justice and civic engagement in organizational life.
Seongho An, MSW, is a doctoral candidate in the School of Social Policy and
Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include
digital technology and nonprofit advocacy, digital inclusion of vulnerable people,
and human service organization management.