Reider Improving the Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness of Not-for-Profits

Conducting Operational Reviews
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-471-05356-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
As not-for-profits must increasingly achieve greater results withless resources, they are continually seeking ways to use suchscarce resources with more economy, with greater efficiency ofprocesses and people within their organizations, and with increasedeffectiveness of results in order to further their missions.Whether used alone or together with other tools such asbenchmarking, activity-based management, and flexible budgeting,the operational review is the tool best used to perform anevaluation of these crucial three e's-economy, efficiency, andeffectiveness. This book shows not-for-profit managers whyconducting an operational review can be beneficial, explains thetools and personnel needed to conduct the review, and shows indetail how to conduct a review of operations in each area. Itincludes case study materials for a social service agency, a museumoperation, an arts organization, a community service agency, and acollege business office. Here is accessible, comprehensive coverageof:
* How to approach an operational review, judge its results, andmake recommendations to management
* How to position your not-for-profit organization more effectivelyin the competitive world of funding, personnel, resources, andservice results
* How to identify and implement best practices within funding andoperational constraints in all areas of the not-for-profit'soperations in an organized program of continuing improvements
. . . and much more, including extensive exhibits, forms, workingtools, checklists, and examples for conducting an operationalreview throughout all functions of a not-for-profit organization.Executive directors, outside auditors, CPAs, manage-mentconsultants, boards, fund-raising executives, and all othersinvolved in the not-for-profit's operations will learn to get themost for their mission from this indispensable book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reider, Rob

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Introduction to Operational Reviews.
The Planning Phase.
Work Program Phase.
The Field Work Phase.
Development of Review Findings.
Reporting Phase.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

ROB REIDER, CPA, MBA, PhD, is the President and founder of Reider Associates, a management and organizational consulting firm located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In addition to his extensive consulting experience, Reider is the author of nine self-study courses marketed nationally and is a sought-after discussion leader for over twenty different seminars conducted throughout the country. He has received the AICPA Outstanding Discussion Leader of the Year Award and is the author of The Complete Guide to Operational Auditing, Operational Review: Maximum Results at Efficient Costs, and Benchmarking Strategies: A Tool for Profit Improvement, all from Wiley.