Social enterprise is, fundamentally, about using a market-driven business model to address key social and environmental issues. It is an emerging field with diverse and shifting interpretations. On this page, we’ll try to sort through all this, introduce you to the major players, and give you a launching pad for future inquiries. For guidelines to …
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© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD Whether your organization is a for-profit or nonprofit, you have to address certain considerations and make certain decisions if you set out to intentionally expand — or grow — your organization, products and/or services. You can grow your organization, products and/or services just by managing them well, for example, …
Learn Strategic Planning Without Incurring Travel Costs! The Series Facilitating Strategic Planning from the Consultants Development Institute provides virtual courses and numerous downloadable tools to learn to facilitate strategic planning. Concurrently you customize your own relevant and realistic Strategic Plan and earn a Certificate in Facilitating Strategic Planning. © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity …
© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business and Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision for Nonprofit Staff. Strongly Suggested Pre-Reading How to Ensure Strong Employee Performance Management Sections of This Topic Include How to Set Relevant and Realistic Goals With Your Employees …
© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Sections of This Topic Include Test – What is Your Personal Decision-Making Style? Guidelines to Rational Problem Solving and Decision-Making Rational Versus Organic Approach to Problem Solving and Decision Making General Guidelines to Problem Solving and Decision-Making Various Methods and Tools for Problem-Solving and Decision Making …
© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Adapted from the Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development. Sections of This Topic Include Introduction Preparation for Interview Types of Interviews Types of Topics in Questions Sequence of Questions Wording of Questions Carrying Out Interview Immediately After Interview Other Resources *General Information and Resources *Ethics …
© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Much of the content of this topic came from this book: This document provides guidance toward planning and implementing an evaluation process for for-profit or nonprofit programs — there are many kinds of evaluations that can be applied to programs, for example, goals-based, process-based, and outcomes-based. …
© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD Sections in This Topic Include What Are Generational Differences? Overview of Perceived Differences Between Generations Are Generational Differences a Myth? Guidelines for Managing Different Generations Also, consider Related Library Topics What Are Generational Differences? What is a Generation? Before we go on to discuss any perceived differences between generations, …
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