Nonprofit-Specific Human Resource Management Written by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD of Authenticity Consulting, LLC Introduction There’s a common misperception that human resource management in nonprofits is very different from human resource management in for-profits. Actually, the activities are very similar in both types of organizations, except that nonprofits often include human resources (staff members) who …

Guidelines for staffing analysis, recruiting, screening, hiring, and developing human resources are included in the books Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business and Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision for Nonprofit Staff. © Copyright Carter Manama, MBA, PhD Sections of This Topic Include Introduction Human Resources Applies to Any Size of Organization Human …

Much of the content of this topic came from this book: © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Strongly Suggested Previous Reading Performance Management: Traditional and Progressive Approaches Sections of This Topic Include Description What is Team Performance Management? Guidelines for Implementation and Evaluation Three Phases of Team/Group Performance Management Suggested Additional Readings …

Sections in This Topic Include Understanding Facilitation What is Process Consultation? Examples of Process Consultation Learn More in the Library’s Blogs Related to Facilitation In addition to the articles on this current page, also see the following blogs that have posts related to Facilitation. Scan down the blog’s page to see various posts. Also, see …

Suggested Pre-Reading It would be very useful, before evaluating a team or group, to first understand the broad context of team performance management and where group and team evaluation fit into that broad context. That can ensure that your evaluation is well-planned and that you will know what to do with the results of your …

Note that the reader might best be served to first read the topic Group Dynamics to understand the basic nature of most groups and their typical stages of development. (It’s not clear at this time if online groups have similar natures and stages.) Various Perspectives on Dialoguing Facilitation Library Introduction to Dialogue Bohm dialogue The …

Note that the reader might best be served to first read the topic Group Dynamics to understand the basic nature of most groups and their typical stages of development. (It’s not clear at this time if online groups have similar nature and stages.) Simply put, Communities of Practice are voluntary groups where members share a …

How to Accomplish Effective Committees Sections of This Topic Include How to Increase Attendance and Participation in Committees Additional Perspectives on Effective Committees Also consider Related Library Topics Learn More in the Library’s Blogs Related to Effective Committees In addition to the articles on this current page, see the following blogs which have posts related …

Copyright Carter McNamara, Authenticity Consulting, LLC Basic Advice for Developing Standard Meeting Agendas Advice about designing agendas ranges from simple and straightforward to psychologically-based analysis of how people assemble, participate, and learn from meetings. The following articles were selected for advice and samples for the most common and standard meeting formats. How to Construct a …

Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD If you want to add a new link now to a site that provides a a large amount of free, online resources about a wide range of management topics, please first read the short section “Add to Library” referenced from the sidebar. For-Profits and Nonprofits Nonprofit-Specific Sites Various Supersites …