This text for students of and professionals in the nonprofit sector describes an unusual approach to participatory management in which employees are given the same amount of attention as the product, service, or client. Through a case study account of an award-winning nonprofit organization, the authors (both, Vanderbilt U.) present evidence that this strategy leads to improved employee morale and reduced organizational stress. Plas has specialized in leadership and emotions in the workplace throughout her academic career, and Lewis is completing her dissertation in community psychology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This book describes an approach to participatory management and leadership that has proven effective for organizations in U.S. and other western countries where people wont permit teambuilding to develop to the exclusion of individuality. The groundbreaking core of the book shows how this participatory management strategy, Person-Centered Leadership for Nonprofit Organizations, can be incorporated with great success into high stress nonprofit organizations. The book describes the leadership philosophy and day-to-day operations of an award-winning social service organization that targets youth and their families while successfully using person-centered strategies as the management model.