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Informationen zum Autor THOMAS A. MCLAUGHLIN is Vice President for Consulting Services for the Nonprofit Finance Fund, a national leader in financing nonprofits, strengthening their financial health, and improving their capacity to serve their communities. He is nationally recognized as an expert in nonprofit mergers and alliances, having consulted nonprofits in over 200 such collaborations. He is contributing editor for the Nonprofit Times , for which he writes a monthly column, and is the author of Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers, Third Edition (Wiley). He is also a member of the faculty at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Klappentext NONPROFIT MERGERS & ALLIANCES SECOND EDITION If you're looking for a straightforward, authoritative--and reader-friendly--guide to mergers and alliances in the nonprofit world, Nonprofit Mergers and Alliances, Second Edition covers everything you need to know. From the context for nonprofit mergers and the forces that shape their use, to why failure to merge can be disastrous for everyone--nonprofit merger expert and author Thomas McLaughlin guides you and your board members smoothly through the merger process. Well-rounded and up to date, the Second Edition includes real-world examples and case studies, as well as clear, practical, step-by-step insight on: Why you should consider a merger or alliance before it's necessary The C.O.R.E.(TM) model, a merger/alliance analysis framework Why it's in your nonprofit's best interest to collaborate Nuts-and-bolts advice on partner selection Step-by-step guidance through merger and alliance processes Filled with easy-to-use checklists and analytical tables, Nonprofit Mergers and Alliances, Second Edition helps you monitor the entire merger and alliance process, make the right decisions, anticipate problems, and find solutions quickly to ensure the successful continuation of your organization's mission in the immediate future as well as for years to come. Zusammenfassung Clear! practical! step-by-step guidance through the nonprofit merger process Using real-world examples! case studies! and enduring frameworks! Nonprofit Mergers and Alliances! Second Edition offers clear! practical! step-by-step guidance through the merger and alliance development process. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv Chapter 1 A Valid Strategic Option for the Future 1 Government's Retreat Chapter 2 The Freestanding Nonprofit and Other Rugged Individualists 5 Why Nonprofi t Services Are Fragmented: A Story A Nonprofi t's Economics Are Part of Its Strategy Chapter 3 Logic of Integrated Service Delivery 17 Applications of Integrated Service Delivery Elements of Integration Chapter 4 Deciding to Collaborate 25 Rescue Mergers Merger from Strength Deciding to Collaborate as a Function of Larger Forces Chapter 5 Preserving Identity 33 Nonphysical Components of Organizational Identity What Is Not Part of "Identity"-and What Is Chapter 6 The Role of Funders 37 What Funders Can Do Funding Collaborations Models for Funding Collaborations Quality Assurance through Foundations Chapter 7 C.O.R.E. Continuum of Collaboration 47 Our Model Applying the C.O.R.E Chapter 8 Economic-Level Collaboration 53 Sharing Information Bidding Jointly Joint Purchasing Chapter 9 Responsibility-Level Collaboration 57 "Circuit Riders" High-Integration Collaboration Models A Cautionary Note Chapter 10 Operations-Level Collaboration 61 Shared Training Joint Programming Joint Quality St...
