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Voluntary Agencies

Challenges of Organisation and Management

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. David Billis

    1. London School of Economics Centre, UK

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  2. Margaret Harris

    1. London School of Economics Centre, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Enduring Challenges of Research and Practice

    • David Billis, Margaret Harris
    Pages 1-12

  3. What are the Key Influences on the Work of Voluntary Agencies?

    • Marilyn Taylor
    Pages 13-28

  4. How are Values Handled in Voluntary Agencies?

    • Rob Paton
    Pages 29-44

  5. Can We Define the Voluntary Sector?

    • Tony F. Marshall
    Pages 45-60

  6. Are Voluntary Organisations Accountable?

    • Diana Leat
    Pages 61-79

  7. How do Voluntary Agencies Manage Organisational Change?

    • David C. Wilson
    Pages 80-97

  8. What does Contracting do to Voluntary Agencies?

    • Jane Lewis
    Pages 98-112

  9. What does Contracting do to Users?

    • Nicholas Deakin
    Pages 113-129

  10. What Kind of Leadership do Voluntary Organisations Need?

    • Richard Kay
    Pages 130-148

  11. Do We Need Governing Bodies?

    • Margaret Harris
    Pages 149-165

  12. Are Voluntary Agencies Really More Effective?

    • Martin Knapp
    Pages 166-186

  13. Should Volunteers be Managed?

    • Justin Davis Smith
    Pages 187-199

  14. What Kind of Training does the Voluntary Sector Need?

    • Stephen P. Osborne
    Pages 200-221

  15. Who Cares Whether Your Organisation Survives?

    • David Billis
    Pages 222-236

  16. Conclusion: Emerging Challenges for Research and Practice

    • David Billis, Margaret Harris
    Pages 237-245

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 247-255
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About this book

This book brings together papers by voluntary sector scholars which were specially commissioned to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the LSE's Centre for Voluntary Organisation. The papers address key issues currently facing UK voluntary sector managers including: What place do values have? How is accountability achieved? How can organisational change be handled? Are governing bodies needed? What kind of training is appropriate? Should volunteers be managed? And what does contracting do to voluntary agencies?

Editors and Affiliations

  • London School of Economics Centre, UK

    David Billis, Margaret Harris

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Voluntary Agencies

  • Book Subtitle: Challenges of Organisation and Management

  • Editors: David Billis, Margaret Harris

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24485-0

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-62950-5Due: 06 March 1996

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 255

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Social Work

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