Recommended Reading and Links

The following compiles all the books, articles and web links mentioned throughout this website, as well as a few additional items from the Editor's files. If you have suggestions for other items then please contact us. You can jump to any one of the following areas: Books and Articles, Links, Conflict Management, Conflict Mediation/Resolution, Nonprofits - General Management.

BOOKS AND ARTICLES

Accountants for the Public Interest. What a Difference Preparation Makes: A Guide to the Nonprofit Audit. Accountants for the Public Interest, 1012 - 14th Street, N.W., Suite 906, Washington, DC 20005 tel: 202-347-1668

Allison, Michael & Kaye, Jude, Support Center for Nonprofit Management. Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997.

Barrentine, Pat. When the Canary Stops Singing--Women's Perspectives on Transforming Business. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1993

Barry, Bryan. Strategic Planning Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations. St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 1986.

Bryson, John M. Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 1988.

Creighton, James. Involving Citizens in Community Decision Making: A Guidebook. Washington,DC Program for Community Problem Solving, 1992.

Cruikshank, Jeffrey L. and Korza, Pam. Going Public: A field guide to developments in art in public places. Arts Extension Service, Division of Continuing Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1988

Doyle, Michael and Strauss, David. How to Make Meetings Work. New York: Jove Books, 1982.

Fisher, Roger and Ury, William. Getting to Yes. New York: Penguin, 1981.

Grenzeback, Juliana. Arts Manager's Toolbox: Financial Management. San Francisco, CA : available from National Endowment for the Arts. Revised Edition, 1994.

Handy, Charles. The Age of Paradox. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1994

Howard, V.A. and J.H. Barton. Thinking Together: Making Meetings Work. New York: William Morrow and company, Inc., 1992.

Kaner, Sam. Facilitative Guide to Participatory Decisionmaking. New Society Publisher, 1996.

Kao, John. Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.

Katz, Neil and Lawyer, John. Communication and Conflict Resolution Skills. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1985.

Kayser, Thomas. Mining Group Gold. El Segundo, CA: Serif Publishing, 1990.

Kinlaw, Dennis. Facilitation Skills: The ASTD Trainer's Sourcebook. McGraw Hill companies, 1996.

Knowles, Malcolm. The Adult Learner, A Neglected Species. London: Gulf Publishing, 1990.

Kretzmann, John and McKnight, John. Building Communities from the Inside Out. Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1993.

Kroehnert, Gary. 100 Training Games. Sydney, Australia: McGraw-Hill, 1991.

Lang, Andrew. The Financial Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards: An Overview of Financial Management for Board Members. National Center for Nonprofit Boards. 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 510, Washington, DC 20036. tel: 202-452-6262. fax: 202-452-6299.

Mintzberg, Henry. The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning. New York: The Free Press, 1994.

Moore, Carl. The Facilitator's Manual. Chattanooga, TN: Chattanooga Venture, 1992.

Pokras, Sandy. Team Problem Solving: Reaching Decisions Systematically. Menlo Park, CA: Crisp Publications, Inc., 1989.

Ray, Micheal and Rinzler, Alan. The New Paradigm in Business, Emerging Strategies for Leadership and Organizational Change. New York: Putnam, 1993

Rosen, Robert. The Healthy Company. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1991.

Schrage, Michael. Shared Minds. New York: Random House, 1990.

Schein, Edgar. Organizational Cultural and Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992 (second edition).

Schwartz, Peter. The Art of the Long View. New York: Doubleday, 1991.

Schwartz, Roger M. The Skilled Facilitator. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994.

Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook. New York: Doubleday Books, 1994.

The Stevens Group. All the Way to the Bank: Smart Money Management for Tomorrow's Nonprofits. The Stevens Group, 1997. Order from: The Stevens Group at LarsonAllen, 950 Minnesota World Trade Center, 30 East 7th Street, St. Paul, MN 55101-4910, 651-641-0398

Tregoe, Benjamin and Zimmerman, John. Vision in Action--How to Integrate your Company's Strategic Goals into Day-to-Day Management Decisions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990

Turk, Frederick J. and Robert P.Gallo. Financial Management Strategies for Arts Organizations. New York, NY: American Council for the Arts Books. 1984.

Wheatley, Margaret and Kellner-Rogers, Myron. A Simpler Way. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1996.

Winer, Michael and Ray, Karen. Collaboration Handbook. St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 1994.

Wagner, Laura N. Writing Effective Survey Questions, a "How-to Guide" available from: Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1000 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94034-1885 (415.723.0003).

Wing, R.L. The Art of Strategy: A New Translation of Sun Tzu's Classic The Art of War. New York: Doubleday, 1988.

Wolf, Thomas. Managing a Nonprofit Organization. New York, NY: Prentice-Hall Press. 1990.

LINKS

Conflict Management

"Communications Strategies: Conflict Management (Talking and teamwork - powerful antidotes to workplace disagreements)" by Dan Hounsell fromFacilitiesNet (a site for professionals who design, construct, manage andmaintain buildings), 1996. Article.
http://www.facilitiesnet.com/NS/NS3mk5a.html

Conflict Research Consortium
http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/
Excellent resource from the University of Colorado with full-text copies of over than 100 working papers and over 650 categorized links related to conflict. Go immediately to their "Summary of Site Features" for easy navigation of site.

Conflict Resolution
"Transformative Approaches to Conflict" by Heidi Burgess and Guy Burgess with Tanya Glaser and Marilyn Yevsyukova, 1997. Article.
http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/transform/index.html#Transformative
Subsite of the Conflict Research Consortium from the U of Colorado has easy to understand introductory page which links to "more information" for each topic (transformative mediation, conflict transformation and peacekeeping, constructive confrontation, etc.).

"Guidelines for Employers" from the Website, Combating Workplace Violence prepared by The Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC) for the Private Sector Liaison Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). Not dated.
http://www.theiacp.org/pubinfo/pubs/pslc/pslc1.toc.htm
Article covers: Pre-Incident Violence Prevention and Preparation, Addressing Violent or Threatening Incidents, Managing the Aftermath of an Incident, and Legal Obligations and Duties of Employers

Managing Conflict from Quikies, Inc., a private, international food chain.
http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/hod2710/spring97/QUIKIE'S/conflict.html
As the name Quikies suggests, this single page provides a fast forward on learning about conflict management with selected Abstract Readings, a short list of Experts (consultants) and a concise group of Linked Sites. Extremely informative and to-the-point.

Conflict Mediation/Resolution

Joe Ravick's Home Page, Appropriate Resolutions
http://www.appropriate-resolutions.org/
"As managing mediator of Appropriate Resolutions, I offer this page (a work in progress) as an introduction to mediation, conciliation, facilitation and other appropriate resources which enable people and organizations to analyze, manage and resolve conflicts and disputes pro-actively and re-actively." Mr. Ravick's site is low on crass commercialism and high on information - a crash course in conflict management is provided on this single, ever-scrolling page.

"Negotiation Skills" by Christine Fiske and Janet A. Clark, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia, University Extension Web site, 1995-96. Article.
http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/hesguide/humanrel/gh6830.htm

Nonprofits - General Management

The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Newspaper of the Nonprofit World
http://philanthropy.com/
Internet Resources page has several links related to leadership and management training.

Information for Nonprofits
http://www.nonprofit-info.org
Just what the name of this site implies. The FAQs are invaluable with topics ranging from starting a nonprofit to automating one.

The Management Center
http://www.tmcenter.org
Founded in 1977, The Management Center is an innovative nonprofit organization that provides management assistance to more than 750 Northern California nonprofit organizations annually. Their dense website connects the end-user with myriad resources for nonprofit management.

Public Art on the Net
http://www.zpub.com/public
A comprehensive site with extensive links.

The Society of Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.snpo.org/publications/planning.html
Page listing all articles on "Planning" that have appeared in its publications.

Lessons Learned

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