1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455480703321

Autore

Cutt James <1937, >

Titolo

Accountability and effectiveness evaluation in non-profit organizations / / James Cutt and Vic Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-61338-5

0-429-23242-X

1-280-31764-7

0-203-46136-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the management of voluntary and non-profit organizations ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

MurrayVictor V

Disciplina

658/.048

Soggetti

Nonprofit organizations - Auditing

Nonprofit organizations - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction; Accountability: the foundations of performance measurement, evaluation and reporting; Generating information to serve accountability relationships: evaluation methods and processes; Recent research on accountability relationships and evaluation: what really goes on?; The use of information in the accountability relationship: further evidence of human problems in the evaluation process; Taking the next step: developing general standards of performance reporting for non-profit organizations

Grappling with the dilemmas of evaluation: a review of existing evaluation tools for non-profit organizations From concepts to practice: improving cost information for decision-making in non-profit organizations; Case studies in performance measurement: 1 Capital Mental Health Association; Case studies in performance measurement: 2 The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Making sense of multiple measures of performance: an assessment of the CCAF/FCVI approach to annual performance reporting



Performance measurement in non-profit organizations: a note on integration and focus within comprehensiveness The Value Sieve: accountable choices among incommensurable programmes; Summary and conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This unique volume provides new perspectives on assessing the performance of nonprofit organizations whilst meeting the information needs of decision-makers, both internal (such as resource-providers, regulators and clients), and external (including boards, managers, staff and volunteers).Whilst most discussions of accountability focus exclusively on financial accountability, this title offers a significant contribution to a relatively untouched area by combining the treatment of both evaluation and accountability from a managerial perspective.With increased interest in the co

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910711943203321

Autore

Schneider Robert <1921->

Titolo

Cenomanian-Turonian aquifer of central Israel : its development and possible use as a storage reservoir / / by Robert Schneider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1964

Washington : , : United States Government Printing Office

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 20 pages, 3 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Geological Survey water-supply paper ; ; 1608-F

Contributions to the hydrology of Asia and Oceania

Soggetti

Aquifers - Israel

Aquifers

Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared in cooperation with Water Planning for Israel, Limited (TAHAL), under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 20).