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UNINA9910809922003321 |
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Autore |
Osborne Stephen P. <1953-> |
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Titolo |
Voluntary organizations and innovation in public services / / Stephen P. Osborne |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-67315-9 |
1-280-33849-0 |
0-203-26482-7 |
9786610338498 |
1-134-67316-7 |
0-203-06801-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (238 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in the management of voluntary and non-profit organizations ; ; 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human services - Great Britain |
Social service - Great Britain |
Associations, institutions, etc - Great Britain |
Nonprofit organizations - Great Britain |
Organizational change - Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-222) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Voluntary and non-profit organizations and innovation in public services; 2 Conceptualizing voluntary activity; Developing a typology of voluntary activity; Defining organized voluntary activity; 3 Innovations, innovators and innovating; The nature of innovation; Some wider issues in organization theory; VNPOs and innovation in the personal social services; Combining the literatures-the present state of knowledge and research questions for this study; 4 Research methodology |
Developing the research methodology used in this studyReliability and validity in this study; Initiating the research process; 5 Mapping and defining the innovative activity of VNPOs; Mapping the innovative activity of VNPOs; The attributes of innovative VNPOs; Conclusions; 6 |
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