Human Resource Management Information for Nonprofit Organizations
NOTE: The vast majority of human resource practices are the same in organizations, whether for-profit or nonprofit. Therefore, nonprofit personnel should also review information in the library's topic Human Resources Management: An Overview.
Compensation and Benefits
Policies
Audit Your Personnel Management Practices
Compensation and Benefits
Setting Nonprofit SalariesNonprofits: What kinds of retirement plans can NPOs have?
Compare Benefits of 401(k) and 403(b) Plans
New Rules Lift the Lid on Non-Profit Pay
Nonprofit Salary information
How does your nonprofit salary compare?
Policies
The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits provides description of the development of personnel policies. They also provide information about conducting performance evaluations. The Council also provides their personnel policies as an example.Energize, Inc. (http://www.energizeinc.com/art.html) includes a good article about personnel policies for volunteers (http://www.energizeinc.com/art/abyd.html) that is also useful for personnel policies, in general.
Audit Your Personnel Management Practices
To conduct a general audit of your human resource practices, see Human Resources Indicators.Minnesota Council of Nonprofits "Principles and Practices for Nonprofits" about HR (scroll down to Human Resources)
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For-Profit
Field
Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business
- by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Provides step-by-step, highly practical guidelines to recruit and retain the best employees for your business. Research shows that employee turnover is often the result of poor supervision -- this book shows you how to supervise employees so that the needs of both the business and its emplyees are always being met. Includes tips and tools to effectively lead yourself, other individuals, groups and organizations. Also includes guidelines to avoid burnout -- a very common problem, especially among employees of small businesses.
The following books are recommended because of their highly practical nature and often because they include a wide range of information about this Library topic. To get more information about each book, just hover your cursor over the image of the book. A "bubble" of information will be displayed. You can click on the title of the book in that bubble to get more information, too.
Nonprofit
Field
Guide to Leadership and Supervision With Nonprofit Staff
- by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Provides step-by-step, highly practical guidelines to recruit and retain the best staff members for your nonprofit. Includes guidelines to effectively lead yourself (as a Board member or a staff member), other individuals, groups and the nonprofit organizations. Includes guidelines to avoid burnout -- a very common problem among nonprofit staff. Explains how to cultivate a strong relationship between the Board and Execuive Director. This book is customized to nature and needs of nonprofits having extremely limited resources.
The following books are recommended because of their highly practical nature and often because they include a wide range of information about this Library topic. To get more information about each book, just hover your cursor over the image of the book. A "bubble" of information will be displayed. You can click on the title of the book in that bubble to get more information, too.
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Supervision -- Recommended Books
Training and Development -- Recommended Books
