NGO leadership and human rights / [Book] / Richard K. Ghere ; forword by H. George Frederickson.

Published by arrangement with Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., Boulder, Colorado (USA).

Foreword • Preface Chapter 1: Introduction: NGOs, Human Rights, and Leadership • NGOs • Human Rights, Dignity, and NGOs • NGO Leadership: Making Hope “Real” • Career Development Issues • Conclusion Chapter 2: Slippery Terminology: Strategically Crafted Rhetoric in Development and Human Rights• Terminology and Political Opportunity • What Five Strategically Crafted Buzzwords Can Do • Slippery Humanitarianism: The Convergence Agenda and • “Good Humanitarian Donorship” • NGO Roles in Analyzing and Affecting Rights-Related Discourse • Conclusion Chapter 3: Rights-Based Leadership and Transformative Change • “Change” for Advancing Human Rights • Promoting Rights-Based Change • Conclusion Chapter 4: Organization and Management in Pursuit of Rights-Based Missions • Reconciling the Formal and Informal • Emphasizing Context and Culture • Participation and NGO Leadership • Timing, Prudence, and Sustainable Accomplishment • Management Control Functions in a Rights-Based Context • Conclusion Chapter 5: Performance and Accountability in Rights-Focused NGOs• Performance and Accountability: Critical Challenges for Rights-Based Leadership • Impact Assessment and Rights-Based Leadership • Conclusion Chapter 6: Organization Learning and Knowledge Management as Foundations of Rights-Based Accomplishment• The Information Environment • Knowledge(s), Knowledge Management, and Organization Learning • Knowledge, Learning, and Networks • Conclusion Chapter 7: Gender and Rights Advancement • Gender Awareness as a Lens: Analyzing Interests and • Power Relationships • Gender Mainstreaming: Lens and Lever • Conclusion Chapter 8: Human Resources Management in Humanitarian and Development NGOs • The Context of NGO Human Resources Management • Human Resources Functions in NGO Settings • Conclusion Chapter 9: Conclusion: Rights-Based Leadership in NGOs• Management Environments and Rights-Leveraging Capabilities • Surmounting Obstacles to Making Hope “Real” and Intentional • Critical Managerial Competencies in Rights-Focused NGOs • Realistic Career Planning Bibliography • Index .

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