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Outside Management Links of Interest
Most Church management sites are limited to data collection, accounting, scheduling and other software templates for communication. These are helpful, but limited in their management applications. Vital strategies and tactics are not touched by many firms. For example:
Church Works http://www.churchworks.com/?gclid=CM-UusrU0IYCFTM1GAodW0qT6A
Church Management www.discountchristian.com/church_management.html
Articles on management applied to Church organization are numerous, but seem to limit the number and value of writings by management educators and practicing business or industrial managers. Here are several on-line writings:
Enrichment Journal Fall 2003/Winter 2004: Managing the Local Church
http://www.gospelpublishing.com/store/startitem.cfm?item=751500&cat=GPINDEX&mastercat=&path=GPINDEX
Time Magazine Management Archive on Church Management www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,723408,00.html
The National Center on Non Profit Enterprise. http://www.nationalcne.org/
The Nonprofit Times Financial Management Edition publishes "Notes from NCNE," a bimonthly column that features for free current research, advice and useful information on a variety of business and economic issues facing nonprofit organizations
Christian Management Association http://www.cmaonline.org/
Christian Management Association Downloads of Management Articles
http://cmaonline.org/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID7419|CHID643398|CIID2006068,00.html
The Ten-Step, One-Day Strategic Plan By Nancy Olsen
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-msgr&p=The%20Ten-Step%2c%20One-Day%20Strategic%20Plan%20%20By%20Nancy%20Olsen
Christianity Today article archives, .
http://www.christianitytoday.com/yc/2000/003/9.59.html
Top 10 Weaknesses Revealed in ECFA Field Reviews By Paul D. Nelson
Christian Management Report (November 1997) Christian Management Association http://www.cmaonline.org/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID7419|CHID643384|CIID2005308,00.html
“Six Types of Small Groups to Help Churches.” Christianity Today. An article found on the Christianity Today Web Site, June 15, 2005. http://www.christianitytoday.com
Business Planning (for nonprofits or not-for-profits) Business planning aids when working to improve the management of a current organization, product or service
http://www.managementhelp.org/plan_dec/bus_plan/bus_plan.htm
Business and Industrial Management Links
One of the of the goals of "The Work of Service" is to educate Christians on the value of good management principles, strategies and tactics for management of Church operations. Management was first found in the Bible, God’s instructions on success for His people and His Church. Business and Industrial firms borrowed successful management from the Bible anyway. Because they are God's principles, successful management at General Electric can be selectively applied to Christian Churches.
American Society for Training and Development. http://www.astd.org/astd
Management Science Webb site. A classic 1986 management article by Huber and McDaniel entitled “The Decision Making Paradigm of Organizational Design” http://mansci.pubs.informs.org/
American Management Association (AMA) AMA On-Line Library, Free registration required. http://www.amanet.org/online_library/home.cfm You can read, copy, download all articles. An example follows.
30 Tips to Manage Successfully, from AMA on-Line Library, August 8, 2006. http://www.amanet.org/online_library/tips/30_ManageSuccessfully.cfm
Specialized Management Associations
There are many specialized management associations which provide training and information to their members. Most have free articles and hints for the public. Two examples are given here:
Association for Information and Image Management:
Organizations for users and vendors of document imaging, document management and knowledge management www.aiim.org/
The Financial Management Association International (FMA) was established in 1970 and has become the global leader in developing and disseminating knowledge www.fma.org/
Management Consultants
A host of service firms in Management Consulting have sites that provide no-cost information in addition to fee-based services. Several Examples follow:
Capgemini offers leadership, brochures, success stories, and news on topics ranging from RFID technology to supply-chain consulting and from manufacturing solutions to key issues in health care http://www.capgemini.com/resources/
Action International The Action Coaching Business Library gives you access to hundreds of articles that will give you ideas on marketing your business, selling your products and services, growing your business and personal growth. http://www.actioncoaching.com/?area=library
Management By Objectives Management by Objectives (MBO) is the management system described and adopted by Drh in the Documents and the Handbook available on the present Church Small Group Management Web site you are reading now. Management by objectives is one of the more defensible methods for evaluating and managing performance that includes setting measurable goals and objectives and evaluating by those standards.
Business ECoach http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/mgmt_mbo_main.html
This site, recognized by Google as the number 1 Web site for Management by Objectives, contains a fabulous summary of the definition, the focus, the core concepts, the main principles, the Drucker five step process, the three steps of the MBO stragegy, and the eight procedures of managing for results. Much more. This would be a tremendous place to start your study of Management by Objectives.
Management by Objectives (MBO) Carter McNamara, PhD | Applies to nonprofits
http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/mgmt_mbo_main.html McNamara has assembled a number of helpful articles along with an extensive list of links to individual topics related to Management by Objectives. Each topic and each set of Web links can be examined at length, or a single source contains many of the individual topics for not-for-profit organizations.
Smart Management by Objectives.
www.valuebasedmanagement.net/methods_smart_management_by_objectives.html Full explanation of this strategic management framework, where and how it can be used. Includes links to more management and corporate strategy tools.
The Performance Management & Appraisal Help Center http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/mgmt_mbo_main.html
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