Drawing on a strategic management framework, this text focuses on nonprofit organizations and their operation and management. It covers the nature of nonprofit organizations, including differences between organizational types; framing strategic choices by defining the operating domain, designing programs to create value, and assessing performance; needs, resources, community, and other providers in the external environment; internal resources and capabilities; program strategies; analysis of the task environment in terms of competition and cooperation; corporate strategy, structures, and planning; strategies for designing and implementing services for social impact using a theory of change; community building and advocacy as social and political strategies; financial resource strategies; interorganizational relationships; and strategic leadership. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)