Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations or Taguchis Quality Engineering Handbook

Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations: A Comprehensive Guide

Author: George L Head

Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations explains and defines risk management, especially as it applies to nonprofits. It provides comprehensive guidance on such topics as identifying risk, prioritising risk, selecting appropriate risk management techniques, implementing risk management techniques, monitoring risk management, and financing.
* Includes diagrams of the risk management cycle and dimensions of risk graphic
* The nature of these unique risks and the special challenges facing a nonprofit that embarks on a risk management program will also be addressed.
* Written by two leaders at the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, a management assistance organization that provides informational resources, technical assistance, and training to an estimated 20,000 nonprofits annually

Table of Contents:

Pt. I	Managing Risk in the Nonprofit Sector	1
Ch. 1	The Nature and Purposes of Risk Management	3
Ch. 2	Recognizing the Context for Risk Management	35
Pt. II	Understanding the General Risks Facing Nonprofit Organizations	41
Ch. 3	Property Risks	43
Ch. 4	Income Risks	63
Ch. 5	Liability Risks	89
Ch. 6	People Risks	115
Ch. 7	Reputation and Mission Risks	133
Ch. 8	Managing Volunteer Risks	149
Ch. 9	Governance and Fiduciary Risks	165
Ch. 10	Managing Risks Related to Serving Vulnerable Populations	191
Ch. 11	Managing the Risks of Transporting Clients	211
Ch. 12	Managing Collaboration Risk	227
Pt. III	Risk Financing for Nonprofits	249
Ch. 13	Fundamental Objectives and Alternatives for Risk Financing	251
Ch. 14	Working with Insurance Professionals	259
Ch. 15	Insurance	263
	Epilogue: A Risk Management Decalogue	281
	Glossary	291
	Bibliography	307
	Resource Organizations	311
	Index	315

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Taguchi's Quality Engineering Handbook

Author: Genichi Taguchi

"This book is a great demonstration of this powerful approach and how it can make a meaningful difference in any type of business. It takes a dedicated engineering approach to implement, but the payback in customer satisfaction and growth is dramatic."
—Lou Giuliano, chairman, president, and CEO, ITT Industries

No other single volume presents the full breadth of founding beliefs behind the successful engineering practices used by today's leading companies. Helpful to companies in both manufacturing and service industries, Taguchi's Quality Engineering Handbook provides accessible material on such topics as:

• Quality loss function
• On-line quality engineering
• Signal-to-noise ratio
• Robust engineering
• Design of experiments (known as the "Taguchi method")
• Mahalanobis–Taguchi Systems (MTS)
• and more.

Prize or Award

• AAP Awards for Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing, 2006