Managing People in Charities provides an overview of personnel management for the busy charity manager.

It offers practical advice and guidance on the recruitment, management and development of staff and volunteers. Written in an easy to read, non-technical style, it combines ‘how to’ guides to basic personnel practices with advice on best practice.

This new edition has been updated to reflect the latest employment law and regulation, and also includes additional material on trustee-executive staff relations and a new chapter on managing volunteers.

Illustrated with checklists, short cases and models, the book provides accessible and practical guidance on personnel management for managers who are faced with the special challenges of the charity sector.

• Presents personnel management in full charity context
• Includes full coverage of responsibilities of trustees and chief executives
• New chapters on the legal context and managing volunteers
• Packed with templates, checklists and cases

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Paperback •  ISBN: 9781860721250 •   304 pages • Published April 2001 • £21.95

Contents
The uniqueness of the voluntary sector
Managing staff: responsibilities of trustees and chief executives
Managing staff: The legal framework
Managing staff: rules, procedures and best practice in times of change
Communication and staff involvement
Staff conditions: what you’ve got to do
Staff conditions: what you may want to do
Effective recruitment
Selecting fairly and efficiently
Developing staff: Motivation and Training
Developing staff: supervision, appraisal and personal development
Taking the tough decisions
Managing volunteers
Developing a personnel strategy
Directory
Epilogue

About the author
John Burnell: John Burnell is director of Personnel Solutions, a consultancy specialising in professional advice and guidance for not-for-profit organisations.