Improving Think Tank Management: Practical Guidance for Think Tanks, Research Advocacy NGOs, and Their FundersHillcrest Publishing Group, 5 mei 2015 - 464 pagina's Improving Think Tank Management: Practical Guidance for Think Tanks, Research Advocacy NGOs, and Their Funders demonstrates better management is possible, cost-effective, and rewarding for leaders and funders of think tanks. The book contains contemporary and actionable best practices, case studies, templates, and strategies used by real organizations to improve management. In this comprehensive guide, Raymond Struyk encourages think tank managers to make improvements to increase efficiency and guides them through lowering the costs of making those improvements. The examples shared confront specific issues managers often experience, such as difficulty motivating staff, controlling project costs, assisting project leaders, and becoming more efficient with fundraising. |
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Management Matters | 1 |
1 Sections of Particular Relevance for Research Advocacy Organizations | 8 |
Concrete Data and Examples Are Best | 12 |
Motivating Staff for Higher Productivity and Increased Retention | 21 |
1 Mean Number of Full Time Staff by Position Type | 23 |
Principles of Staff Motivation | 27 |
1 Illustrative Communications Staff Org Chart | 34 |
Annual Performance Evaluation | 40 |
2 Examples of a Delegation to the President and a Communication and Support for | 204 |
6 Moderating the Meeting | 210 |
Internal Decision Making and Communications | 213 |
1 Options for Sharing Documents Offsite | 221 |
Take Aways | 222 |
1 Example of Lack of Consistency within a Think Tank on Policy Engagement | 223 |
Building a Strategy Deciding on Innovations | 231 |
1 Strategic Planning Practices of the TTI48 Think Tanks | 245 |
their Location Year Founded | 45 |
1 Compensation System for Researchers at Sample Eastern European Think Tanks around | 46 |
Take Aways | 51 |
Attracting Senior Researchers | 59 |
Take Aways | 66 |
1 Sending Young Researchers Abroad for Tertiary Education | 68 |
University Courses to Affinity Groups | 73 |
1 Types of Think Tank Staff Training | 75 |
Think Tank Perspectives on Training | 87 |
3 Staff Training in CEE6 Think Thanks Data for the Year 2000 | 88 |
Creating Team Leaders | 97 |
1 Weights Assigned to Desirable Attributes of Team Leaders | 100 |
Team Leader Tasks | 109 |
4 Example of Forward Planning Staff Chart | 111 |
6 Types of Policy Issues from a Communications Perspective | 120 |
7 Characteristics of Alternative Leadership Styles | 127 |
Take Aways | 133 |
1 Center DirectorTeam Leader Duties and Responsibilities at the Data Policy Institute | 135 |
A Flexible Approach | 143 |
1 Product Review Guideline Summary | 148 |
Think Tank Practices | 158 |
2 Quality Control Procedures among GDN15 Think Tanks in 2010 | 159 |
Quality Control Systems Case Studies | 162 |
1 The Interaction of Academic Department Research Reviews and Those of University | 167 |
Getting Focused Advice from Your Board | 175 |
1 Information Provided for the Institute for Urban Economics 2013 Board | 185 |
2 Size of Boards of Trustees of TTI48 Think Tanks by Region 2010 | 191 |
Points for Founding Boards | 199 |
1 Example of a Board of Directors Mission Statement for a Think Tank | 203 |
Stimulation Innovation | 248 |
Take Aways | 257 |
1 Simplified Outline for an Institutionlevel Communications Strategy | 259 |
Pluses and Minuses of Government Funding | 263 |
1 Revenue Sources for the GDN15 and TTI48 Think Tanks | 264 |
3 Ways Government Agencies Are Organized for Contracting Out | 270 |
Challenges and Benefits of Being a Government Policy Research Contractor | 272 |
Making the Decision | 280 |
Accountability and Sustainability | 287 |
1 Time Sheet Example | 291 |
Sponsors Treatment of Indirect Costs | 296 |
5 Example Institute Statement of Salaries and Fringe Benefits | 302 |
Institute for Urban Economics Moscow | 305 |
Table CS 11 1 1 Computation of Indirect Costs Rates | 314 |
Monitoring Performance | 317 |
1 A Balanced Think Tank Information Scheme Illustrative Indicators | 321 |
Public Policy Perspective | 322 |
3 A Question Set on a Think Tanks Effectiveness from | 330 |
Funder Perspective | 332 |
Innovation and Learning Perspective | 340 |
6 Performance Indicators from the Innovation and Learning Perspective | 341 |
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About the Author | 367 |
The Think Tank Capacity Building Program in Baku | 371 |
Provisions | 394 |
List of Case Studies2 | 402 |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
activities administrative agencies agenda allocation analysis annual areas assessment blog board members board’s budget candidates Center challenge chapter CIPPEC’s clients communications consulting contracts decision DEEPANALYTICS discussion documents donors Dropbox effective employee evaluation example executive director experience Facebook FTEs full-time funders funding Haddaway his/her implementation important indicators indirect cost rate innovation Institute institute’s institution’s internal interviews issues mentoring monitoring NGOs operations organization organization’s participation particular percent performance performance appraisal policy engagement policy research position practices presentation president problems quality control questions relevant research staff responsibility s/he salary senior management senior researchers social media specific staff members Stage 3 think statement strategy strong Table tank’s TARKI tasks team leader team’s think tank management topics typically Urban Economics Urban Institute