Human Resource Policies and Procedures for Nonprofit Organizations - by Carol L Barbeito (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Get the tools you need to build a successful human resource management system!

Learn about organizational policies and procedures, nondiscrimination/affirmative action, recruitment, hiring, termination, compensation, supervision, employment conditions, administration, and volunteer policies--the framework for developing a comprehensive human resource management system for paid employees, volunteer workers, and outsourced work. This practical guide has handy features like a customizable CD-ROM full of sample policies, procedures, and forms that can be easily adapted to individual nonprofit organizations of any size, and it uses checklists extensively, enabling you to perform a step-by-step implementation of a complete, up-to-date human resource management system.

From the Back Cover

To help nonprofits create an effective work environment, Human Resource Policies and Procedures for Nonprofit Organizations provides a reliable framework for developing sound human resource management policies and procedures that will improve an organization's recruitment, motivation, and retention of a qualified workforce. This comprehensive resource also guides organizations in reducing the risk of lawsuits and claims by offering accessible knowledge of relevant laws and advice for implementing good employment practice policies for paid employees, volunteer workers, and outsourced workers.

Author Carol L. Barbeito's user-friendly explanations covering critical human resource policies and procedures are amply supplemented with examples of related forms and auxiliary information. Dozens of included sample policies, procedures, and forms can be easily adapted to any size nonprofit organization. Checklists are also provided to ensure a proper, step-by-step implementation process.

Nonprofit executive directors, boards of directors, and managers responsible for human resource functions will turn to this guide time and again for authoritative material on:

• Organizational policies and procedures
• Nondiscrimination and affirmative action
• Recruitment, hiring, and termination
• Compensation
• Supervision
• Employment conditions
• Administration
• Volunteer policies
• Client service policies

About the Author

CAROL L. BARBEITO is the founder and President of CLB & Associates, a consulting and training firm, since 1990. She has spent twenty-eight years as executive manager for a variety of nonprofit organizations, and for eighteen of those years she was an executive of organizations dedicated to building the capacity of other nonprofit organizations. She also founded the Applied Research & Development Institute International and served as its president for the 1990s. An international speaker on governance, human resource management, planning, resource development, capacity building, and applied research, she has published in such publications as the NonProfit Times and the Chronicle of Philanthropy, among others.