Change Strategies That Promote Innovation
Throughout this course, you have read about a wide range of innovative nonprofit organizations that provide a variety of services throughout the globe. For this discussion post, select one organization whose ability to implement organizational change (either new organization development or a change in an existing organization) most impressed you.
What elements of this innovative organization do you believe are critical to its overall success?
Identify key places in the organization’s development in which resistance to development and evolution could have resulted in a failed organization.
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Cnaan, R. A., & Kaplan, V. D. R. (Eds.). (2014). Cases in innovative nonprofits: Organizations that make a difference. SAGE Publications.
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