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The Dilemmas of Bringing Your Culture With You: The Career Advancement Challenges of African-American Women Foundation ExecutivesLogan, Angela R. January 2014 (has links)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Grounded in leadership, cultural, communication, and gender studies, this dissertation investigates the challenges African-American women executives in the philanthropic foundation sector faced as they strive to have their culture legitimated within the culture of the workplace. Through the use of case study methodology, I examined the experiences of participants by conducting oral history interviews that traced their critical path to leadership. I also incorporated my own experiences in the field to further explore the connections between race, gender, and leadership styles in philanthropic organizations. The interviews and my own auto-ethnographic research explored the possible consequences of black executive women in the foundation world not being able to share aspects of their cultural lives in workplace networks and the impact of the critical exclusion of who they really are as whole human beings on the quality of their careers.
An analysis of data collected from the interviews revealed key factors critical to the success of study participants. First was the presence of familial or close adults actively engaged in philanthropic activity during the participants’ formative years. Second was a strong influence of a faith tradition. Additionally, the date revealed that participants’ involvement in outside leadership roles, often tied to their racial and gender identities, were not capitalized on by employers.
This study achieved several key outcomes. First, it afforded participants an opportunity to develop the personal satisfaction of expanding the body of knowledge related to leadership development within the philanthropic foundation sector. Additionally, by sharing their stories, these individuals were able to develop or strengthen mentorship relationships. Lastly, this study has the potential of being of significant benefit to the greater philanthropic foundation sector, since it worked towards the expansion of the body of knowledge specific to the issues of gender and cultural differences within the foundation sector.
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The Eugenic Origins of Indiana's Muscatatuck Colony: 1920-2005Bragg, Abigail Nicole 09 1900 (has links)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This thesis examines the widely unknown history and origins of Muscatatuck Colony, located in Butlerville, Indiana. The national eugenics movement impacted the United States politically, medically, legally, and socially. While the United States established mental institutions prior to the eugenics movement, many institutions, including ones in Indiana, were founded as eugenic tools to advance the agenda of achieving a “purer” society. Muscatatuck was one such state institution founded during this national movement.
I explore various elements that made the national eugenics movement effective, how Indiana helped advance the movement, and how all these elements impacted Muscatatuck’s founding. I investigate the language used to describe people that were considered “mentally inferior,” specifically who the “feeble-minded” were and how Americans were grouped into this category. I research commonly held beliefs by eugenicists of this time-period, eugenic methods implemented, and how these discussions and actions led to the establishment of Muscatatuck in 1920.
Muscatatuck Colony, though a byproduct of the national eugenics movement, outlived this scientific effort. Toward the mid and late twentieth century, Muscatatuck leadership executed institutional change to best reflect American society’s evolving thoughts on mental health and how best to treat people with mental disabilities. Muscatatuck Colony reveals a complicated narrative of how best to treat or care for people within these institutions, a complex narrative that many mental institutions share.
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Finansiële bestuur in die nie-winsgerigte welsynsorganisasieTheron, Shirley Marlene 11 1900 (has links)
Finansiele bestuur word aile~ as die taak van finansiele bestuurskundiges beskou.
By nie-winsgerigte organisasies raak dit egter dikwels die verantwoordelikheid van niefinansiE!
Ie personeel of bestuurslede uit 'n ander opleidingsagtergrond. Maatskaplike
werkers, een van die vemaamste diensprofessies betrokke by nie·w;nsgerigte
welsynsorganisasies, beskik nie noodwendig oor hierdie bestuursvaardighede nie.
Hierdie studie kan bydra tot maatskaplike werkers en ander nie-finansiele personeel
se verbeterde kennis en insig van sleutelaspekte van finansiele bestuur. Dit kan
terselfdertyd ook finansiele bestuurders sensitiseer vir die eiesoortig-gekompliseerde
eise van finansiele bestuur op die terrein van nie-winsgerigtheid, waar die fokus op
diensfewering eerder as finansiile gewin, val.
Dit konseptualiseer algemene bestuursfunksies en finansiele risikofaktore binne die
konteks en eiesoortigheid van nie-winsgerigte flnansiAie bestuur. Hierdie kennis kan
moontlik die gaping tussen die. bestuursvaardighede van finansiele- en nie-finansiele
bestuurders help oorbrug en die sukses en voortbestaan van nie-winsgerigte
welsynsorganisasies bevorder deur die kwaliteit van bestuursinsette te verbeter. / Financial management is commonly regarded to be the field of financial managers. In
the case of non-profit or voluntary organisations it often becomes the responsibility of
non-financial personnel or members of management from other educational
backgrounds. Social workers involved in non-profit organisations rendering welfare
services do not necessarily have the required financial management skills.
This study can provide social workers and other non-financial personnel with
information to better their understanding on key issues concerning financial
management. It can also sensitise financial managers towards the uniquely
complicated demands on financial management in the non-profit environment, where
the focus falls on service delivery rather than on financial gain.
It conceptualises management principles as well as financial risk factors in the distinct
context of non-profitable financial management. This knowledge could probably aid in
bridging the gap between the management skills of financial and non-financial
managers and thus promote the success and sustainabUity of non-profit organisations
by improving the quality of input by management. / Social work / M.Diac. (Maatskaplike werk (Bestruur)
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Ouditproses van 'n kerklike welsynsorganisasie : n beskrywing van maatskaplike werkers se ervaringPretorius, Manda 06 1900 (has links)
Evaluation determines the impact of social services as well as job performance and
assures communities that social workers render effective services. Post audits are done
as part of performance management at the Christian Social Councils in the Highveld
Synodal Region.
The purpose of this research is to look at the experiences of social workers that had a
post audit to determine whether adjustments to improve the audit system are needed.
A qualitative approach with an exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design
was followed. Participants were identified according to the purposive sampling
method. Data was collected during semi-structured interviews. The data was analysed
and verified according to the models of Tesch (in Creswell, 2003) and Guba (in
Krefting, 1991), respectively, and processed in the research report. / Social Work / M. A. (Social Science)
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Finansiële bestuur in die nie-winsgerigte welsynsorganisasieTheron, Shirley Marlene 11 1900 (has links)
Finansiele bestuur word aile~ as die taak van finansiele bestuurskundiges beskou.
By nie-winsgerigte organisasies raak dit egter dikwels die verantwoordelikheid van niefinansiE!
Ie personeel of bestuurslede uit 'n ander opleidingsagtergrond. Maatskaplike
werkers, een van die vemaamste diensprofessies betrokke by nie·w;nsgerigte
welsynsorganisasies, beskik nie noodwendig oor hierdie bestuursvaardighede nie.
Hierdie studie kan bydra tot maatskaplike werkers en ander nie-finansiele personeel
se verbeterde kennis en insig van sleutelaspekte van finansiele bestuur. Dit kan
terselfdertyd ook finansiele bestuurders sensitiseer vir die eiesoortig-gekompliseerde
eise van finansiele bestuur op die terrein van nie-winsgerigtheid, waar die fokus op
diensfewering eerder as finansiile gewin, val.
Dit konseptualiseer algemene bestuursfunksies en finansiele risikofaktore binne die
konteks en eiesoortigheid van nie-winsgerigte flnansiAie bestuur. Hierdie kennis kan
moontlik die gaping tussen die. bestuursvaardighede van finansiele- en nie-finansiele
bestuurders help oorbrug en die sukses en voortbestaan van nie-winsgerigte
welsynsorganisasies bevorder deur die kwaliteit van bestuursinsette te verbeter. / Financial management is commonly regarded to be the field of financial managers. In
the case of non-profit or voluntary organisations it often becomes the responsibility of
non-financial personnel or members of management from other educational
backgrounds. Social workers involved in non-profit organisations rendering welfare
services do not necessarily have the required financial management skills.
This study can provide social workers and other non-financial personnel with
information to better their understanding on key issues concerning financial
management. It can also sensitise financial managers towards the uniquely
complicated demands on financial management in the non-profit environment, where
the focus falls on service delivery rather than on financial gain.
It conceptualises management principles as well as financial risk factors in the distinct
context of non-profitable financial management. This knowledge could probably aid in
bridging the gap between the management skills of financial and non-financial
managers and thus promote the success and sustainabUity of non-profit organisations
by improving the quality of input by management. / Social work / M.Diac. (Maatskaplike werk (Bestruur)
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Ouditproses van 'n kerklike welsynsorganisasie : n beskrywing van maatskaplike werkers se ervaringPretorius, Manda 06 1900 (has links)
Evaluation determines the impact of social services as well as job performance and
assures communities that social workers render effective services. Post audits are done
as part of performance management at the Christian Social Councils in the Highveld
Synodal Region.
The purpose of this research is to look at the experiences of social workers that had a
post audit to determine whether adjustments to improve the audit system are needed.
A qualitative approach with an exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design
was followed. Participants were identified according to the purposive sampling
method. Data was collected during semi-structured interviews. The data was analysed
and verified according to the models of Tesch (in Creswell, 2003) and Guba (in
Krefting, 1991), respectively, and processed in the research report. / Social Work / M. A. (Social Science)
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The impact of federal government welfare expenditures on state government expenditures and philanthropic giving to human service organizations (HSOs) : 2005-2006Kim, Sung-Ju 12 June 2014 (has links)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / A sizeable body of research has attempted to examine the interaction between government spending and private giving known as the crowd-out effect. Most researchers reported that increases of government spending cause decreases of philanthropic giving to different types of nonprofits. However, few studies have attempted to indicate the interaction between government welfare expenditures and private giving to human service organizations even though human service organizations are the most sensitive to the changes of government spending. Additionally, the estimated crowd-out effects with a simple crowd-out model have been criticized for potential endogeneity bias. This paper investigates the total effect of federal government welfare spending on state government expenditures and philanthropic giving to human service organizations (known as joint crowd-out). I used the 2005 wave of the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS) to estimate the effect of federal human service grants on state government spending on, and donations to human services. From these reduced-form estimates I infer the levels of simple and joint crowd-out. I found that indicate federal spending on public welfare crowds out private giving to human service organizations while holding control variables constant in the donations equation. However, federal government spending on public welfare crowds in state government spending on public welfare.
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Navigating Identity through Philanthropy: A History of the Islamic Society of North America (1979 - 2008)Siddiqui, Shariq Ahmed January 2014 (has links)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This dissertation analyzes the development of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), a Muslim-American religious association, from the Iranian Revolution to the inauguration of our nation's first African-American president. This case study of ISNA, the largest Muslim-American organization in North America, examines the organization's institution-building and governance as a way to illustrate Muslim-American civic and religious participation. Using nonprofit research and theory related to issues of diversity, legitimacy, power, and nonprofit governance and management, I challenge misconceptions about ISNA and dispel a number of myths about Muslim Americans and their institutions. In addition, I investigate the experiences of Muslim-Americans as they attempted to translate faith into practice within the framework of the American religious and civic experience. I arrive at three main conclusions. First, because of their incredible diversity, Muslim-Americans are largely cultural pluralists. They draw from each other and our national culture to develop their religious identity and values. Second, a nonprofit association that embraces the values of a liberal democracy by establishing itself as an open organization will include members that may damage the organization's reputation. I argue that ISNA's values should be assessed in light of its programs and actions rather than the views of a small portion of its membership. Reviewing the organization's actions and programs helps us discover a religious association that is centered on American civic and religious values. Third, ISNA's leaders were unable to balance their desire for an open, consensus-based organization with a strong nonprofit management power structure. Effective nonprofit associations need their boards, volunteers and staff to have well-defined roles and authority. ISNA's leaders failed to adopt such a management and governance structure because of their suspicion of an empowered chief executive officer.
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"Charity Never Faileth": Philanthropy in the Short Fiction of Herman MelvilleGoldfarb, Nancy D. January 2014 (has links)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This dissertation analyzes the critique of charity and philanthropy implicit in
Melville’s short fiction written for periodicals between 1853 and 1856. Melville utilized narrative and tone to conceal his opposition to prevailing ideologies and manipulated narrative structures to make the reader complicit in the problematic assumptions of a market economy. Integrating close readings with critical theory, I establish that Melville was challenging the new rhetoric of philanthropy that created a moral identity for wealthy men in industrial capitalist society. Through his short fiction, Melville exposed self-serving conduct and rationalizations when they masqueraded as civic-minded responses to the needs of the community. Melville was joining a public conversation about philanthropy and civic leadership in an American society that, in its pursuit of private wealth, he believed was losing touch with the democratic and civic ideals on which the nation had been founded. Melville’s objection was not with charitable giving; rather, he objected to its use as a diversion from honest reflection on one’s responsibilities to others.
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