Thursday, December 11, 2008

Financial and Accounting Guide for Not for Profit Organizations or Organizational Communication for Survival

Financial and Accounting Guide for Not-for-Profit Organizations

Author: John H McCarthy CPA

This Seventh Edition is filled with authoritative advice on the financial reporting, accounting, and control situations unique to not-for-profit organizations. It contains discussions of the accounting and reporting guidelines for different types of organizations, complete guidance on tax and compliance reporting requirements, illustrated explanations of various types of acceptable financial statements, and much more!

Booknews

Written chiefly for managers of not-for-profit organizations, this book offers guidance on the management of financial resources and effectively communicating the organization's financial activities to its members and the public. It also provides instruction on the interpretation of annual financial reports, and their uses in making informed decisions. Compliance requirements are detailed for each state, and specific recommendations are provided. Issues related to control and book-keeping are emphasized. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



Table of Contents:
Responsibilities of Treasurers and Chief Executive Officers.
KEY FINANCIAL CONCEPTS.
Accounting Distinctions between Not-for-Profit and Commercial Organizations.
Cash versus Accrual Basis Accounting.
Fund Accounting and Internal Financial Reporting.
Interfund Transfers and Appropriations.
Fixed Assets--Some Accounting Problems.
Fixed Assets--Depreciation.
Investment Income, Gains and Losses, and Endowment Funds.
Affiliated Organizations, "Pass-Through" Transactions, and Mergers.
Contributions, Pledges, and Noncash Contributions.
Accounting Issues Relating to Fundraising.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION.
Cash Basis Financial Statements.
Accrual Basis Financial Statements.
Multiclass Financial Statements.
ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING GUIDELINES.
Voluntary Health and Welfare Organizations.
Colleges and Universities.
Health Care Providers.
Accounting Standards for Other Not-for-Profit Organizations.
Special Accounting Issues for Specific Organizations.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board and Future Trends in Not-for-Profit Accounting.
CONTROLLING THE NOT-FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
The Importance of Budgeting.
Avoiding Bankruptcy.
Small Organizations--Obtaining the Right Bookkeeper.
Small Organizations--Providing Internal Control.
Effective Internal Accounting Control for Not-for-Profit Organizations.
Independent Audits.
Investments.
PRINCIPAL FEDERAL TAX AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.
Principal Federal Tax Requirements.
Principal Federal Tax Forms Filed.
State Compliance Requirements.
Audits of Federally Funded Programs.
SETTING UP AND KEEPING THE BOOKS.
Cash BasisBookkeeping.
Simplified Accrual Basis Bookkeeping.
Full Accrual Basis Bookkeeping.
Fund Accounting Bookkeeping.
Automating the Accounting Records.
Appendices.
Bibliography.
Index.

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Organizational Communication for Survival: Making Work, Work

Author: Virginia Peck Richmond

Assuming a unique perspective for an organizational communication text, this “handbook” focuses students on how to communicate with managers and peers to survive, thrive and prosper in organizational environments.

The nature of organizations; nonverbal communication; administration, supervision, and communication; barriers to effective communication, communication traits, perceptions of people in organizations, approaches to management, management styles and decision-making, power and status, organizational culture, supervisory and subordinate relationships; and disagreement, conflict and Groupthink.

Organizational communication.



Table of Contents:
Preface     xi
The Nature of Organizations     1
Types of Organizations     2
Common Characteristics of All Organizations     3
Organizational Environments     9
Preliminary Principles for Peons     10
Viewing Organizations     14
References and Recommended Readings     14
Study Guide     15
The Nature of Communication in Organizations     16
Myths and Misconceptions about Communication in Organizations     16
Organizational Communication Defined     20
Components of Communication     20
Functions of Communication in Organizations     25
Organizational Communication Networks     27
Formal Communication Flow and Impact     28
References and Recommended Readings     31
Study Guide     31
Nonverbal Behavior and Communication     32
Significance of Nonverbal Communication in Organizations     33
Functions of Nonverbal Messages     34
Categories of Nonverbal Messages     36
Immediacy and Organizational Communication     42
References and Recommended Readings     45
Study Guide     46
Administration,Supervision, and Communication     47
Supervisors' Duties: Subordinates' Views     48
Why Aren't Managers Doing Their Jobs?     50
To Supervise or to Administer? That is the Question     54
What Kind of Manager Do You Have?     56
References and Recommended Readings     56
Study Guide     57
Barriers to Effective Communication     58
Climate Control     58
Status     60
Communication Overload     61
Defensiveness     65
References and Recommended Readings     67
Study Guide     67
Personality, Temperament, and Communication Traits     69
Personality and Temperament     69
Temperament/Personality and Communication     70
Communication Traits     71
Sociocommunicative Orientations and Styles     77
References and Recommended Readings     80
Study Guide     81
Organizational Orientations and Communication Traits     82
Organizational Orientations     82
Personality Types     85
Organizational Orientations and Temperament     90
Organizational Orientations, Temperament, and Communication Traits      91
Organizational Orientations, Temperament, and Organizational Outcomes     91
References and Recommended Readings     92
Study Guide     93
Perceptions of People in Organizations     94
Source Credibility     96
Interpersonal Attractiveness     97
Homophily     100
References and Recommended Readings     103
Study Guide     104
Approaches to Management     105
Early Orientations     106
Leadership Approaches     110
The Ideal Leader?     114
Management Communication Styles and Decision Making     114
Decision Making and Communication     117
Why Managers Select One MCS Over Another     119
Identifying the MCS     122
References and Recommended Readings     123
Study Guide     124
Power and Status     125
Nature of Status     125
Status Symbols     126
Communication and Status     127
Power     129
From the Peon's Perspective     134
References and Recommended Readings     135
Study Guide     136
Organizational Culture      137
Defining Culture     137
Culture and Communication     138
Cultural Terminology     138
Organizations and Cultures     140
Ethnocentrism     142
References and Recommended Readings     149
Study Guide     150
Communication and Change     151
Why People Resist Change in Organizations     151
Informal Communication Network Roles     153
Innovativeness: The Willingness to Adopt     159
Introducing Change     162
Six Conditions Necessary for Successful Change     168
References and Recommended Readings     170
Study Guide     170
Disagreement, Conflict, and Groupthink     171
Disagreement and Conflict     172
Tolerance for Disagreement     174
Conflict Prevention     178
Conflict Management     180
Groupthink: Too Much Agreement for the Good of the Organization     181
References and Recommended Readings     185
Study Guide     185
Effective Supervisory and Subordinate Relationships     187
Why Some Do Not Survive: Ten Common Communication Mistakes     190
How to Survive: Common Communication Strategies for Survival     193
References and Recommended Readings     199
Study Guide     199
Discrimination and Pseudodiscrimination     201
The Need for Discrimination     201
The Evils of Discrimination     202
Making Evaluations Work (For You)     203
Staying Out of Trouble: The Peon Perspective     205
Dealing with Pseudodiscrimination and Diversity     206
References and Recommended Readings     207
Study Guide     207
Index     208

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