Marvin D Feit, David Feehan

Making Business Districts Work (eBook, ePUB)

Leadership and Management of Downtown, Main Street, Business District, and Community Development Org

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Unprecedented, broad coverage of downtown and community development topics from a practitioner's viewpoint!

Making Business Districts Work: Leadership and Management of Downtown, Main Street, Business District, and Community Development Organizations is the essential desk reference for downtown and community business district profe

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136773297
• Artikelnr.: 45135887

Autorenporträt

Marvin D Feit, David Feehan

Inhaltsangabe

About the Editors Contributors Introduction PART I: THE FIELD OF DOWNTOWN
AND BUSINESS DISTRICT MANAGEMENT Chapter 1. The State of Business District
Revitalization (Brad Segal) Chapter 2. Leading the Downtown (Richard
Bradley) A Long History of Leadership Continuous Demands for Leadership
Leadership As a Collective and Cooperative Undertaking Leadership As
Initiating and Managing Change Chapter 3. The New Role of Downtown Leaders
(Richard T. Reinhard) Comparing Past and Present Some Specific Causes of
Change Reality of Today Spectrum of Changes Conclusion Chapter 4. The
Vision-Driven Downtown Organization (David Feehan) Creating a Shared Vision
The Vision Statement Past Experience, Future Vision PART II: ORGANIZING THE
DOWNTOWN CORPORATION Chapter 5. Complex Organizational Structures (James A.
Cloar) Background Simple Structures Evolving Responses Expanded Missions
Complex Structure Models Case Study: Downtown St. Louis Points to Consider
Chapter 6. Boards and Committees?Goverance (Kate Joncas) Introduction
Conflicts of Interest Achieving Consensus Successful Relationships with
Organizations Too Many Issues, Too Little Time The New Reality: Local
Business Leadership Is No Longer Local Chapter 7. Making the Most of Human
Resources (Catherine Coleman) Introduction Who's the Boss? Good Management
Begins with Good Employees Motivating Employees and Building the Team Know
the Law and Follow the Rules A Bad Apple Can Spoil the Bunch No Need to
Reinvent the Wheel Chapter 8. Financial Management?Keeping the Numbers
Straight (Michael Weiss) Getting Started Assessments and Revenue Preparing
a Budget Revenue Cash Flow Expenses Financial Records and Reports Expense
Monitoring Internal Controls Audits Reporting to Your Board and Others
Staffing and Skills Required Conclusion Chapter 9. Staffing Structure and
Compensation Management (Dong Soo Kim, David Feehan, and Sarah Rose)
Introduction About the Survey CEO Characteristics Downtown Organizations
Compensation Staffing Funding Conclusion Chapter 10. Resource Raising As a
Downtown Management and Revitalization Strategy (Tom Verploegen) Quality,
Quality, Quality Defining Resource Raising Three Resource-Raising
Categories Resource Raising General Examples Resource Raising Specific
Examples The 5 Ws and H How to Close the Deal PART III: OPERATING IN A
COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT Chapter 11. Strategic Planning?Charting the Course
(Sandra Goldstein) Introduction What Is Strategic Planning? What Are the
Benefits of Strategic Planning? What Are the Steps in the Strategic
Planning Process? How Is a Work Plan Created Through the Strategic Planning
Process? Where Do You Start? What Is the SWOT Analysis? Outcomes How Is the
Work Plan Reinforced? Conclusion Appendix A: Stamford Downtown Special
Services District Chapter 12. Diversity: Incorporating and Benefiting from
Differences (Barbara Askins) Introduction What Does Diversity Mean for
Downtown Organizations? Benefits of Inclusion Tools and Strategies Goals
and Objectives Actions of the Board of Dire