▸ Chapter 5Executive Director
Originally published in The International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, edited by Jay M. Shafritz. Copyright © 1998 by Jay Shafritz. Reprinted by permission of Westview Press, a member of Perseus Books Group.
[Executive director” is] a title that accompanies the management role for the highest-ranking staff position in a private nonprofit organization. In some states, the heads of public agencies are also referred to as executive directors.
Early developments in commerce, followed by improved manufacturing technologies during the Industrial Revolution, led to stronger interests in management techniques during the late 1800s and into the twentieth ...
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