Passion for Community

Despite the clear problems with community management, I believe it to be a model of governance that engages the hearts and minds of its citizens and contributes to a society based on principles of social justice and inclusion. George Bernard Shaw eloquently describes the passion underpinning this model of organizational governance:

“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community,
and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.”

References

• Klatovsky, Glen and Mahony, Catherine, 2010, The Future of Community Management: Reviewing our Governance Model, NCOSS.
• Henry,K, Land, M and Roach, D. 1990, Community Management: A Working Model, Local Community Services Association, Sydney, p 3
• Nyland, Julie, 1993, Community Management – a model in crisis?i n Beyond Swings and Roundabouts: Shaping the Future of Community Services in Australia, Jane Inglis and Lyla Rogan (eds.) Pluto Press, 126 -127
• Productivity Commission Report, 2010, Contribution of the Not-for-Profit Sector, Canberra

Table of Contents

Related posts:

1. The Future of Community Management: NGO Perspectives – A Practitioner’s View
2. The Demands of Community Management
3. The Dark Side of Community Management
4. Support Mechanisms – What Can Enable Community Management to Work?
5. Pre-Requisites for Effective Community Management – What Works?
6. The Problems of Community Management – What Doesn’t Work?
7. Benefits of Community Management