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Making Microfinance Work : Managing for Improved Performance.
Title:
Making Microfinance Work : Managing for Improved Performance.
Author:
Churchill, Craig.
ISBN:
9789221186588
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (442 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright information -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Acronyms -- I Introduction to Microfinance Management -- 1 The Manger's Manadate -- 2 Financial Services and the Poor -- 3 Institutional Options -- 4 Strategic Direction -- II Markets and Marketing -- Introduction -- 5 Microfinance Market Research -- 6 Product Development -- 7 Communicating Value -- 8 Customer Service -- 9 Customer Loyalty -- III Managing Risks -- 10 Introduction to Risk Management -- 11 Credit Risk -- 12 Staff Fraud and Security Risk -- 13 External Risks -- IV Organizational Structure -- Introduction -- 14 Human Resource Management -- 15 Institutional Culture -- 16 Organizational Structure -- 17 Using Organizational Architecture to Manage Growth -- V Towards Greater Efficiency and Productivity -- 18 Understanding Efficiency and Productivity -- 19 Performance Incentives -- 20 New Technologies -- 21 Managing Change -- 22 Costing and Pricing -- 23 Plans, Budgets and Reports -- 24 Managing Performance -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Microfinance has long been recognized as having significant potential to create jobs and reduce poverty. But to meet the twin challenges of growth and sustainability, managers of microfinance institutions (MFIs) must not only understand essential management functions: they must also be armed with innovative ideas and strategies to succeed in today's increasingly competitive environment. This training manual provides a valuable overview of the key management principles necessary to optimize ...
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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