Author Stephen R. Block presents students, academics, and professionals working in a wide variety of contexts with an examination of the roles and responsibilities of nonprofit boards and common barriers to their success in the nonprofit world. The author has organized the main body of his text in ten chapters devoted to the role of human service organizations in society, boards of directors in human service organizations, the social worker as a leader and manager, and a wide variety of other related subjects. The author is a faculty member of the University of Colorado. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)