Business Practices and Organizational Development

First Nations Development Institute provides several reports about business practices and organizational development.

In 2004 First Nations Development Institute published a series of nonprofit capacity building booklets that were made possible with the generous support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. These were published in booklet form and should be printed and folded for the text to flow properly.

	Controlling Consulting: Understanding the Basics (2004) (218 KB)		Controlling Consulting: Hiring and Managing the Consultancy (2004) (198 KB)

	Writing a Business Plan (2004) (201 KB)		Business Plan Example (2004) (157 KB)

	*Thoughts About Creating a Marketing Plan (2004)* (196 KB)		Providing a Long Term "Map" for Organizational Effectiveness (2004) (556 KB)

	*For-Profit Feasibility Planning for Nonprofit Organizations (2004)* For-Profit Feasibility Planning for Nonprofits (196 KB)

The Native American Entrepreneurship Report (2002) (244 KB)
This 2002 report is an examination of the extent of entrepreneurial activity in Native communities and identifies ways to increase such activities.

Forest Certification on Tribal Land: A Resource Manual for Native American Forest Management Operations and Forest Product Enterprises (2002) (3.9 MB)
This manual was written to offer a decision-making tool and a resource guide to Native communities and tribes in the U.S. that are interested in sustainable forestry and in obtaining some form of public recognition for their forestry practices through a third-party forest certification program.

Redefining Success in Community Development: A New Approach for Determining and Measuring the Impact of Development (1994) (6 MB)
This 1994 Tufts University Richard Schramm Paper on Community Development was authored by Sherry Salway Black of First Nations Development Institute.

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Business Practices and Organizational Development