Human Resources Management in a Voluntary Organization: Habitat for Humanity International.
Habitat for Humanity is an ecumenical Christian housing organization. It builds houses with donated materials and labour and then sells them to low-income families with no-interest mortgages. Employing both paid staff and volunteers, and attempting to deliver a product-housing-and a social message-identified within Habitat for Humanity as the 'philosophy of the hammer'-presents the human resources department with intense challenges. This report analyzes its Human Resources processes and their results in this complex environment. 16 pgs. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
