Advancing nonprofit organizational effectiveness research and theory: Nine theses

Herman, Robert D.; Renz, David O.

doi:10.1002/nml.195

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“…The group members mentioned that periodical reviews of the NPO's mandate, budget management, operational management and people efficiency management were essential to enhance effectiveness. Some notable studies [4,30] support the findings described in this section. The results of the study suggest a need to improve the literature representation by including "sustainability" and "full achievement of mandate".…”

Section: Financial and Non-financial Criteria Used By Npos To Enhancesupporting

confidence: 83%

“…NPO X was a major player in the fight against apartheid and has recorded significant achievements to date. NPO X has, therefore, endured constraints, which are associated with various political, social, economic, and technological developments [4] in South Africa. Furthermore, its Board comprises influential and prominent personalities in South Africa.…”

Section: Research Design and Methodsologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Determinants of Sustainability and Organisational Effectiveness in Non-Profit Organisations

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This case study investigates the criteria for organizational effectiveness in non-profit organizations (NPOs) with the aim to determine how the elements of sustainability fit within the criteria. To achieve this, the study utilized the research questions: "what criteria do NPOs use to evaluate their effectiveness?" and "how is sustainability embedded in NPO effectiveness?" The research design was interpretivist, adopting focus group interviews to obtain data. Specifically, two focus group interviews were held with the top management of an NPO which revealed that both financial and non-financial criteria were equally essential for NPO effectiveness. This finding is consistent with the literature, although it contradicts the initial assumption of the study that NPO effectiveness was based more on non-financial criteria than financial criteria. The study also found that the effectiveness of an NPO should be viewed in two ways: firstly, "the full achievement of its mandate" and, secondly, "the ability to run business projects to cover cost." It also emerged that both the ability to cover costs and the achievement of a mandate should be done in a sustainable manner (a sustainable manner is seen as one that is harmonious with the natural and the socio-political environment). The results of this paper present a practical case for the management of NPOs by reiterating that the full achievement of the NPO mandate and the successful running of social projects to generate funds for sustainability are key elements of effectiveness. Given the essential role that NPOs play in developing countries, this study has OPEN ACCESS Sustainability 2015, 7 9561 provided the foundation for more widespread enquiry into the sustainability and effectiveness of NPOs.

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Section: Financial and Non-financial Criteria Used By Npos To Enhancesupporting

confidence: 83%

Section: Research Design and Methodsologymentioning

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Determinants of Sustainability and Organisational Effectiveness in Non-Profit Organisations

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“…VSOs' organisational capabilities that were most positively affected included the capability to act by improving staff qualifications, organisational learning and processes; to relate through enhanced positive coverage of sport and the work of VSOs; to create aspirations for participation and excelling in sport, and to share know-how, as well as to generate developmental results through Games-generic and focused programmes. However, caution ought to be exercised when establishing a causal link between capacity and organisational effectiveness (Wing 2004), and as Herman and Renz (2008) warned, organisational effectiveness is a comparative, multidimensional social construct that is distinct from effectiveness at programme and network levels. The UK examples revealed that both BC and BPA were able to significantly enhance their capability to act through organisational skills and human resource development, and the capability to adapt and self-renew by changing organisational structures and repositioning the image of their sport/organisation as a whole.…”

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Leveraging Mega Events for Capacity Building in Voluntary Sport Organisations

Girginov

Peshin²,

Belousov³

2017

Voluntas

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Strengthening the work of national voluntary sport organisations (VSOs) is of strategic importance as they are considered custodians of their sport and have been entrusted with its governance, management of significant public funds and provision of services to a vast network of clubs and millions of participants. Using a mixed method approach, the study examined how VSOs in the UK and Russia leveraged the 2012 London and 2014 Sochi Olympics for capacity building. The political framing of the Games as a leverageable resource stimulated VSOs' engagement, but it was more on a tactical than strategic basis. Three main leveraging processes were employed by VSOs including aligning organisational objectives with the Games' strategic visions, using structured Olympic programmes and teaming up with a development partner. VSOs used the Games to enhance their organisational capacity in three areas of staff qualifications, organisational learning and performance management and created public value.

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“… Propensity to build relational networks, defined by Herman & Renz (2008) as the capability of focusing on the positive relationship with other organizations participating in value generation process. In particular, to obtain a positive performance, organizations should show strongly dynamic in adapting their structure to the external environment changes, opening up to the latter by means of the establishment of solid and long-lasting relationships, capable of ensuring numerous advantages in terms of bargaining power, economies of scale, climate of trust, etc.…”

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Performance Evaluation and Measurement in Public Organizations: A Systematic Literature Review

Polese¹,

Troisi²,

Torre³

et al. 2016

IJBA

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The turbulence of the current competitive environment emphasizes the importance of the role played by performance measurement systems in generating an improvement of business results. Starting from this consideration, the work pursues a twofold goal: firstly, it tries to verify the existence and the degree of a research interest about this topic; secondly, it seeks to identify, in measurement and evaluation systems, which factors are capable of producing an effect on performances of public organizations. In order to well respond to the research purposes, the work begins with a systematic literature review, which highlights a growing attention of scholars on all those variables considered critical in conducting and managing public organizations. The study, highlighting the existence of six variables to be advantageously taken into account in managing public organizations, especially in light of the potential influence that they seem to exert on different types of business performances, could be considered as a useful tool for both practitioners (managers of public organizations) and scholars (professors, researchers, students, etc.) aimed at helping to become aware about the advantages arising from an adequate management of performances measures. The main research limitation is the lack of an empirical analysis of public companies performance plans, which should be thoroughly examined to allow a possible further generalization of the theoretical findings achieved.

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Advancing nonprofit organizational effectiveness research and theory: Nine theses

Cited by 274 publications

References 29 publications

Determinants of Sustainability and Organisational Effectiveness in Non-Profit Organisations

Determinants of Sustainability and Organisational Effectiveness in Non-Profit Organisations

Leveraging Mega Events for Capacity Building in Voluntary Sport Organisations

Performance Evaluation and Measurement in Public Organizations: A Systematic Literature Review

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