Non-Profit Organizations: Surviving in Difficult Times
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Authors
D'Avanzo, Matthew
Issue Date
2009
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Thesis
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en_US
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Non-profit organizations (NPOs) are constantly facing problems in today's
market. These problems often come in two forms, internal problems and external
problems.
Internal problems almost always center around two issues: proper management
and a lack of funds and/or resources. The first problem is the more pressing of the two,
since good management can make ends meet with whatever funds they have.
Management faces a couple of fundamental problems when they are running a NPO. The
first is that the NPO is meant to promote values instead of profits. This is a problem
because people often have different opinions on what a proper "value" actually is. The
other problem is that very often they lack the funds to train, prepare, and properly
compensate their own employees. Inefficient and incompetent management can kill a
NPO.
The external problems include financial crises causing people to stop donating,
and for-profit corporations increasingly entering into job markets that used to be
dominated by NPOs. Fighting these external problems is very difficult, since they often
are caused by things over which NPOs have· no control. These include the overall state of
the economy, the fiscal policies of the government and the rapidly developing technology
sectors. NPOs should be mindful of these outside issues, but if they commit too much
time to them, they risk wasting their already limited resources.
Through my experience with NPOs, I have concluded that a NPO can be
successful in any economic situation as long as they provide good service, have good
management, and commit themselves to bettering others.
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