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Holding Our Own: Value and Performance in Nonprofit Organisations
Author(s) -
Cheverton Jeff
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2007.tb00068.x
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , centrality , project commissioning , relation (database) , value (mathematics) , publishing , productivity , public relations , business , investment (military) , nonprofit sector , management , political science , economics , law , biochemistry , chemistry , mathematics , combinatorics , database , machine learning , politics , computer science , macroeconomics
This essay explores the role of values in relation to nonprofit organisations' performance. The centrality of values to performance is explored in relation to staff productivity and motivation, investment in organisational development and leadership from both CEOs and Boards. An argument is developed that values are central to the performance of nonprofit organisations. Despite calls for nonprofit organisations to become more “business‐like”, this essay argues that the third sector's performance is directly related to the mission driven nature of our organisations.