Essays on Nonprofit

Network Theory

The network theory of migration posits that networks are formed between migrants in the origin country as well as the destination countries through friendship, community or familial connections. The interpersonal ties that the migrants develop help in reducing the costs needed to migrate as well as risks a potential migrant would face in the new country. As migrant networks increase over time, it not only reduces the costs and risks involved, but also increases the chances of employment for the new migrants. Networking and its increase over years not only helps facilitate increased migration over years but also broadens ...

1. Summarize Journal Articles The article “Florence Nightingale: Her Personality Type” by Dossey (2010) examines the famous nurse Florence Nightingale according to her personality type. Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Dossey determines that Nightingale was an IITJ (introverted-intuitive-thinking-judging) personality. The author worked from a collection of Nightingale’s own written work and her letters, as well as her history. Dossey breaks Nightingale’s personality down into these four factors, using her life and work as a template to explain those personality traits. For instance, Nightingale is determined to be introverted due to her desire to be alone in ...

Executive Summary

Procurement and Supply Chain Management P&SCM are two of the most important functions that inevitably lead to the creation of a high level of value proposition for an organization’s customers and stakeholders. The objective of this paper is to focus on a preselected organization that can make use of improved ways how to do their operations from a procurement and supply chain management perspective. In this paper, the organization that the author chose to focus on was Education Above All Foundation (EAAF). In this report, the EAAF’s fundraising and partnership building department were emphasized. The goal was ...

Introduction

There are several reasons why the annual Burning Man festival is unique among mass gatherings. Held in the Black Rock section of America’s Great Basin desert in Nevada, Burning Man’s 70,000 participants construct a city that houses—and in itself functions as—a participatory performing arts space, a communal spiritual retreat, and a cathartic experience of radical self-expression (Brill 2007). Then, one week later, they tear it all down, pack everything out, and leave no trace behind. It is an anti-market event (Cesewski & Giles 2007) whose participants rely on gift-giving and barter to secure any necessities ...

Improving Board Performance

Improving Board Performance

Introduction

In a non-profit organization that has been in operation for a considerable amount of time now, it is required that the Board of Directors is compact and the primary driving force for the organization's relevance in its business. However, in our organization, the board has not performed as expected leading to stagnation and poor performance of the organization. After being appointed as the chairperson of the board, my vision is to improve the board performance during my tenure.

In my bid to improve the performance of the board, I will ensure that each board member is ...

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Importance of the Non-Profit Sector (NPS)

The sector is the channel by which the altruistic intentions of the affluent and charitable are fulfilled. Most beneficiaries are the groups in society who are incapable of livelihood like the sick, old and very young. The NPS does not have a pressure to minimize expenditure like that of salary. The non-profit organization can provide more employment than a similar sized profit organization. It is labor intensive mostly focused in health and education. (The role of the nonprofit sector, n.d.) It is an important partner to the government in its delivery of social services. It provides ...

Introduction

Organizations, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, need to plan strategically so as to fulfill their mandate, achieve their mission, and create public value. Furthermore, strategic planning helps the leaders and managers of these organizations to be effective strategists so that they can satisfy their constituents or stakeholders. According to Bryson (2011), managers and leaders of these entities must exercise discretion when executing their duties, develop effective strategies to help them navigate the changing and the charged environment and must have a coherent and justified backing for their decisions. Effectively, they can only achieve such through strategic planning. The essence of ...

Health care standards have been evolving over time. A plethora of processes and forces take part in igniting the developments. These changes could be ad hoc, systematic or even consensual. At the bottom lurks a well-established organizational structure whose object is to review the performance of the standards and propose advancement where circumstances so require. However, certain areas lag, occasioning serious inefficiencies to the system. Often, the legal framework is a serious undoing and affects the realization of these standards. Besides, diverse standards contain varying recommendations, and this tends to atrophy the efforts therewith. Perhaps a biggest of all ...

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Introduction According to the Associated Press, there were more poor people residing in the state of Washington in 2013 compared to the previous year. This was the case despite the poverty levels remaining steady “across the nation” (Le par. 1). In addition, the United Way has recently revealed in a “comprehensive report” that “1 in 3” Washington households “struggle financially” (Hobbs pars. 1, 22). The experts have arrived at their own conclusions as to why that it is currently the case in the state. However, even though the cause of poverty in Washington State has ...

Abstract

The study seeks elaborate on the nonprofit and for-profit hospital joint venture and giving growing similarities in their operation capacities. The growing need for improvement by nonprofit hospitals regarding healthcare delivery requires high capital generation and more funding. Overdependence on sponsors and well-wishers for grants do not support the community benefit fully. This makes nonprofit hospitals not to deliver high quality health care, and unable to settle bills and outsourcing high technology to support medication. The conversion from nonprofit to for-profit hospital, and joint venturing with for-profit hospital help in improving performance, delivery, and high-quality health care. The paper ...

Abstract

Although obliged to cover issues in their entirety, with no distortions made in the process, American media tend to misrepresent the reality, as was the case with the depiction of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime implications for the social welfare possibly for political reasons. The noble cause of saving the international image of the USA formerly allied with the late leader in the wake of the Gaddafi demonization could have been the driving force of misrepresentation of the myth related in part to ethical minorities. The knowledge of non-consequentialism and its principles, whether unconsciously or otherwise, allows readers to perceive ...

Many researchers focusing on nonprofit organizations pay significant attention to the marketing department because of the need for such organizations to survive in the competitive environment. This competition has affected the performance of these organizations since it reduces the amount of funding from the government and other donors. Nonprofit organization marketing has become widespread recently, and its practice is common in many organizations. The main objective of adopting marketing in nonprofit organizations is to tackle the increasing competition among organizations that offer similar services to the society. The rise in the levels of globalization has exposed the local nonprofit ...

Each of the items above is described in order to understand its nature thus identify the correct statement in which it should be posted as indicated. The goal is to ensure each balance is accurately and correctly posted in order to capture the true and fair value of the entity. The three financial statement created are summarized below. The data shows that the medical facility is operating at a surplus since the amount of the unrestricted assets increases during this year. The surplus is fundamental in improving the liquidity of the facility thus guaranteeing on its continuity. In addition, ...

The purpose of the paper is to answer the questions of the case study after having the analysis of the case study “Midwestern: Contemporary Art”. The case consists of two parts Part (A) and Part (B). Part (A) contains five questions and part B contains three questions. The paper answers all eight questions in sequential manners.

Part A

Conflicts are the part of the workplace and common in multiple organizations. There are two major types of conflicts include cognitive/task-related conflicts and affective/person-oriented conflicts. Cognitive/task-related conflicts deal with the differences in thoughts, ideas, and opinions. However, affective/person-oriented conflicts include the sense of ...

A process evaluation is concerned with the real development and implementation of those programs that have been identified to be having great potentiality in reducing the rate of new infections of HIV in Africa, Caribbean and the black communities of Canada (Hallfors, Mbai, Milimo & Itindi, 2012). Before this, programs have been identified as possible means to control the spread of the virus among recognized communities; therefore, this evaluation focuses on determining means that can be effectively applied to realize success. Most notable is that the assessment sees to it that the programs hit quantifiable targets and the implemented strategies ...

The chapter, in its introduction, defined diversity as the differences in several aspects such as sex, race, ethnicity, gender, age, economic status, amongst several others. In today’s times, due to the constant changes in demographics, we encounter a more diverse workforce. For a non-profit organization to maintain its importance in society, must embrace diversity and make it work for its success. With this, we can say that this topic does not directly talk about any of the four management functions, but instead focuses on diversity and its major areas – race, workforce generations, and disabilities. Once an organization has ...

I. Abstract The study aims to explore and determine the importance of philanthropic marketing in business strategy with the help of understanding its concept in the literature as well as assessing the real world practice of the organizations. The philanthropic marketing is one of the new and most focused approaches in the field of marketing that is aimed to incorporate the business strategy in the social interest and welfare. Manulife Cambodia is the insurance company in Cambodia that is mainly involved in community involvement and development using philanthropic marketing techniques such as donations to the schools, welfare of women ...

Introduction

As with any organization in any industry, health care organizations are also driven by the need for cost effectiveness. However, in addition to this, healthcare organizations must also ensure that the needs of the community and the health care requirements of all members of the community are addressed adequately. As the emphasis on cost control, patient safety, quality of care increases, there is a need for health care organizations to move away from their current organizational models and adopt more dynamic models that are designed with the needs of the patient as the focal point and which also address ...

A disaster typically presents a community with the inability to cope without the assistance of outside sources. The political and economic impact on a community is enormous. Without funding, communities would not survive disasters.

Political Impact of Disasters

Political disruption in a community can occur as a result of a disaster. Disruption in politics can result from social activism and other sources of community conflict. Social activism can arise as victims of the disaster may feel additional victimization by a conflict of the goals of recovery by citizens and government. Citizens may seek collective action to address their grievances. Other sources of community ...

Nursing

2016-06-23

Introduction

This paper is devoted to the strategic development of the health care organization Banner Health Network and its readiness to change in accordance with the new needs of customers. Banner Health is a nonprofit system in the US. Twenty three hospitals together with the specialized departments are the part of the system (Official Site of the Banner Health Network, 2016). This organization provides different types of services in such states as Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Alaska, California, Nevada and Wyoming. The mission of the Banner Health Network is the following: “to make a difference in the lives of people ...

Corporate Social Responsibility

Keurig Green Mountain was formerly known as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR). The company was founded way back in 1981 and it is among the most established coffeemakers in the USA (Lee, 2015). It specifically produces and sources for high quality coffee, tea, cocoa, as well as other beverages under different brands. Moreover, it also sells ground coffee and coffee beans in bags and fractional packages. Its signature packaging however, is the K-Cup single pods. It is only fair that a company as big as Keurig Green Mountain to give back to the community. The company believes that everybody ...

What are some of the unique responsibility of board of directors? Comment on whether one or more group is important to another in fundraising. The primary responsibility of the board, is to ensure the success of the organization and to ensure that it achieves its mission. For an organization to function and meet its mission, it requires money. Thus, the board has a crucial role in fundraising. This role in particularly important in a nonprofit organization. In most instances, the executive director of the board is the primary fundraiser. He is likely to raise more fund in terms of ...

Description of the Chosen Organization

One of the most important points to learn in public administration courses is the way how nonprofit and government-related organizations work. The first thing that has to be remembered is that they work differently compared to for-profits mainly based on the fact that their actions and behaviors are often not motivated by profit. However, critics would suggest that all organizations, be it nonprofit or for-profit may at some point, be validly considered as a form of for-profit organization because they both rely on a steady stream of income paired with sound and effective forms of budget management in order ...

Abstract

The above paper seeks to explain the significance of celebrity endorsement in marketing and its rationale in enhancing brand awareness. However, the paper indicates that celebrity endorsement may have a negative or positive influence on consumer behavior. The paper starts with an introduction to the significant use of celebrity endorsement in advertisements. The paper then indicates the application of the concept in integrated marketing and how it is used as an effective tool to enhance communication. In a different section, the study suggests the importance of celebrity endorsement in influencing consumer behavior with a warning that efficient management of ...

According to Jay Wilkinson, the writer of Nonprofit Fundraising: Twelve Key steps to writing a grant proposal, the art of writing a grant proposal is not for the faint-hearted. It requires perseverance and determination. Grant writing, according to Wilkinson involves twelve major steps. The first step involves spelling out the need for the proposal in question. In spelling out this need, it is important to determine the project ideas, which have a potential for garnering funds. Secondly, it is important for a project to differentiate itself from other projects, which have already been written. A project must be unique ...

Sex registries are laws in different countries that allow the government to keep the track of sex offenders even after they have completed their criminal sentences. The record is accompanied by the address of the offender in question. The offender may sometimes be put to a restriction that does not apply to other people. The jurisdictions even allows the courts to put such offenders under probation. The aim of the paper is to discuss the arguments about sex offender’s registry using four different sources, government report, non-profit organization, books, and documentary videos. The government has passed an act ...

Fundamental to maintaining lasting non-profit organizations is coming up with planned giving programs. Many of these organizational leaders fail to develop these programs due to various reasons. Some of the reasons are highlighted below. According to Pagnoni (2014), most organizational leaders imagine that planned gifts are differed. This may not be the case with all planned giving. Many fundraising individuals tend to think that donors want to get way with capital tax gains and get gift deductions. Failing to create a planned giving case statement is another reason. Without this case statement, a fundraising professional will experience difficulties in ...

Introduction

In most occasions, the concerns of employees affect individual productivity and that of an entity either adversely or positively. Occasions, when such concerns don't have any impact on the jobs, are limited if not non-existent. Management's address of the employee concerns has the propensity of maintaining the continuity of work performance within the organization. For this research, therefore, a discussion of three issues of concern to public employees will be detailed. The concerns encompass higher salaries, as well as, compensation, benefits programs, and lastly workplace conditions. Higher wages, as well as, compensation often affect the productivity of employees and ...

Gun violence in the United States has become quite a huge problem as various crimes related to guns were at their peak during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Gun violence in the United States mostly impacted young adolescents as well as juveniles whereby the African-American males are the ones with the highest victimization rate than any other racial or gender group. During that period and also up to now in some cases, a young African-American teenage boy was more likely to die of a gunshot wound rather than from all causes of death. Due to the ...

Introduction

Risk management is important as it helps in taking a business through the risk identification process, risk assessment as well as risk resolution in ensuring that an enterprise becomes successful. When preparing a risk management plan, the first step to undertake is to identify the potential risks for the business. Understanding the scope of the potential risks helps in the development of realistic and cost effective strategies to be able to deal with the potential risk appropriately (Wu, Chen, & Olson, 2014). It is also essential to think broadly when considering the types of risks that can affect the business ...

Abstract

The design of a flyer is normally dependent on the basic rules for flyer design. This includes employing the C.R.A.P principles. These principles include contrast of color, fonts, and elements in the flyer so as to achieve appeal. This principle operates on the notion that our brains are fast to pick out patterns and contrasts. The second principle is Repetition it involves repeating elements in the design this creates uniformity in the work. Alignment of text and images in the flyer design brings uniformity. Proximity of the elements draws the reader to the details in the flyer by appealing ...

Article Identification

The video under evaluation is drawn from the Benevon firm. The CEO, Terry Axelrod teaches nonprofit organizations how to obtain sustainable funds. Benevon (2012). Creating Sustainable Funding for Your Nonprofit 55-Minute Recorded Seminar. Retrieved April 30, 2016 from http://www.benevon.com/fundraising-training- video.

Summary

Terry coaches and trains non-profit firms on the use of the Benevon Model. The paradigm is an initiative that is mission-based to enable the development of relations and engagement with donors. When molded to serve the customized interests of every NGO, the Benevon structure creates passionate investors who are dedicated to the long-term economic stability of the NGO. The ...

Social Entrepreneurship of the 21st Century

Entrepreneurship has helped change the living conditions in different modern societies. Entrepreneurship provides new measures for the development of new products and ensures the increase of productivity in the economy. Governments of various countries have advocated for the improvement of the levels of entrepreneurship in the different countries. Improvement of entrepreneurship needs different innovation and invention processes to ensure the development of entrepreneurship in the country (Keohane, 2013). Finance is a fundamental requirement in the entrepreneurship process in every country. Social entrepreneurship is the attempt to introduce business policies and methods to provide solutions to the social, cultural and ...

Human Resource Management

2016-04-27 One of the most important aspect of each organization is its payment system. It includes a way to establish the relationship between the measure of labor and the measure of compensation for it. The payment system for any employer is established in accordance with the labor laws and other regulations. The compensation system of the organization can balance many forces, including equity issues, labor markets, the financial health and federal laws. The importance of compensation to strategic human resources management is described in the paper of scientist Pynes and other specialists. According to Pynes (2013), a compensation strategy ...

Introduction

Different organizations have different ways of carrying out their activities. The different ways are influenced by the organization missions, the management, the environment the organization is in among others (Kettner, 2013). The following essay conducts an assessment of the organization The Mission Continues. The assessment includes; organizational marketing strategies, management, and structure, organizational policies, regulations to which the organization adheres, the leadership within the organization, how the organization handles change, their use of volunteers, funding streams and their fundraising strategies.

About the organization

The Mission Continues is an organization that was started to deal with post 9/11 era veterans. The organization assists ...

Voice and its role in the understanding of an organizational issue or organizational practice.

Introduction Voice is a major part of the communication process. The voice used affects the way an individual processes information. There are many different aspects of voice such as tone, and pitch(Scherer & Sander 2005). The following essay discusses the impact that using voice on employees possesses and the ways I which voice aids our understanding of the organizational practice and organizational issue.

Voice is defined as an active attempt to air out dissatisfaction and search for ways to resolve the dissatisfaction and advice changes (Bryant, 2006). It is when employees or consumers inform the high level of issues ...

The First Amendment evinces the framer’s intent to create a “wall of separation” between church and state. The First Amendment provides that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” (United States Constitution, amend, I). While there can be no government establishment of religion, religion and politics have long been closely enmeshed. Since the inception of the nation, prayer has played a prominent role in government ceremonies (Lee v. Weisman 633). Beginning with George Washington, all presidents taking the oath of office conclude with the words, “So help me God” (Jonassen 861). Presidents and politicians alike ...

Conflict of interest – Every manager within the company shall act in the best interest of the company and all other conflicts of interests avoided. The code of ethics looks at cases where managers might have conflicting interests with the ones that they are assigned to as managers. Managers are to ensure that they perform their duties to the later within the company that they serve and avoid any situations that will compromise their center of focus (Bryson, 2016). Internal relations – The sections looks at the relations between the company and its managers in terms of expectations from the employees ...

Abstract

A balanced scorecard refers to the management system and strategic planning tool used broadly in industry, government and nonprofit organizations across the globe. Its application seeks to better align operations to the specific strategy and vision of an organization, to improve both external and internal communications and to monitor an organization’s performance alongside those strategic objectives. The scorecard was first was introduced back in the early 1990s by Norton and Kaplan of Harvard School. More than half of the key companies in the US, Asia and Europe currently employ the scorecard approach, with its use on the rise ...

Business:

Introduction Leadership Foundation has been profitable, from the formation time in 2008, all the profits have been reinvested back to the organization. However, how to secure long-term and sustainable funding is a very important issue to be considered so as to ensure the sustainability of the organization in future. Being a social engineering organization, the organization can initiate some strategies to attract long-term sustainable funding by engaging in alternative projects to sustain the foundation. By adopting all these new strategies, the Leadership Foundation shall focus on leading the way to diversify their programs so as to serve concerned individuals, ...

Purpose: The document serves as an outline for the volunteers who will work in the upcoming events at Branding Town Hall. The document will give instructions and the pertinent information regarding the fundraising event for orphans living in and around the community of Branding to be held on March 28, 2016 at the town hall. Each volunteer will have specific duties and will have to work within specific timelines to carry out these duties. The committee members will be instructed on how to balance their tasks before and during the function. Overview: Tiny Women’s Volunteers is a non-profit ...

DRUNK DRIVING PREVENTION ORGANIZATION-PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

The association is a non-profit making body shaped by a gathering of group upright business associations whose interest is to make the streets more secure in the world. Individuals are developers of beverage driving prevention frameworks and offer data and assets for such advancement. (DDPO, 2016)

Evaluation planning

Monitoring and evaluation of any program is an essential stage in determining the effectiveness and impact of the program. It helps determine whether the program is justified and whether it has an impact on its intended audience. It also helps resolve any problems within the program operations or structure. The evaluation of a ...

Introduction

Governments and nonprofit organizations just like the commercial entities must prepare financial statements, but unlike the commercial entities whose accounting is for measuring profitability, the governments’ and nonprofit organizations’ accounting is for accountability (City of Cambridge Participatory Budgeting, 2016). The nonprofit and government agencies apply an accounting system known as fund accounting, where a fund is made up of several accounts each set apart for a particular purpose in agreement with law and regulations. Unlike the commercial entities which only have a single account called the general ledger for determination of profits, nonprofit and government agencies can have several ...

Question 1

Microfinance’s have gained popularity among the many in the low-income category. Microfinance and microcredit facilities targets to provide poor people with small loans. The loan provided attracts low-interest rates and can be paid over a reasonable period without overburdening the poor to eradicating poverty. The services have been popularized by Nongovernmental organizations and social entrepreneurs between 1970s and 1980s. In Bangladesh Grameen Bank was the first to be established in 1976. The microfinance was founded by Mohammad Yunus, who is an economics professor. The professor targeted to eliminate poverty from the local villager hence, the model adopted by ...

Organization Analysis Part 2

Organization Analysis Part 2 The American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) is a national nonprofit organization that has multiple programs to assist families from different backgrounds to improve in their lives. The organization is concerned with issues such as child adoption, child care, child support, child welfare, disabilities, food stamps and temporary assistances for poor families. The organization functions with many affiliates that include American Association of Welfare Attorney, American Association of Food Stamp Directors, among others. The study will carry out organization analysis to find out how the APHSA organization functions (APHSA, 2016). To fully incorporate the functioning ...

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) was originally funded by Angelina Jolie and several other celebrities with the objective of helping children under the age of eighteen who were either abandoned by one or more parents and eligible for asylum claims the opportunity to obtain green cards legally within the United States, (KIND). What KIND specializes in is finding attorneys to provide pro bono counsel to these children and their families in order to obtain green cards legally, (KIND). The way that these attorneys are able to help these kids is through using a part of the immigration code ...

Abstract

A balanced scorecard refers to the management system and strategic planning tool used broadly in industry and business, government, as well as nonprofit organizations across the globe. Its application seeks to align operations to strategy and vision of an organization, improve external and internal communications, as well as monitor an organization’s performance alongside the strategic objectives. The scorecard was first was introduced back in early 1990s by Norton and Kaplan of Harvard School. Currently, over, half of the key companies in US, Asia and Europe apply the scorecard approach, with its use increasing in those regions and in ...

Non profit campaign

Campaigns are usually the foundation of any successful event so it must be well plan and organized to achieve the targeted objectives. In this case, our objective is to build a good relationship with the community so that they accept the services and products of the new institution/college. Since this is a large architectural and engineering firm with a good public opinion, we collaborated with SurfAid International because this nonprofit organization has the power and the need to help promote local community developments. The initial program was a bit tricky because we had to coordinate the program between the two organizations and ...

Implications Of Students Volunteering For Nonprofit Organizations To Satisfy A Service Learning Requirement Of Their Educational Institution

Internship, sometimes referred to as attachment, is a program where students are engaged in organizations that deal in their areas of academic or professional specialization in order to gain skills and experience as an institutional requirement or just to enhance their career prospects. Non- profit making organizations are institutions that carry on business with intentions of serving the society but without the core intention of making profit as opposed to other conventional businesses. There are several implications of student volunteers for non-profit organizations as requirement in their learning institutions. These implications are cross cutting and affect both the students and ...

An individual’s level of education and experience influences the position that one gets in a not for-profit organization. The position can either be managerial or non-managerial in nature. This position in turn influences the role one plays in the organization. Management positions can be classified into top managers, middle managers and first line managers (Murray, 1997). Top managers provide overall leadership for the organization. They develop goals and objectives as well as the strategies to meet them. Top managers spent most of their time in planning and leading as well as communicating with stakeholders. Conceptual, multicultural and strategic action ...

It is inspiring to read of the magnificent work that nonprofit organizations are doing the length and breadth of this great country to ease the difficulties that so many returning veterans experience. Our servicemen and servicewomen need and deserve the very best we can give them in order to return to take their rightful place as proud citizens of this nation. Too often veterans – the veterans of Vietnam, and now the veterans of Iraq and of Afghanistan – have faced the twin spectres of homelessness and prison. These men and women are true American heroes; they have been deployed to ...