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You are to conduct a field case study and analysis of a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization in your community. In effect, this project allows you to act as an organizational development and improvement consultant for the nonprofit organization of your choice. You will be allowed to work on this consultancy project on your own, or in teams of two students. If you work in a team, I will expect a longer and more comprehensive case study, analysis, and recommendations from you. The paper needs to include at least each of the following components:
· An overview of the organization’s mission, structure, governance, programs/services/products, budget, and internal and external environment
· A detailed description of the various elements of this NPO’s strategic plan, if any, and the process used to develop it
· A literature review of leading articles about management in NPOs that apply to your “client” NPO analysis
· A critical assessment of the management functions of the NPO (using the Management Systems Functions Model provided in class the first week), to include the strengths and opportunities for the NPO to improve a management function
· Use a minimum of 4 assessment tools in your research, one of which must be a comprehensive SWOT/TOWS analysis, and one of which should be a board of directors’ effectiveness assessment. Assessment tools can be those discussed in class or from other resources you identify in your analysis of your “client” NPO.
· A description and evaluation of the measures the NPO is using to assure accountability and monitoring of performance
· Your recommendations for management development and organizational improvement – this is the key – your recommendations must be supported by your research and assessment. Other questions to be answered are in the report while describing the nonprofit are:
Is the organization effective? What metrics would you look at to answer this, and how does the organization itself judge its effectiveness?
Where does their budget come from? Where does this nonprofit get its funding? What percentage comes from private donations? Government contracts?
What is the biggest resource development challenge facing the agency or organization?
How would you describe the culture of the organization, and how is it developed and maintained?
What operational impediments do you see in reaching the mission of the organization? What are some past and present organizational issues that have challenged the work of this agency? How has the nonprofit worked to resolve them?
Use APA Style. In twenty (20) pages or so, support your analysis with material from the text and other outside reference sources. A minimum of ten (10) outside reference sources must be used and properly cited in APA style. Please note that if this project is a group exercise then the expected pages go up 5 pages per additional student. In a group project, using your table of contents, please indicate which group members authored which sections of the report.
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