No Longer Unmeasurable? A Multidimensional Integrated Model of Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness

Sowa, Jessica E.; Selden, Sally Coleman; Sandfort, Jodi R.

doi:10.1177/0899764004269146

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“…However, the difficulties in measuring impact may mean many consider output based measures (Carman and Fredericks, 2008). Some may even consider process based measures (Sowa et al, 2004). Where the output or process based measures are used to determine the level of success, sources of finance directly linked to these activities rather than raising auxiliary income, will tend to increase satisfaction to a greater extent, although the organisation's impact may not be any greater.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Taking Your Eyes Off the Objective: The Relationship Between Income Sources and Satisfaction with Achieving Objectives in the UK Third Sector

Thompson

Williams

2012

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Taking Your Eyes Off the Objective: The Relationship Between Income Sources and Satisfaction with Achieving Objectives in the UK Third Sector

Thompson

Williams

2012

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“…The management dimension measures the managerial structure and process of managing. The program dimension measures the specific services, capacity of the program, and outcomes of the service interventions (Sowa et al, 2004). Example items in the subscale for perceived effectiveness included: "People who benefit from SPF SIG are satisfied with its activities" and "People within SPF SIG generally have the knowledge and resources they need to carry out their tasks."…”

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“…The measure of perceived effectiveness was created using the framework of Sowa, Selden, and Sandfort (2004). This framework, which was labeled the Multidimensional and Integrated Model of Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness (MIMNOE), was developed to encompass two different dimensions of community-based organizations: management effectiveness and program effectiveness.…”

Section: Perceived Effectivenessmentioning

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Pathways to Effectiveness in Substance Abuse Prevention: Empowering Organizational Characteristics of Community-Based Coalitions

Powell

Peterson

2014

Human Service Organizations Management, Leadership & Govern

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Coalition development is an important approach to the prevention of substance abuse. In addition, empowerment is considered a critical foundation of coalitions' effectiveness. Few studies, however, have tested the characteristics of coalitions that predict empowerment and effectiveness in substance abuse prevention contexts. This study tested a path model that included organizational characteristics as predictors of members' empowerment and ratings of coalition effectiveness. Participants (n = 138) were members of 11 coalitions. Leadership had an indirect effect on coalition effectiveness through its influence on opportunity role structure, social support, and group-based belief system. Empowerment mediated the effect of social support on effectiveness.Keywords: coalitions, empowerment, perceived effectiveness, strategic prevention framework, substance abuse prevention INTRODUCTIONCoalitions often focus on creating changes in public policy or other environmental conditions that contribute to the prevalence of substance abuse in communities (Bunnell et al., 2012;Frieden, 2010;Gloppen, Arthur, Hawkins, & Shapiro, 2012;Linowski & DiFulvio, 2012; Wolfson et al., 2012). The present study contributes to the literature through an examination of community coalitions implementing a new federally driven substance abuse prevention framework. In particular, we test a conceptual model specifying organizational characteristics that are hypothesized as promoting empowerment among coalition members and their perceptions of coalition effectiveness. This social work investigation of coalition building within a substance abuse prevention context is an important step in increasing our understanding of empowerment-related processes and outcomes and how they can contribute to the effectiveness of groups working to improve quality of life through communitylevel interventions. Research that applies empowerment as a theoretical framework may contribute to our knowledge of strategies to improve social work practice in ways that build on the strengths of coalitions to effect social change, especially as it relates to preventing the harmful consequences of substance abuse in communities.Correspondence should be addressed to Kristen Gilmore Powell, Rutgers University, School of Social Work, 390 George Street, 5th Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. E-mail: kgilmore@ssw.rutgers.edu 472 POWELL AND PETERSONEmpowerment is a fundamental concept within the social work profession. For example, the social work Code of Ethics emphasizes the need for social workers to facilitate the empowerment of vulnerable populations by addressing environmental barriers that negatively affect the health and well-being of people on a macro scale (National Association of Social Workers, 2008). Empowerment theory encourages researchers and practitioners to focus beyond the individual level of analysis and attend to environmental risk factors affecting the well-being of those most vulnerable. Tracing the field's roots back to the settlement house movement, social wor...

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“… Organizational skill, defined by Sowa, Selden, & Sandfort (2004) as the human and structural capacity enhancing the capability of organizations to offer programs and services. Precisely, the systematic literature review highlights the need to take into account, besides cost, quality and cycle times of critical processes, especially staff satisfaction, staff training, staff executive and operative capabilities.…”

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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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No Longer Unmeasurable? A Multidimensional Integrated Model of Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness

Cited by 260 publications

References 50 publications

Taking Your Eyes Off the Objective: The Relationship Between Income Sources and Satisfaction with Achieving Objectives in the UK Third Sector

Taking Your Eyes Off the Objective: The Relationship Between Income Sources and Satisfaction with Achieving Objectives in the UK Third Sector

Pathways to Effectiveness in Substance Abuse Prevention: Empowering Organizational Characteristics of Community-Based Coalitions

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

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