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Charity, Philanthropy, Public Service Or Enterprise: What Are The Big Questions Of Nonprofit Management Today?, Roger A. Lohmann Sep 2006

Charity, Philanthropy, Public Service Or Enterprise: What Are The Big Questions Of Nonprofit Management Today?, Roger A. Lohmann

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This essay takes a birds-eye view of the topic of nonprofit management, looking at what I see as the big issues of nonprofit management.


Modeling Third Sector Organizations: A Proposal For An Organizational Modeling Language, Roger A. Lohmann Mar 2006

Modeling Third Sector Organizations: A Proposal For An Organizational Modeling Language, Roger A. Lohmann

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Sector-talk is one of the stable features of discussions of nonprofit organizations today. However, little progress has yet been made in defining or measuring the allegedly different social relations which characterize the sectors. This paper proposes an approach to operational definition of the sectors, grounded in use of chemical modeling software to modify the lowly organization chart. The organizational modeling language proposed here addresses four dimensions: dominance, exchange, intimacy and mutuality.