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Social Entrepreneurship
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Written by <a href='/community/profile?userid=65'>Nathan Burton</a>
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Thursday, 29 October 2009 05:59 |
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"Nonprofits have to recognize that they're businesses, not just causes. There's a way to combine the very best of the not-for-profit, philanthropic world with the very best of the for-profit, enterprising world. This hybrid is the wave of the future for both profit and nonprofit companies." http://managementhelp.org/soc_entr/soc_entr.htm
"Nonprofits have to recognize that they're businesses, not just causes. There's a way to combine the very best of the not-for-profit, philanthropic world with the very best of the for-profit, enterprising world. This hybrid is the wave of the future for both profit and nonprofit companies."
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I guess I have to quibble a bit with the opening statement. Nonprofits aren’t and should not be businesses. Though both nonprofits and businesses can share some management techniques, when I see something that says government or nonprofits should be “run like a business” I get chills up my spine. :}
I feel that the motivation, the way we treat people (not as objects), the mission and the culture of each sector has something to contribute. Certainly we need to learn from each other, but no one sector (private, nonprofit or government) should take on the role as the head teacher of the others. Though I can see why, politically, some would like to make that argument.
As I said, just a quibble about terminology.
Thanks for the post.