31 de octubre de 2022

36 tweets of Peter Drucker on the Nonprofits and the Management’s New Paradigms

(From the book: Peter F. Drucker, “The Essential Drucker”, Collins Business Essentials, 2009)

  1. In two areas, strategy and the effectiveness of the board, nonprofit organizations are practicing what most American businesses only preach (39)
  2. The nonprofits are, of course, still dedicated to “doing good.” But they also realize that good intentions are no substitute for organization and leadership, for accountability, performance, and results (40)
  3. The successful nonprofits have learned to define clearly what changes outside the organization constitute “results” and to focus on them (42)
  4. Effective use of the board requires a clear mission, careful placement and continual learning and teaching, management by objectives and self- control, high demands but corresponding responsibility, and accountability for performance and results (50)
  5. The modern organization exists to provide a specific service to society. It therefore has to be in society. It has to be in a community, has to be a neighbor, has to do its work within a social setting. But also, it has to employ people to do its work. Its social impacts inevitably go beyond the specific contribution it exists to make (51)