Classification of Program Activities: How Nonprofits Create Social Value

William Brown
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William Brown: Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA

Administrative Sciences, 2017, vol. 7, issue 2, 1-7

Abstract: This paper defines and describes a framework to classify program activities utilized by nonprofit organizations to achieve public benefit objectives. Drawing on theory and practice from strategy, nonprofit management, and program planning, the paper proposes five program activities differentiated by the value created. Several factors define and differentiate the approaches and serve as decision areas for nonprofit managers when developing program strategies. Classifying program activities facilitates further research as it provides a common language and framework to analyze strategic choices enacted in nonprofit organizations.

Keywords: nonprofit strategy; program services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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