Summary of PPA 506

The requirement that nonprofits achieve measurable results increased the need for ______.

• empowered customers

• funding to state governments

• management

• voucher programs

Demands that organizational procedures comply with government regulations contributed to the need for ______.

• dramatic organizational growth

• trained managers

• philanthropic contributions

• long-term investments in nonprofits

Nonprofits obtain revenue from ______.

• multiple sources

• government contracts solely

• the sale of products and services

• state taxes

Managers of nonprofit organizations measure their success by ______.

• the number of volunteers recruited within a fiscal year

• increasing the organization's resources

• expanding services

• achieving the mission within financial limits

Which decade marked a turning point in public policy, with government outsourcing more of the delivery of human services to nonprofit organizations?

• the 1960s

• the 1970s

• the 1980s

• the 1990s

People who view nonprofit organizations as social institutions portray nonprofit managers as ______.

• leaders with strong business backgrounds

• servants of society

• capitalists

• heroes

A leader of a nonprofit organization is designing a new type of water purification system to improve living conditions for children living in poverty. Which type of entrepreneurship is the leader demonstrating?

• private

• public

• health

• social

A force that drove the recent nonprofit management revolution was the ______.

• introduction of competition

• increased number of economic recessions

• decline of growth in the sector

• decreased demands for accountability

Throughout history, management theorists argued that ______.

• businesses required more educated managers

• government organizations have the most need of managers with distinctive skills

• common management principles apply equally to all organizations

• nonprofit managers do not need professional development

Which organization accredits public administration's master's degree programs?

• the Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs

• the Yale Program on Nonprofit Organizations

• the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration

• the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council