Non-Profit Organizations

In today’s world there are hundreds of thousands of non-profit organizations (NPOs) established at the local, regional, national and international level, and their influence is increasing. Non-profit organizations even considered the third sector of the economy (the first two is the public and private, or commercial). It is believed that they have a special role in development of civil society. In those countries, which have largely shaped the system of legislative regulation of the sector (USA, UK, Australia, etc); the state spends huge sums on research programs in the field of standardization of the NPO.

Non-profit organizations do not belong to the commercial sector or the public sector, but occupy an intermediate position. It gives them greater flexibility in their work, but requires from manager’s considerable skills and experience in their management.

Some people believe that the distinctive feature of the NPO is that it is created for the provision of socially important services. However, it is not quite true. Although NPOs, as a general rule, tend to argue in its mission of serving society, not necessarily that they must respect the principle of equality (that is to provide services to everyone on an equal footing), as is common in government organizations. The people using the services of NPOs can be sufficiently narrow (for example, elite country clubs, trade unions, etc). Others say that the main difference of the NPO is the fact that its purpose is not to make profit. But many non-profit organizations are active in business (this is another feature that distinguishes them from governmental institutions), raising concerns of commercial entities, as they are forced to compete with NPOs in the battle for customers.

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...it the scope of only those areas identified in its mission, enshrined in the statute. At the same time, except for all-inclusive language core purpose, mission only has valued when it identifies specific areas of the organization's programs, services and during other activities.

In developing a mission statement is very important to remember that any decision is not "carved in stone" and can always be revisited. Despite the fact that the statutory goals of the organization listed in the constituent documents, these documents may be reviewed, and amended in accordance with the procedure, clearly established law. The wording of the organization's mission is periodically reviewed and refined. This process of review and refinement by itself is of great importance because it allows more clearly articulate all the intentions and wishes for the future of the organization.