Form 15 (3/31/86)

                            NSF PROJECT IST-850 5411
              EXPERIMENTS ON THE COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF INFORMATION
                       SEEKING AND INFORMATION RETRIEVING

                       USER QUESTIONS FOR ONLINE SEARCHES



QUESTION NUMBER:  013     

A1. BRIEF TITLE:

The effectiveness of non-profit human service organization  


A2. QUESTION STATEMENT:

How has the concept "effectiveness"  been defined and measured in studies of 
non-profit human service organizations.
In research on for-profit businesses, it has been defined in terms of a) goal-
attainment, b) obtaining necessary resources for survival and growth, 
c) satisfactory internal, balances, exchanges, intergration, d) and 
satisfaction of constituencies.  Non-profit differ in numerous ways in these 
aspects from from for-profit organizations.
Are these approaches transferable?  Are there alternatives?


 
TYPE OF SEARCH REQUESTED

B. A precise or a broad search: Broad
C. Research application:   Faculty research-applied social science
D. Retrieve articles in English only or any language:  English
E. Years to be searched:  No limits
F. DIALOG databases suggested: