Posted on December 17, 2008 by myofficebuzz
The other finding that my organizational communication class really identified was that job satisfaction decreased and burnout increased the further away employees were from the mission of the nonprofit. One organization had a central headquarters that managed things and several sites where the actual helping work of the nonprofit was carried out. Groups looking at this organization said [...]
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Posted on August 6, 2008 by myofficebuzz
In the 1980’s there was a lot of talk about organizational culture, and a number of books were written that, if managers could just change the culture of their workplace, everything would be better—employees would be happy and productive, customers would be more satisfied, and the bottom line would be higher than ever. It all [...]
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Posted on July 14, 2008 by myofficebuzz
I was speaking at a nonprofit last week, and I wanted to share one of the things that I shared with them. Burnout is a serious problem in nonprofit organizations, just as it is in for-profit businesses. Burnout reduces productivity, efficiency, and overall satisfaction, in addition to creating stress and anxiety. One important way of [...]
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