In a message dated 97-02-13 01:50:09 EST, daiva.v@perkunas.omnitel.net
(Kristina Kovaite) writes:
> Speaking about HRM in LO I did not find a word about the voluntary
> organisations. I could say there's a bigdifference between for profit and
> not for profit organisations and HRM in there.
>
> Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have a specific characteristics when
> organising their work - people are usually not paid. Shoud they be called
> the employees then? I know that money is not concerned to be a
> motivational factor although lack of it definetely s unmotivational
> factor.
>
This may be a cultural difference, but in the US
non-profit/non-governmental organizations generally have paid staff. Many
also use volunteers, and many also pay the volunteers travel and per diem
costs (e.g. meals). My experience in running such an organization is that
for paid staff there isn't much difference between our organization and a
for-profit one. Volunteers are, as you say, very different, although I'm
not sure that being able to motivate volunteers necessarily helps one do
the same with paid staff. In some ways, I suspect that leading volunteers
is easier since, as the name implies, they have already bought into the
mission of the organization and have a generally simpler relationship. As
long as there is adequate coordination and recognition of their efforts,
they seem to be pretty happy. We run a Foster Grandparent/ Senior
Companion Program that runs on volunteers (plus a small paid staff) and
that seems to be the case.
-Dick Jacobs
--Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>