THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS’ CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THEM

Abstract

The present paper deals with the characteristics of nonprofit organizations. It has been written in the literature about how they are defined by various typical aspects. But this paper aims to test the following hypothesis: the characteristics of the nonprofits have a significant impact on their departments and influence the entity to the microeconomic level and its relationships with the social and economic environment.

Keywords

• nonprofit organizations
• characteristics
• similarities and differences
• departments
• organizing system.