On the Possibilities of Improving the Management of Socially Oriented Non-Profit Organizations (on the Example of the Volgograd Region)

Abstract

Socially oriented non-profit organizations perform a number of important functions in the field of ensuring the development of the social life of the state. Their development significantly affects the effectiveness of solving many social problems. The purpose of the study is to develop recommendatory measures aimed at developing a management system for the activities of socially oriented non-profit organizations, based on the analysis of the dynamics of indicators characterizing the functioning of the socially oriented non-profit organizations of the Volgograd region. In order to achieve the goal, tasks were set, including the development of a set of relative indicators and methods for calculating them, the use of this methodology for analyzing the activities of socially oriented non-profit organizations in the Volgograd region and the further formation of directions for improving the management system of the latter. The results of the study showed that the performance indicators of socially oriented non-profit organizations in the region in most cases are characterized by downward dynamics: this mainly concerns the activities of volunteers and the coverage of the population of the region with services and assistance from socially oriented non-profit organizations. The scientific novelty of the work consists in the development and practical application of a methodology for assessing the level of effectiveness of socially oriented non-profit organizations. The proposed methodology includes a set of indicative indicators covering various aspects of the functioning of socially oriented non-profit organizations, including volunteering, provision of services and assistance in various forms, financial support, etc. The practical significance of the work consists in the development of a set of recommendatory measures aimed at transforming the existing management system of socially oriented non-profit organizations. This implies the formation of a new socio–economic entity - the Fund for Ensuring the Activities of Socially Oriented Non-profit Organizations, the coordination of which can be carried out by the efforts of representatives of state authorities and local self-government, the public council, commercial organizations and the socially oriented non-profit organizations themselves.