The Dilemmas of Non-Profit Organizations Transforming into Social Enterprise: A Case Study on the Social Welfare Organization
Date Issued
2016
Date
2016
Author(s)
Yuan, Chia-Fu
Abstract
Non-profit organizations have been facing various difficulties and challenges due to the dramatic changes in the environment, especially on the reduction of the funding. Therefore, issue of “social enterprise” has raised and been a growing discussion topic. Social enterprise is a new type of organization that fulfills the social expectation and the financial performance at the same time, which is a confliction of profitable outcome against nonprofit service cost. In addition, the service and goods that a social enterprise can provide will inevitably be confronted with many competitors in the market. This research aims to discuss the challenges and dilemmas that non-profit organizations may have during the phase of transforming into social enterprises. Based on a case study of a social welfare organization, with questionnaire analysis and in-depth interviews to understand and conclude the transforming progress as well as to explore the positive solutions in the future.
Subjects
non-profit organization
social enterprise
social welfare organization
Type
thesis