Leadership and Management in Non-Profits: Volunteer Case Study Impact

This literature review examines the critical role of leadership and management in non-profit organizations (NPOs), focusing on the hiring and management of volunteers. It highlights the importance of leadership in guiding volunteers towards achieving organizational goals and explores the benefits of hiring volunteers, such as cost savings and diverse skill sets. Different leadership styles, particularly transformational leadership, are discussed in terms of their ability to foster innovation and boost volunteer morale. The review also addresses the challenges faced by leaders in implementing various leadership styles within NPOs, such as maintaining team cohesion amidst changing environments and making difficult decisions. The research identifies a gap in previous studies regarding the specific impact of leadership and management on NPOs, contrasting it with the abundance of data available for business organizations. Ultimately, the review underscores the collaborative effort between leaders and volunteers in driving positive societal and cultural change, emphasizing the need for effective leadership to harness the potential of volunteers and achieve the social aims of NPOs. Desklib provides a platform to access this and many similar assignments.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN
NON PROFIT ORGANISATION
( A case study of the hiring of volunteers implications of leadership and management within the
non profit organization)
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
What do you understand by the concept of leadership within Non-profit organisation.............3
What is the importance of hiring volunteers in Non-profit company.........................................3
What are the benefits of leadership styles in Non-profit organisation........................................4
What are the challenges faced at a time of implementing leadership styles within Non-profit
organisation ................................................................................................................................4
RESEARCH GAP............................................................................................................................4
SUMMARY.....................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
Literature review is that part of the research report which consist the detail of the
secondary sources. The main purpose to write the literature review is to enhance their
understanding about the topic. They show the past published detail of the topic so that
researcher can identify the gap and conduct their investigation in appropriate manner (Snyder,
2019). Secondary sources which are included in this are journals, books, articles, website or any
other government sources. Literature review is written so that they can use as a handy evidence
for the specific topic that is selected. This also shows the relationship between the past report and
the present investigation (Kraus, Breier and Dasí-Rodríguez, 2020).
MAIN BODY
What do you understand by the concept of leadership within Non-profit organisation
According to Benevene and et. al ,(2018),With the last of the twentieth century, the Non
profit organisation has changed a lot and make their presence in the world. Some of the examples
of NPO are health institution. Museums, NGO and many more. So in these organisation
leadership plays a significant role were the organisation are heavily works by the volunteers.
Leadership is the quality were they guide the group of volunteers in Non profit organisation.
With their action they try to rum those organisation which does not work to earn profit. In NPO
leadership is important so that with their personalty and management skills they can motivate the
service provider to work effectively and efficiently. They try to change the behaviour of the
volunteers and direct them about the goals of the non profit organisation so that they can work
collectively to achieve them(Ramseur, 2018).
What is the importance of hiring volunteers in Non-profit company
As per the view of Febriani and Selamet (2020), Volunteers are those person who works
for the organisation without getting any pay. In short they freely take part in the enterprises and
perform their specific job. Non profit companies need volunteers so that they can get various
skills professional who will work with them without getting any thing. By the help of them they
can save their cost as they provide technological services. With the help of volunteers they can
also raise fund for the successful running of the company. Volunteers also helps the non profit
company to interact with the society and the community so that social awareness cam be spread
in wider range. They also helps to utilise the resource in effective way without wasting the
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material. Non profit organisation works for the environmental safety so if they hire the service
provider then they can provide sustainable development to the economy. If they hire volunteers
who are energetic towards the culture than it will helps the company to achieve their long term
societal goal in effective and efficient manner (Silva, Proença and Ferreira, 2018).
What are the benefits of leadership styles in Non-profit organisation
In the view of Khorin, Brovkin and Potanina (2018), Leadership style is important for
both non profit or profit making organisation. In non-profit organisation the type of leadership
which is best will be the transformation leadership. It is defined as a approach in which with
their quality they bring change in the individual as well as society. There are certain benefits
which can be get by the Leadership style in NPO. The foremost benefit that they get is they spark
innovation which help the followers to work in innovative way so that they can attract society
towards them. They company also get advantage as they helps in sharing the accurate vision that
is supported by the mission of the NPO. They thrust out those outcome which majorly affect the
society in positiver way. They also boost the morale of the volunteers and guide them how they
can get social return by investing their financial resources in it. As the NPO does not generate
profit so the leaders help them to raise fund by the people in effective manner (Mwesigwa,
Tusiime and Ssekiziyivu, 2020).
What are the challenges faced at a time of implementing leadership styles within Non-profit
organisation
According to Marvin and Volino Robinson (2018), When the leader act in specific
leadership style then they face a lot of problem at that time. Some of the challenges that are faced
by them. The biggest problem that occur at the time is keeping every volunteer in the identical
leaf, as the environment keeps on change and the leaders need to adopt the style according to the
change occurring in the society so it become tough for them to keep each and everyone on the
same page and work effectively with the team. Sometime the decision is to be made which are
not accepted by some of the service provider and leaders make choice which is hard decision
(Yahaya, 2020).
RESEARCH GAP
Main gap within this research is that in the various studies there was lack of information
regarding the impact of leadership and management on non-profit organisation. In previous
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studies, there was lots of data available about the role of leadership and management within a
business organisation. So to overcome with the gap a literature review is done on different
question so that gap can be bridges by the researcher (Stewart and Kuenzi, 2018).
SUMMARY
From the above literature review it is been found that leadership and management skills
are important for both profit making organisation as well as non profit company. If there is no
leader for the NGO then the organisation cannot run in effective manner to achieve the social
goal for which they are establish. Not only lea dears work for the non profit organisation they are
many volunteers who with their will works for the society and the community. So both the
leaders and volunteers work together so that societally and culture aim can be changed toward
the positive way. In the above literature review it is also discuss about the benefits of volunteers
and the leadership style that can be get by the NPO. Some of the benefit NPO get by the
volunteers are they can reduce their cost by hiring the followers who posses various
technological and management skills. The leadership style can also benefit the leaders as they
can boost the morale of the followers by combining the vision and mission of the company. But
some of the challenges are also faced by the non profit organisation when they implements some
leadership style on the organisation.
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Ramseur, A. G., 2018. The relationship between servant leadership, effective leadership, and
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