Evaluating the Performance of Non-profit Organizations using Trend Analysis: The Future Impacts of the Present Performance

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9 Souq elesnin st - Misr elkadima - Cairo - Egypt

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new methodology for evaluating the performance of the nonprofit organizations. This methodology can determine how far the results of the actual performance is equal to the target performance results, and how far the future direction of the actual performance results is compatible with the expected performance in the future.
Design/Methodology/approach – Trend analysis as a statistical technique was used in determining the performance directions of the nonprofit organizations, their future indicators, and forecasting their future performance results.
Findings - Using the trend analysis in reformulating the performance results of the nonprofit organizations in a linear form, may help in determining the performance directions of these organizations, and in expecting their future performance results.
Practical implications – Using the trend analysis in determining the performance directions of the nonprofit organizations may help the decision makers to expect the future impacts of the current performance, and to take the suitable decisions efficiently and effectively.
Originality – Although there are many research and academic articles about evaluating the performance of the nonprofit organizations, but there is a scarcity in the research and academic studies about the performance directions of these organizations. This paper attempts to introduce an academic contribution in this subject by using trend analysis as a statistical technique in determining the direction and the future impacts of the nonprofit organization performance.

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