Model Development for Nonprofit Management: A Case Study of Emergent Issues of Theoretical Sufficiency, Managerial Utility, and Pedagogic Capacity

Abstract

The paper reports and reflects on the development, over the period 1997 - 2004, of a typology and growth model of nonprofit organisations, through an iterative research process involving academics, practitioners and undergraduate students. The conceptual development of the models is first outlined. The models are then critiqued relative to three aspects of theoretical value, managerial utility and pedagogic capacity. The paper concludes with a brief reflection on the impact of the varied requirements of the different audiences for organisational and managerial research.