Exploring Sustainable Models of Non-Profit Organizations Using System Dynamics- Cases of the Pu-Li Senior Village and the Bunun Tribe

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 資訊管理學系 === 98 === Donations and government grants are important financial sources of non-profit organizations. However, the supply of external support are instable due to the impact of economy fluctuations. Moreover, as more and more newly established non-profit organizations fig...

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Main Authors: Xing-Chen Chen, 陳星辰
Other Authors: Jian-Hung Chen
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72608170193489068014
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Summary:碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 資訊管理學系 === 98 === Donations and government grants are important financial sources of non-profit organizations. However, the supply of external support are instable due to the impact of economy fluctuations. Moreover, as more and more newly established non-profit organizations fighting for the limited resources, the non-profit organizations will collapse or may erode their mission to maintain operations, which may led to a “common tragedy” result. But in the practice, we still can find some non-profit organizations operating in a low dependence, low social cost, and high satisfaction situation. To explore the strategies of these success stories, as well as their internal designs to achieve such results, this study selected the Pu-Li Senior Village, and the Bunun Tribe as the case study targets. Business models of non-profit organizations are complex, dynamic, and involve numerous causal related factors and feedback relations. This study used system dynamics to identify the causal relationships between the system behavior and the internal mechanism which contributes to the efficient and self-sustained operation of that organization. A qualitative causal loop diagram is constructed to illustrate the business model for each organization, and the key designs and their implications in building a self-sustaining business model are also discussed.