René Cintrón, Ph.D.

NONPROFIT BOARD

COMPETENCIES AND

ORGANIZATIONAL

EFFECTIVENESS

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study Statement of the Problem Purpose of the Study

The purpose is to evaluate the competencies of nonprofit boards of directors as they relate to organizational effectiveness in the New Orleans, Louisiana areas affected by hurricane Katrina.

Rationale

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. What determines organizational effectiveness after a natural disaster?

2. What are the most common board member competencies of nonprofit organization that performed well in a natural disaster situation?

3. What are board best practices observed in situations of major disasters?

RESEARCH DESIGN• Board Self-Assessment Questionnaire

– Provide the quantitative data needed to evaluate the various competences present

• Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations’ Standards for Excellence– Provide data from organizations’ staff

members as it relates to organizational effectiveness

• Five Additional Questions– Provide tools for triangulation of the

information gathered through the questionnaires

RESEARCH DESIGN (CONT.)

Population, Sample, and Setting Instrumentation / Measures Data Collection and Analysis Validity and Reliability Confidentiality, Privacy, and

Anonymity of Data

DATA COLLECTION

Instrumentation Question #1 Question #2 Question #3

Board Self-Assessment

Standards for Excellence

Participant Statements

DATA RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

Instrumentation Question #1 Question #2 Question #3

Board Self-Assessment

Analytical

Standards for Excellence

Conflict of Interest and Public Affairs & Public Policy

Public Education and Promoting

Public Participation

Additional Questions

Communication & Community and

Policy & Accountability

Public Education

BEST PRACTICE IDENTIFICATION & DEVELOPMENT

© René Cintrón, 2009

FUTURE RESEARCH

Duplication of this same study with different organizations in different situations

Same model focusing on a larger geographical area

Separate some of the segments of this study

Take this a step further with the best practices found

QUESTIONS / COMMENTS