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Building the Knowledge Base of Nonprofit Management:
A Searchable Database
Efficiency in Religious Organizations
Abstract
Applies data envelopment analysis, which compares organizations to
comparable best-practice units, to human resource management in
churches, focusing on the US Catholic Church, which has had an
apparent shortage of priests in recent years. Drawing on 1990-1994
data for 174 Catholic dioceses & archdioceses, obtained from the
Official Catholic Directory, three types of church output --
sacramental, educational, & nonsacramental social services --
& nine inputs -- eg, diocesan priests, deacons, & parishes --
are assessed, & it concluded that the church would benefit from a
better distribution of priests, both in & across dioceses, &
the use of deacons & priestless parishes can be effective in some
circumstances. 4 Tables, 1 Appendix, 14 References. Adapted from the
source document.
Journal
(1997)
vol8
no1
pages3-18
Categories
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Nonprofit Service Sectors
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Faith/Religious Communities
