An Evaluation of the Impact of InterAction's PVO Standards on Small Member Organizations

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dc.contributor.authorPolishuk, Amy Christineen
dc.contributor.committeechairEbrahim, Alnoor S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBohland, James R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWeisband, Edwarden
dc.contributor.departmentUrban Affairs and Planningen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:57:49Zen
dc.date.adate2002-01-08en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:57:49Zen
dc.date.issued2001-12-07en
dc.date.rdate2003-01-08en
dc.date.sdate2001-12-30en
dc.description.abstractInterAction is a coalition of over 160 non-profit organizations that has become the United States' leading advocate of humanitarian aid. To join this influential group, members must demonstrate annually that they are in compliance with InterAction's rigorous PVO Standards. This paper evaluates the impact of these Standards on member organizations, in the areas of organizational effectiveness and organizational learning. This evaluation was completed using a retrospective longitudinal study on an experimental group. Data was collected through person interviews with three member organizations and analyzing secondary data from annual reports. The results of this limited data illustrate that annual compliance with InterAction's PVO Standards provides an opportunity for an organization to learn about itself. It is only when members of an organization take advantage of this opportunity and apply this knowledge that it could increase its level of effectiveness.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12302001-174905en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12302001-174905/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37162en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartMajorPaper.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectInterActionen
dc.subjectOrganizational Standardsen
dc.subjectOrganizational Effectivenessen
dc.subjectOrganizational Learningen
dc.titleAn Evaluation of the Impact of InterAction's PVO Standards on Small Member Organizationsen
dc.typeMajor paperen
thesis.degree.disciplineUrban Affairs and Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen

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