MBAs lift non-profit sector
| July 30, 2008 |  View for printing |
When discussing the social sector, Bill Drayton, founder and chief executive of Ashoka, a non-profit organisation that promotes social entrepreneurs, remembers the sector 25 years ago.
“Salaries were pathetic, smart people would avoid it, it was disorganised,” he says. “That’s all gone. We’ve been catching up and once you go from non-competitive to competitive, organisations have to join in the party or they’ll be eaten alive.”
As many non-profit organisations strive to make their operations more professional, a growing number of their employees are choosing to take an MBA.
By Sarah Murray
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