PPPM 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Social Change, Opportunity Cost

• School: University of Oregon
• Department: Planning, Public Policy and Management
• Course: PPPM 280
• Professor: Dyana Mason

Document Summary

Connections among individuals in social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them (putnam p. 19) In oregon, 71% of organizations have a budget of ,000 or less. May rely on volunteers for operational support. It benefits both a third party as well as the volunteer. In 2013, 62. 6 million americans volunteered at least once. Providing hope and dignity to the disadvantaged. Volunteer and paid labor: must measure the value to the volunteer as well as the value to the organization-- have to value the . Volunteers opportunity cost is the cost to volunteering rather than working. Cost to organization of hiring an employee to do the same work. More straightforward, as long as there is a market value. But volunteer skills may not match paid-staff skills. Wide differences between and among cultures in volunteering activity. As discussed earlier, different roles of nonprofits -- thus different roles of volunteers.