Chapter 2 Blurring Sectors: Public and Private Organization Theory: A Public and Nonprofit Perspective Note to instructor: These slides do not follow the outline order of the chapter. This is intentional, for lecture purposes. Feel free to rearrange and modify to suit your needs. What Chapter 2 DoesLays out a spectrum of organizations, from government thru nonprofit to businessConsiders similarities and differences among organization sectorsExplores how lines blur between sectorsExamines the environment that all organizations share Organization TermsDepartmentAgencyBureauBureaucracy Caution: Many terms have multiple definitions Department: -- major subunit of a large org -- cabinet-level office in U.S. Fed gov Agency: -- an administrative unit of gov -- an independent reg. agency w/in gov. -- a synonym for “bureau” -- a nonprofit organization Bureau: -- a major division within a department -- a “cost center” within an organization Bureaucracy: -- a synonym for gov or large org (sometimes derisive) -- a form of organization (e.g., ideal type) What “Blurring” MeansIt’s a blending or overlapping of “privateness” and “publicness”Organizations blur more and more often Types of BlurringContinuum of public-to-private Mixture of public and private Who staffs the front office? Who staffs the back office?Overlap of purposes This slide introduces the next several slides Public-Private Continuum Gov. agencies Gov. corps. Gov-nonprofit ventures Nonprof.: Helping Nonprof.: Advocacy Nonprof.: Member Public-private ventures Private monopolies Commercial firms PUBLIC . . . . PRIVATE See Fig. 2-1 for organization examples Front Office / Back Office JumbleGovernmentNASAUS AID, DOTGovernmentState health servicesNonprofitFundraising campaignFor-profitStudent loans (banks)PrivateEngineering firmsConstruction firmsNonprofitHealth service providersPrivateMarketing firmGovernmentLoan guarantee prog. The first column represents the front office of an organization, which is what the public sees. The second office represents who might handle a particular operation for the “fronting” organization. More examples are available in Chapter 2, Table 2-2. You or the students may wish to create additional examples. Overlapping PurposesGovernment, nonprofit, and for-profit orgs at times offer similar servicesExamples:Hospitals, trash services, security servicesLoans, package delivery, many othersReasons: What, why, when, for whom, where Reasons are manifold. -- What involves the type and intensity of service (e.g., free clinics vs. private physicians and specialists) -- Why involves whether public need, level of essential investment, commercial potential -- When involves situations such as catastrophes and temporary situations -- For whom involves cohorts within the public (e.g., the poor, the rich) -- Where involves local choice (e.g., trash pickup) -- Contrast & Compare Public & Private Organi ...