A Study of the Performance of Buddhist Organizations in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Woei - Yeh Liou, 劉偉業
• Other Authors: Luh - Wang Wang ( Ph.D)
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2000
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20418033691035924912

碩士 === 南華大學 === 亞洲太平洋研究所 === 88 === With the development of society , non-profit organizations become more and more important , and they have greater influence on the economics of our nation and society. Religious organizations , one of the most important non-profit organizations , are burgeoning in our country. Besides original religions having more new followers or the gathering of resources , they are difficult for other kinds of non-profit organizations to catch up with. Religion is one important cycle of human life , and one of main phenomenon of social activities , too. Therefore , the growth of the scale of religious organizations and quality of religious organizations cann''t be presented to the public and their followers , we will doubt the management of the organizations and their budgets. This research is focused on the Buddhist organizations in Taiwan , and further discusses the degree of understanding of Buddhist organizations in Taiwan towards their own efficiency of performance , and their indexes or methods for measuring performance . The research results are as follows : First , most Buddhist organizations in Taiwan agree with the present efficiency of performance of organizations and the measurements of the efficiency of performance inside organizations . But they don''t have consistent assessing measurements of the efficiency of performance . Second , presently , Buddhist organizations in Taiwan agree upon first six indexes of the performance . They are as follows : contributions works and activities to society , clear ideal , legal process of cash inflows and outflow , consensus of members toward their organizations , objectives and future possibilities of work , and the quality of services . The last six less emphasized indexes are : the hiring of regular employees , the frequency of holding activities , the exposure on media , average cost of service of individual , the amount of capital , and the amount of interest of capita , Third , concerning the factors of affecting the efficiency of performance of organizations solely , the running of organizations is the higher-weighted factor among four factors affecting the efficiency of performance of Buddhist organizations in Taiwan currently . Other factors are : the result of the running of organizations and the contribution of volunteers , the degree of contribution of organizations to society , and the interaction between organizations and people to serve . Fourth , though the factor of the running of organizations has more weights , concerning nine factors of the efficiency of performance of Buddhist organizations in Taiwan , the present conditions inside and the running result of organizations have more weights . ( They belong to factors of the running result of organizations and contributions of volunteers ) Other factors are ranked as follows : financial condition , the ideal and objective of organizations , numbers of activities , the support of stockholders to organizations , real contributions of volunteers , relations with exterior group , and real contributions to society . Fifth , in theory , services offered by non-profit organizations should applied to the needy in society , and the quality of services offered should attain perfection to add their value of existence and have real contributions to society . However , according to multi-property decision analysis ( A.H.P. Law ) , the importance of the factor " real contributions to society " is ranked behind . Thus , Buddhist organizations should have a thought upon it .