Volume 10, Issue 7 (July 2023), Pages: 203-210

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 Original Research Paper

Assessing the impact of the charity excellence model on nonprofit organizations in Saudi Arabia: A statistical analysis

 Author(s): 

 Fahad Dibbas Alshammari, Mohamed Aichouni *

 Affiliation(s):

 College of Engineering, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7283-3640

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.07.022

 Abstract:

Organizational excellence is a dynamic and evolving concept that refers to an organization's capacity to achieve strategic objectives at a fundamental level while consistently enhancing its capabilities to tackle external competition and deliver value to stakeholders. In Saudi Arabia, the Charity Excellence Model has been adopted as a national standard since 2014, aiming to ensure quality and excellence in nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and to enhance the sector's performance. This paper aims to investigate the efficacy of the excellence model and its influence on NPOs. A statistical analysis is presented, examining the results of award assessments carried out over four cycles (2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020). The findings demonstrate that the implementation of the excellence model criteria has positively impacted Saudi NPOs; however, their performance remains below the high maturity level targeted by the sector's leadership. This paper also explores potential improvements to the excellence model, considering recent updates in international and national excellence frameworks, as well as the integration of Industry 4.0 technologies in the nonprofit sector.

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Organizational excellence, Nonprofit organizations, Performance improvement, Maturity level

 Article History: Received 3 January 2023, Received in revised form 17 May 2023, Accepted 8 June 2023

 Acknowledgment 

This research has been funded by the Scientific Research Deanship at the University of Ha’il-Saudi Arabia, through Project Number: GR-22 065.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Alshammari FD and Aichouni M (2023). Assessing the impact of the charity excellence model on nonprofit organizations in Saudi Arabia: A statistical analysis. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(7): 203-210

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