A growing body of research has documented the benefits of outsourcing various administrative functions.

If you are considering using outsourced professionals for other administrative support functions, have a look at the following documents:

 

Outsourcing-ExecSummary

Outsourcing report full document

Smart_Outsourcing_Pt_I

outsourcing report from new york

 

A new study focuses on outsourcing as a potential solution and reveals the structural constraints and possibilities in outsourcing to small nonprofits.  Mark Leach, the author and MAG Senior Consultant, found “outsourcing to be a promising strategy for helping nonprofits improve their back-office operations because it offers access to higher level professional skills than nonprofits can afford to hire on staff and reduces the management and administrative workload of executive directors.” Read more here.