Resumen de Nonprofit organizations and their training needs in human resource management

Paula Benevene

• Since the early 90s Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) stand out as crucial actors in politics, economics and welfare systems. According to the most recent data, in 2005, there were 235.232 NPOs in Italy. Italian NPOs are mainly young and fast growing: 55.2% of those organizations started their activities after 1990 (Rinaldi, 2008). This explorative research aims at identifying the training needs of senior managers of Italian Non Profit Organizations, with special reference to Human Resource Management. The research was developed through the administration of a semi-structured interview to 88 senior managers of as many Italian NPOs