Not-for-Profit and Public Sector Performance

This week’s topics

Not-for-Profit and Public Sector Performance

1. Value for Money (VfM) framework
2. The 3Es (Economy, Efficiency, Effectiveness)
3. Public accountability
4. League tables and non-financial objectives
5. Performance in the Not-For-Profit Sector - ACCA Advanced Performance Management (APM)
6. Performance in the not-for-profit sector - ACCA Performance Management (PM)
7. The 3Es Model in Measuring Business Performance

What you will be able to do

• 2.2 Outline the systems and processes involved in performance analysis in not-for-profit and the public sector.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: outline the systems and processes involved in performance analysis in not-for-profit and the public sector.

Study materials

Videos

• Performance in the Not-For-Profit Sector - ACCA Advanced Performance Management (APM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 14 min · for registered students
• Performance in the not-for-profit sector - ACCA Performance Management (PM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 25 min · for registered students
• The 3Es Model in Measuring Business Performance · YouTube · Galton College · 24 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Sustaining non-profit organizations: strategic, managerial and financial perspectives · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
• Schools financial value standard (SFVS): checklist guidance (DfE) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
• Academy trust handbook 2026 (DfE) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students