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Srinivas, Nidhi. "Crafting consensus in the third world : strategy formation in the third sector." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38419.
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There has during a rapid growth of third sector organizations (TSOs) in the third world during the 1990s. Such growth has occurred during a period of severe cutbacks in state investment as well as rapid globalization of trade. Social activists have often organized TSOs in these countries as an alternative to private and public organizations. However the question of how leaders and managers of these TSOs sustain their activities remains important. Their dilemma of help is the focus of this study.Through a study of strategy formation in three third sector organizations in the third world, this study focuses on how TSOs can be sustainable yet effective change agents. It develops a typology of TSOs with particular attention to type of third sector activity (operating, support, community), type of organizational form (Grassroots initiatives, Grassroots Organizations, Grassroots Federations, Development Support Organizations and International Development Support Organizations) and dominant strategy approach (domain, distinctiveness, and design). This study argues that attention to these three aspects needs to be complemented by exploring the processes through which strategies form in these organizations.
Accordingly the strategy process in three TSOs in South India was examined, in particular the origin of the strategy, tactics of consensus, and interests of participants. Examining the strategy process in TSOs revealed that strategies originated in intent or event, promoters' consensus-tactics were conceived or improvised and participant's interests were fixed or shifting.
These findings on strategy process show varied origins, interests and consensus tactics in TSOs. They also seem to be associated with particular capacities in these organizations to perform their chosen activities, as well as with changes in mission. The study concludes with a discussion of the significance of these findings and a call for bridging the literatures on good management and effective social change, for further researching capacity building in TSOs, and encouraging initiatives for cross sector learning.
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Royston, S. P. "Third Sector campaigning strategies : a study of Third Sector organisations campaigning for the reform of UK child poverty policy." Thesis, University of York, 2010. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1401/.
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This project studies the strategies used by Third Sector Organisations (TSOs) in campaigning for the reform of UK child poverty policy. This qualitative study combines expert interviews with policy workers in campaigning TSOs with textual analysis of TSO submissions to a 2007/08 Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into child poverty. Analysis applies a resource dependence perspective combined with a social fields approach, to show how the values of key resources TSOs possess and require for their work vary depending on whether they use an ‘insider’ or ‘outsider’ campaign strategy. The research takes a multi-level approach to understanding campaigning, from the endogenous attributes of TSOs, through their connections with other groups within the sector, to their interactions with their wider environment. This allows a systematic and holistic understanding of the functioning of this complex marketplace.
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Merridew, Tanya Suzanne. "Third sector politics in the new local governance." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1999. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10227/.
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This thesis explores the operation of third sector politics within the changing context of local governance. Throughout the history of urban policy the concept of community has fonned a recurrent, if fluctuating theme (Eisenschitz and Gough, 1993; Raco, 1998a). Recent literature has tended to assume the emergence of a new local governance characterised by restructured local political relations. A related strand of thinking suggests that within this new context, the community role has been elevated. The recent turn to community seems to present a vision in which public participation is something of a panacea to secure successful and lasting urban regeneration and more effective local governance. The tendency within the literature has been to focus on new institutional configurations rather than the detailed operation of the new arrangements. This thesis seeks to assess in detail how the third sector is engaging in processes of local governance and the mechanisms that support this. The research focuses on the fine-grain of spatial and institutional representation of community interests and the fonn and function of community politics. It develops this focus through a specific concern with the operation of community politics and the constitution of governance roles through two in-depth case studies conducted in the North-East. These provide contrasting examples of third sector organisation and coordination, thus highlighting the locally distinctive nature of third sector politics. The thesis concludes that attempts at specifying changing local governance and models of community engagement have tended to ignore the complexity of community politics. Therefore, it is argued that future theoretical developments need to address these complexities in order to capture any change in the fonn and nature of local political relations in general and third sector politics in particular.
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Rochon, Christopher John. "A case study of an effective third sector organization." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/nq21665.pdf.
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Fries, Deborah. "The past, present and future of the third sector." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1987. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Suttill, Rosemary Jennifer. "Future compatibility? : the English third sector and the state." Thesis, University of York, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.301145.
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Ferreira, Silvia. "The paradox of the third sector : a systems-theoretical, relational approach to the role of third sector in welfare governance via local partnerships." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.578070.
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The potential of governance through partnerships and the third sector to solve state and market failures has been taken up internationally. Yet this solution poses theoretical and practical challenges because these instruments further complicate an already complex field to action concerned with social problems. While the third sector and governance are much studied, approaches that connect their roles in welfare governance to broader theoretical issues are underdeveloped. This thesis seeks to fill this gap by developing a systems-theoretical, relational approach that adopts the complexity and cultural turns and that was developed in a dialogue between. ethnography and theoretical inquiry. The case study involved a Local Strategic Partnership in an English district in a period dominated by Third Way • policies. The theoretical inquiry draws on Luhmannian systems theory and Jessop's strategic-relational approach. Overall, the thesis explores, empirically and theoretically, discourses and semantics, descriptions and self-descriptions, policies, network and organisational features, decisions and undecidabilities, paradoxes and contingencies and the self-potentiating complexity of selections. In particular, it considers the variety of first- and second-order observations of failure and their role as a stimulus to continuing attempts at governance despite the recurrent experience of failure. In this way, the thesis explores the inevitably complex unfolding dialectic between two sides of a fractally structured part-whole paradox in societies characterized by functional differentiation and network governance. This paradox has two sides. The state is but one institutional ensemble in a complex society that is nonetheless charged with governing the whole society; and the third sector is expected to represent the side of 'society' to the state and to deliver state objectives. Each side has its own fractal complexities, reinforced through their interaction. The thesis concludes by highlighting the analytical potential of this approach to understanding the complexities of governance in and through the third sector.
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Mutch, Allyson. "Collaboration in the third sector : towards a framework of understanding /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18736.pdf.
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Charalampous, Ioanna. "Business crime in Greece : employment offences in third sector companies." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2012. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/9270/.
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In current times, with business as the focal point of society in which economic strain is prevalent, it is important to be able to investigate the dysfunction and deviance that can arise as a result, since their effects will be felt in all aspects of modern social life. Upon this assumption, the current research investigates the influence of business crime, with a specific focus on the offences committed by businesses against their workforce over employment legislation. This research is delimited to companies of the third sector of the economy, commerce and financial services in particular. Entrepreneurship, business practice, employment legislation, the regulatory system and economic strain and crisis are all examined in order to investigate the phenomenon in Greece. The fieldwork consists of secondary statistical analysis of reports from the relevant regulatory offices and qualitative interviews with four target groups: employees who are victims of business crime at the work place, inspectors, trade union members and business managers and owners. The analysis follows a macro-meso-micro focus of analysis in order to provide a spherical illustration of all factors influencing deviance. Power imbalances within the capitalist system of production influencing social structures and imbalances in relevant relations of agency agents and the state, community and society are significant analytical elements of business deviance. Unpaid enforced overtime and illegal employment constitute the two prevailing offences and create a work environment of insecurity and informality. Structural factors like state-promoted entrepreneurship, changes in legislation, decreased collectivity and economic strain play an important role as do low reporting and conviction rates. The role of the state is a key element linking the levels of analysis and its further functions are instrumental in shaping legislation, systems of control, and perceptions of harm and impact of crime. Additionally, the state can act as a facilitator to deviance by participation in criminality for profit. The conclusions of this study can enhance an interest in business crime, modern criminological research in Greece and can additionally inform policy and practice.
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Haddow, David. "Strategic marketing, communications and design management in the Third Sector." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.570873.
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There are well over 200,000 registered charities in the UK, creating a crowded and unique marketplace. There is a strong sense amongst supporters of what it means to be a charity; a compassionate, ethical, and honest organisation that raises money for the good of others. Alongside these core values however, there are other key factors that can distinguish one charity from another. It is paramount that a charity works hard to develop and convey these factors through strategic marketing, communications and design (as a business would) in order to effectively deliver its mission, values and beliefs to target audiences. ~'.., • • .,... •• i Street League is a national charity organisation whose mission is to transform thelives of disadvantaged young people through the power of sport. The organisation uses football in particular as a tool by which to engage with individuals from disadvantaged and difficult backgrounds. Through a structured curriculum of football and employment support, Street , League then progress participants from these unique programmes, directly on to further education, training or employment opportunities. In 2009, Street League sought to improve and expand services nationally however, in order to support their operation, they needed to remain attractive to potential service users while communicating their message and successes to existing funders, partners, employees and the media. In addition to attracting new participants onto programmes, Street League wanted to improve the sustainment of relationships with existing participants for a duration long enough to make a difference to their lifestyles and social behaviour. The charity felt it was important that they responded to the needs of the young people they worked with by communicating in new, exciting and accessible ways. The charity understood that a strong brand identity and innovatively designed communication material could support their business goals, but possessed neither the design skills nor the resources necessary to develop, execute and evaluate complex integrated communication applications and marketing strategy. The charity required an internal understanding of marketing, communications and design and how it could contribute to individual elements of the business in addition to wider organisational objectives. The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between Street League and Glasgow Caledonian University was established in order to facilitate and manage the internal and external resources necessary to develop an integrated communications and marketing strategy for the charity. As the 'KTP Associate' and Street Leagues' Communications and Marketing Manager, the author was responsible for the management of the partnership, the coordination of the two year project and the delivery of all strategic output. Strategic: Marketing, Communications and Design Management in the Third Sector I David Haddow II
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Rewniak, Dwayne O. M. "Third sector housing, an examination of third sector housing initiatives and a comparison of the private and non-profit rental markets in inner-city Winnipeg." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq23471.pdf.
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Sohail, Muhammad. "An investigation into the procurement of urban infrastructure in developing countries." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1997. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7523.
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The poor in urban areas of developing countries suffer from inadequate tertiary (neighbourhood level) urban infrastructure; water and sanitation, solid waste, drainage, access pavements, street lighting and community buildings. Procurement of tertiary level infrastructure is the responsibility of the public sector. Rapid urbanisation is outstripping the already lacking resources of public sector. The involvement of private commercial sector in the procurement is through the micro-contracts. The term, 'micro-contracts', is proposed for the small and medium size contracts. In some cases a third sector like NGOs, CBOs and community groups have also played roles in the procurement of infrastructure. The processes, roles, relationships and performance of micro-contracts procured under routine and community participated strategies were explored with a view to promote the role of the community in the procurement process. The constraints to contract, relationship between public sector and community groups and ways to overcome those constraints were explored. The contract contexts were taken from India, Pakistan and Sri-Lanka. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used. A multiple case study approach was adopted for the research. During the research three hundred and ninety contracts, more than a hundred interviews and filed notes and more than two hundred documents related to the micro-contracts were reviewed and analysed. The concept of benchmarking was adopted in performance analysis. 'Community partnering' is proposed as a procurement strategy to facilitate the community to play different roles parallel to the roles of Client, Engineer and Contractor. The cost and benefits of community partnering were discussed. It was concluded that, for the similar conditions studied, the community partnering between the urban public sector and suitable urban communities is an appropriate procurement strategy. The recommendations include a number of actions which could be taken to promote the community role in urban infrastructure procurement. Areas of future research are proposed.
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Tomé, Odete Isabel Fernandes. "Estão entidades do sector não lucrativo preparadas para mudança de legislação?" Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/10418.
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Mestrado em Contabilidade, Fiscalidade e Finanças EmpresariaisNo terceiro sector a importância das Entidades do Sector Não Lucrativo tem vindo a aumentar na sociedade portuguesa, pelo que, a alteração legislativa tem a capacidade de suscitar problemáticas e divergir opiniões. Esta dissertação visa oferecer uma análise e compreensão da escassez de normas contabilísticas específicas e a falta de recursos financeiros que permitam o registo fiel e transparente das suas operações. As práticas inexistentes de procedimentos para preparação dos dados contabilísticos, a não divulgação de informação financeira nem práticas de relato financeiro de acordo com a nova norma, conclui-se que poderão ser factores de entrave para as entidades que terão que passar a prestar e elaborar informação. Em 2012 o paradigma das Entidades do Sector Não Lucrativo executa uma viragem quer em termos de transparência quer de adaptação. Estarão as Entidades do Sector Não Lucrativo preparadas e conscientes desta alteração legislativa?
In the tertiary sector the importance of nonprofits has increased in Portuguese society, so that the legislative amendment has the ability to raise issues and opinions differ. This paper aims to provide an analysis and understanding of the scarcity of specific accounting standards, the lack of financial resources enabling organizations to register their faithful and transparent operations is a reality of nonprofits belonging to the tertiary sector. The practices nonprofit procedures for preparation of accounting data, the non-disclosure of financial information or financial reporting practices in accordance with the new standard, we conclude that obstacle could be factors for entities that have to go and prepare to provide information. In 2012 the paradigm of nonprofits performs a shift in terms of transparency or adaptation. Are the nonprofits prepared and aware of this legislative change?
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Pritchard-Wilkes, Vanessa Elizabeth. "Social impact measurement : constructing an institution within third sector housing organisations." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5541/.
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This thesis is a study of why and how social impact measurement (SIM) is being adopted within the social housing sector. Driven by the need to demonstrate accountability, it is seen as a problematic undertaking. An original contribution is made by extending components within the concept of institutional work whilst working with an original nested theoretical framework with agency and institutions at its core. The exploratory, interpretivist and reflexive way in which this research was undertaken allowed issues of importance to the interviewees to emerge inductively. This approach was wholly necessary due to the embryonic nature of the agenda and the underlying contested concept of social value. A question arose as to whether the SIM output was an appropriate mechanism to provide such accountability. The research revealed macro level support for SIM through the analysis of institutional logics. Below this, within the organisational field, lies weak and contested logics at the meso level and a lack of informing logics at the micro level. A more specific understanding of SIM as a concept and the methodological choices may increase utilisation of SIM outputs and aid in clarifying the concept of social value, its creation and measurement.
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Feliciano, Joana Filipa da Graça. "Social media networks in the third sector : the road to sustainability." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/17321.
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Mestrado em MarketingUm dos grandes desafios do Terceiro Setor é a sua sustentabilidade financeira. Esta dissertação explora o status quo de organizações do Terceiro Setor com diferentes dimensões, de modo a reconhecer limitações comuns, dependências e de que forma as redes sociais podem atenuar obstáculos e quão profundo é o conhecimento sobre o Retorno Social do Investimento de cada uma. Esta investigação exploratória é baseada numa abordagem qualitativa. O método de recolha de dados consistiu em treze entrevistas em profundidade semiestruturadas aos líderes de algumas organizações do Terceiro Setor. Os resultados sugerem que independentemente do tamanho da organização, as maiores e transversais dependências e limitações são: restrições financeiras, de tempo e alcance, sujeição ao pro-bono e ao trabalho voluntário. A natureza não lucrativa do Setor também impõe uma limitação económica e ética na forma como podem explorar os seus esforços de marketing. Para ultrapassar estes reptos, o social media marketing é crucial para diversificar as fontes de receita e obter outros benefícios, tais como notoriedade da marca e credibilidade; potenciais novos doadores e leads. Não obstante, o impacto da medição do Retorno Social do Investimento revela falta de conhecimento e nível de confiança entre os membros das organizações. Esta investigação fornece valiosos insights sobre o estado da arte do tema e conhecimento sobre quais as áreas que as organizações devem focar para tomarem o caminho mais viável para a sua sustentabilidade
One of the main challenges of the Third Sector is its economic sustainability. This dissertation explores the status quo of the Third sector organisations with different dimensions in order to recognise common constraints, dependencies and how social media networks can ease the obstacles and how deep is the knowledge on social media return on investment. This exploratory research is based on a qualitative approach. The data collection method consisted of thirteen semi-structured non-standardised in-depth interviews to the leaders of some Third Sector organisations. The findings suggest that regardless the dimension of the organisation the major and transversal dependencies and limitations are: financial, time and reach constraints, reliance on pro bono and on volunteer workforce. The non-profit nature of the Third Sector also imposes a limitation on how economical and ethical marketing efforts can be explored. Social media marketing is important to diversify income sources and also to obtain other benefits such as brand awareness and credibility; new potential donors and leads. Nevertheless, the impact measurement of social return on investment is lacking of knowledge and trust among organization members. The contributions of this study provide valuable insights about the state-of-the-art on the subject and knowledge in which areas should the organisations focus to take the most viable road to their sustainability.
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Ashaju, Oluwafemi. "Investigating the Effects of Information Security Awareness in the Third Sector." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Digitala tjänster och system, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-79531.
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Information security awareness (ISA) focuses on the user’s responsibility and understanding of risk, to ensure that acceptable working practices are adopted under these broad principles, thereby reducing the likelihood of legal, financial and reputational risk related to the organization and individual. However, the third sector organization is behind in the security awareness maturity level. This research aims to understand and evaluate the level of information security awareness (ISA) knowledge in third sector organizations. The study was conducted with mixed-method design, combining the qualitative and quantitative approaches. A semi-structured interview method was used to gather data, transcribe it, and analyse it with a thematic framework analysis. The quantitative approach uses a questionnaire survey method was used to investigate the knowledge of information security awareness. The main findings present a lack of security awareness in the third sector and gaps in good security behaviour.
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Webb, Enid Vanessa. "Outcomes for young carers : public and third sector provision in Wales, UK." Thesis, Swansea University, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.725642.
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Bento, Marcia Helena dos Santos. "INTEGRAÇÃO DE SISTEMAS DE GESTÃO: PROPOSED PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING THE THIRD SECTOR." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2012. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/8227.
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Este trabalho analisa como uma organização do terceiro setor pode formatar
a implantação de um sistema de gestão da qualidade, de forma gradual, a fim de
atingir a meta da certificação segundo a norma NBR ISO 9001:2008, utilizando-se
da estrutura de implantação do Modelo de Excelência em Gestão da Fundação
Nacional da Qualidade, nível de Compromisso com a Excelência. Esse
questionamento partiu do trabalho desenvolvido junto às ONGs da região de Santa
Maria, RS pelo Núcleo de Excelência Empresarial - NEE em parceria com a CVI
Refrigerantes através do Programa CVI Social. Assim, optou-se por realizar uma
Matriz de Relação entre os dois sistemas em questão, incluindo os requisitos dos
Critérios de Compromisso com Excelência que apresentassem baixa relação com os
requisitos da NBR ISO 9001:2008. A partir desse momento, utilizando-se como
objeto de estudo a Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Esposende / Centro de Apoio
Social Ernestino Miranda e seguindo as características do Sistema de Avaliação da
Gestão Simplificado, elaborado pelo Programa Gaúcho de Qualidade e
Produtividade, delineou-se um Plano de Implantação de um Sistema de Gestão,
integrando os dois sistemas mencionados e aplicável através do Diagnóstico para
implantação gradativa do Sistema de Gestão Integrado ISO/MEG. Dessa forma,
chega-se à conclusão de que o referido diagnóstico pode ser utilizado tanto pelas
organizações do terceiro setor quanto por outras organizações e sua aplicação às
ONGs da Região de Santa Maria, RS, como o desenvolvimento do próprio sistema
de gestão, ocorrerão por intermédio do NEE, em continuidade a esta dissertação.Este trabalho analisa como uma organização do terceiro setor pode formatar a implantação de um sistema de gestão da qualidade, de forma gradual, a fim de atingir a meta da certificação segundo a norma NBR ISO 9001:2008, utilizando-se da estrutura de implantação do Modelo de Excelência em Gestão da Fundação Nacional da Qualidade, nível de Compromisso com a Excelência. Esse questionamento partiu do trabalho desenvolvido junto às ONGs da região de Santa Maria, RS pelo Núcleo de Excelência Empresarial - NEE em parceria com a CVI Refrigerantes através do Programa CVI Social. Assim, optou-se por realizar uma Matriz de Relação entre os dois sistemas em questão, incluindo os requisitos dos Critérios de Compromisso com Excelência que apresentassem baixa relação com os requisitos da NBR ISO 9001:2008. A partir desse momento, utilizando-se como objeto de estudo a Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Esposende / Centro de Apoio Social Ernestino Miranda e seguindo as características do Sistema de Avaliação da Gestão Simplificado, elaborado pelo Programa Gaúcho de Qualidade e Produtividade, delineou-se um Plano de Implantação de um Sistema de Gestão, integrando os dois sistemas mencionados e aplicável através do Diagnóstico para implantação gradativa do Sistema de Gestão Integrado ISO/MEG. Dessa forma, chega-se à conclusão de que o referido diagnóstico pode ser utilizado tanto pelas organizações do terceiro setor quanto por outras organizações e sua aplicação às ONGs da Região de Santa Maria, RS, como o desenvolvimento do próprio sistema de gestão, ocorrerão por intermédio do NEE, em continuidade a esta dissertação.
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Bennett, Hayley. "Marketisation of UK employment programmes : the impact on a third sector organisation." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8172.
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Since 1999 UK employment programmes (known as welfare-to-work programmes) have been delivered through the procurement of services from organisations outside of the public sector. Managed by contractual arrangements and arranged in a quasi-market system controlled by the state, private and third sector organisations compete to secure contracts predominantly based on payment-by-results and competitive tendering processes. This thesis used an instrumental case study to analyse the impact of the welfare-to-work quasi-market on a third sector organisation based in Scotland. Using a qualitative mixed-methods research strategy including 20 in-depth interviews, 150 documents, an ethnographic study and financial analysis of the organisation’s accounts, the thesis presents an in-depth insight into the development of the welfare-to-work market and its changes over time and the impact this had on instigating organisational change in a third sector organisation. Drawing on transaction cost theory, neoinstitutional theory and resource dependency theory the study found that activities, structure, and management processes changed in line with changes in its organisational field in order to attract and maintain resources and gain legitimacy. Furthermore, the organisation under investigation faced financial management tensions as it sought to balance its involvement in service delivery with transaction costs associated with market participation. The thesis found that the dependence on resources from complex quasi-markets relations creates new power asymmetries between delivery organisations and the state.
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Prinos, Ioannis. "Third sector, welfare, governance and social citizenship in Greece and the UK." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2016. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/23515/.
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This study looks at how the third sector (TS) in Greece and the UK is shaped by crisis and the politics of austerity. The empirical research for this thesis involved a comparative case study of two medium-sized third sector organisations (TSOs), one in Greece and one in the UK. Both organisations are to some extent user-led and support vulnerable social groups. The thesis addresses two main research questions: firstly, to what extent and in which ways do TSOs utilise governance 'technologies of self; and secondly, how do they perceive social citizenship, while supporting their service-users' efforts for socioeconomic (re)integration? The thesis thus contributes to an area largely unexplored by previous research: the role of TSOs in the 'remaking' of social citizenship rights through their possible co-optation as local welfare agents, and the ways they may be applying behavioural governance strategies for the social control of the marginalised. In a welfare culture where individuals must learn how to self-regulate and care for themselves, rather that the welfare state caring for them, the nuances of TSOs' response as instruments of governmentality in different countries, have remained largely unaddressed. Through ethnographic observations and in-depth qualitative interviews, the analytical focus of the study is on the experiences and perceptions of primarily staff members and secondly service-users, during their everyday activities. From this premise, attention is then paid to the organisations' practices as social actors within their national habitus. Specifically, their relation to dominant welfare discourses and policies is scrutinised, emphasising the latter's effect on their identity, strategies, goals and relationship with their service-users. The study finds that the UK organisation is focused inwards, using various discipline and user-monitoring technologies reflecting national discourses within the welfare system, in which it aspires to remain an active actor. These technologies are characterised by conditionality, benefit sanctions, notions of civility, proper morals, adaptability, responsibility and antisocial behaviour. The goal is to transform welfare protection into arbitrary individual privileges attained through adherence to externally set rules observed by service providers such as TSOs, which in order to remain relevant, 'fight' for social inclusion, rather than against social exclusion. In contrast, the Greek organisation, is focused outwards, to the social and the political. It carries itself as a sociopolitical actor opposing dominant welfare narratives promoting charity and individual responsibility for social problems in the form of antisocial behaviour and unproductive lifestyles. It attempts to draw service-users into a practical and ideological commitment to activism in a sociopolitical movement of solidarity and resistance to neoliberal austerity. Consequently, and to the detriment of the services offered, social control practices are again employed, but towards the promotion of a new social and economic paradigm. Hinging on direct democracy from the ground-up, the ultimate goal is the reinstitution of the social welfare state as the sole guarantor of social citizenship for all. Future comparative research could focus solely on the 'voice' of service-users, investigating the existence of a TS-dependency institutional stigma, but also, their sway over the activities, strategies and aims of TSOs supporting them.
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Kirby, John Brandon. "Inside the Third Sector: a Gongo Level Analysis of Chinese Civil Society." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2013. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500183/.
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This thesis investigates a new variant of the relationship between society and the states: Government-Owned (or Organized) Non-Governmental Organizations (GONGOs). Past research has typically understood civil society as a means to explain the orientation of groups of citizens towards collective outcomes. For decades, NGOs have been a key component of this relationship between political actors but the systematic study of GONGOs has been widely neglected by research. I used an original dataset collected from an NGO directory developed by the China Development Brief (CDB) that provides information on the functional areas of NGOs, their sources of funding and various organizational facts. These data were used to code a series of concepts that will serve as the basis for an initial systematic study into GONGOs and their relationship with the Chinese government. My theoretical expectations are that the primary predictors of an NGO’s autonomy relate to their functional areas of operation, their age and other geographical factors. I find preliminary support for the effect of an NGO’s age on its autonomy from the state, as well as initial support for the dynamic nature of the relationship between NGOs and the state. I close with a discussion of these findings as well as their implications for future research.
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Nobari, Juila Janfeshar. "Accountability and social impact measurement for a third sector supported housing organisation." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2913.
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The concept of social accounting dates back to the mid 1970’s as one response within third sector organisations to traditional monetised accounting systems. As third sector organisations face increased funding challenges alternative reporting and measurement systems support information provision within a competitive funding market. A growing accountability movement within the sector supports this increased reporting. Yet, despite a substantial effort towards addressing accountability concerns and taking the fact that social accounting is an important enabler of third sector organisations; the concept of accountability and its role are not well specified or theorised. The focus of much literature is on the theoretical or political determination of a business with the concept of accountability as a mechanism to demonstrate moral obligation. Yet, there are few in-depth studies illustrating the issues in designing, implementing, and using social accounting in practice. The thesis is set within a third sector supported housing organisation and demonstrates the nature of reflective change and development within a social situation. Hence, the objective of this study was to define a practical model of accountability in respect to ‘social accounting’ whilst exploring the concept of ‘social impact measurement’ and its purpose within the case organisation. The study involves theoretical and practical understandings of developing a social impact measurement framework from the initial plan, design, implementation and usage of the framework. This research extends knowledge of accountability practice as cumulative process over time, an understanding of the potential challenges to such development in nonprofits, and draw attention to the complex, interrelated and cumulative relationships between accountability dimensions in practice. The research also illuminates how social impact measurement supports organisational dynamic change and development and the accountability obligation to stakeholders throughout social impact measurement implementation. The chosen methodological framework takes that of an insider action research approach to offer an explanation of the journey of understanding the theoretical alongside the practical experience. This is achieved through the critical reflection on the development of social impact measurement within the case organisation. The focus is to demonstrate the reflective ongoing process of change and maturation in a social situation in the ii workplace within a third sector supported housing organisation. This study highlights the importance of measuring social impact in facilitating and shaping a practical model of accountability in respond to the sustainability of nonprofits within a competitive funding market.
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Harding, Andrew. "Third sector telephone housing options service for older people : a realist evaluation." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2018. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/30788/.
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The intended outcome of a third sector telephone housing options service focusing on specialist housing is to empower older people to reassess their home environment. However, there is no existing academic research in this area. In an original contribution to knowledge, this study addresses the question: How, why, for whom and in what context is a third sector telephone I&A service efficacious in relation to instilling empowerment in older people considering specialist housing? This thesis takes a realist philosophical perspective and realist evaluation approach (context-mechanism-outcome configuration - CMOc). Key methods include a focus group with service advisors (to develop programme theory), access to the service setting, analysis of imparted information and realist/semi-structured interviews (n=31) with older information-seekers (n=16) one month (n=16) and four months (n=15) after engaging with the service. Tenure and access to deliberative networks are key areas of context. Against a backdrop of a shortage of specialist housing and subsequent complex conditions, those in private housing (mostly owner-occupiers) tend to seek empowerment. Social tenants, limited to a system where a low priority, already have experiential knowledge and seek accessible alternatives. It was common for participants to trust the service relative to negative prior experiences. Yet, in the majority of CMOc (n=8) outcomes tend to reflect an inability to act (social tenants) or uncertainty (mainstream residents) – the latter triggered by mechanisms such as apprehension. A key finding was that many information-seekers sought, desired or used the interviews for more substantive discussion. The current UK market and structure of I&A provision, both hampered by neo-liberal influences, are not conducive to older people reassessing their home. Firstly, this research further underlines the need to increase the supply of specialist housing. Secondly, this study challenges established thinking where information, and not the relational elements of substantive deliberation, is assumed to empower.
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Alam, Manzurul. "The budgetary process in uncertain contexts : a study of public sector corporations in Bangladesh." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321135.
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Doiron, Ashley A. "Tourism development and the third sector : a case study on Dawson City, Yukon." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ64031.pdf.
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Vamstad, Johan. "Governing Welfare : The third sector and the challenges to the Swedish Welfare State." Doctoral thesis, Sundsvall : Department of Social Science, Mid Sweden University, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-39.
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Clift, Stacey M. "Governance, community participation and urban regeneration : a new role for third sector partners?" Thesis, Middlesex University, 2008. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/6464/.
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Partnership and participation are terms at the centre of current urban regeneration policy initiatives in the UK. The modernising local government agenda has seen a significant shift towards placing greater emphasis on the role of partnerships, and voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) (often referred to collectively as the third sector) are recognised as a key partner in this process. This research conceptualises the third sector within local governance by examining partnership working as a form of community governance. This involves exposing the power relations that underpin such a form of governance in the context of recent urban regeneration initiatives. The research examines two case studies of on-going exercises in community participation within Local Strategic Partnerships in London, the Haringey Community Empowerment Network and the Enfield Community Empowerment Network, in order to interpret how attempts to incorporate the VCO sector in urban regeneration policy in these two areas has unfolded. Through analysis of the policy implementation process as seen in the experience and judgements of key VCO actors involved, what is discovered is that VCOs are embedded in the process and exercise influence, but this influence is "selective" and "focussed", exerted at different levels in the structures and impacted upon by the capacities of VCOs. Findings also demonstrate that not all VCOs wish to be actively engaged in the same way and that new roles in service delivery for VCOs create operational difficulties for the sector. Local conditions relating to socioeconomic factors and local political subcultures play an important role in determining outcomes, which are in fact highly differentiated in the two adjacent areas. Local political conditions are seen to relate to ongoing "discourses" of local governance in terms of "agonistic" and "good bureaucracy" debates as well as theories of power.
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Dickinson, Simon Bernard. "Geographies of fidelity : emergent spaces of third sector activity after the Canterbury earthquakes." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/33185.
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This thesis examines creative trajectories of urban life that irrupted as a result of a series of devastating earthquakes in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2010-11. In particular, it focuses on third sector organisations (TSOs) that emerged during the recovery period, and examines how these organisations sought to inscribe themselves within the re-emerging city. In doing so, I argue that the rupture afforded by the earthquakes opened up the possibility for the dominant practices of a complex political conservatism to be challenged through the emergence of new and previously restrained claims to the city that have manifested through these TSOs. These organisations have made use of the temporary recovery-spaces of the city, and appear to be working to embed their underlying values and politics in its renewal. Pertinently, this thesis comprehensively explores the ways these emergent organisations were impelled and sustained by improvisations that attempted to invoke and continue a fidelity to the earthquake event. The dominant narrative in the city has since critiqued these emergent organisations as being subsumed by a broader state project that is working to restore a neoliberal and conservative style of politics. Drawing largely upon in-depth participatory research within emergent TSOs, this thesis seeks to evaluate the notion that the creative forces of these organisations have become stripped of radical potential through a gradual incorporation into a more resilient version of the previous political orthodoxy. In doing so, it contributes to literatures on the political possibilities of the third sector by paying attention to the organisational practices that foster alternative logics of performative expression, political engagement and cultural imagination alongside formations of the seemingly neoliberal. By drawing attention towards the tentative probing of sociocultural and material fissures, practices of organisational experimentation and the ethical agency of staff, I argue that the sector might be viewed as fostering spaces through which alternative ethical and political sensibilities are being actively contested on a range of scales. Subsequently, this thesis explores how the foundations and relations that previously made the city legible have been shaken. Accordingly, the research offers a re-reading of the earthquakes that makes an argument for something more complex than an automatic return to the status-quo. It recognises the earthquakes as a series of violent geophysical events that prompted the irruption of some potentially disruptive imaginations, but explores perceptions that the disaster couldn’t impel others. Underpinning discussion on how these imaginations are grasped and sustained is an examination of how possibilities were afforded or curbed by interpretations of what the earthquakes represented (or enabled) in ongoing storylines of the city. Consequently, this thesis explores what it actually meant in practice for these organisations to be faithful to the event.
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Dewitt, Sunita. "Second and third generation South Asian service sector entrepreneurship in Birmingham, United Kingdom." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1636/.
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This thesis explores second and third generation South Asian entrepreneurship in Britain. To date the majority of studies have focused on understanding entrepreneurship by first generation South Asian immigrants who established businesses in traditional sectors of the economy, frequently as a result of „push‟ and „pull‟ factors. This thesis extends the work on South Asian entrepreneurship to second and third generation South Asian entrepreneurs. These generations are detached from immigrant status and the majority have been assimilated into British culture and economy, they are the British/Asians. This thesis explores the driving forces and strategies deployed by these succeeding generation of South Asians in setting up businesses in Birmingham‟s service sector economy. A framework is developed to understand South Asian entrepreneurship that consists of four elements: individual‟s driving forces, financial input, support networks and market opportunities. These elements consist of factors such as background which involves personal attributes including encouragement from parents to obtain educational credentials; inspiration from entrepreneurial family networks; and the desire to achieve status and flexibility; support networks explores the role of co-ethnic, community-based and business associations. And finally, market opportunities include the deployment of specific strategies by these entrepreneurs in locating markets for their products and services. A significant component of this is the way these generations utilise their ethnicity and duality not only to target clients and widen markets but also innovate their goods and services through fusing together aspects of Asianess and Britishness to create „hybrid products‟ which are intended to penetrate new markets.
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McMullin, Caitlin. "Co-production and the third sector : a comparative study of England and France." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8109/.
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This thesis explores co-production between citizens and third sector professionals (in community regeneration, parents’ organisations, and older people’s services) in Sheffield, England and Lyon, France. I employ an analytical framework of institutional logics to explore how the rules, practices and narratives of the organisations are specific to their contexts and how these shape co-production practices. The study finds that while the Sheffield organisations are characterised by an assimilation of the state, community and market logics, the Lyon organisations demonstrate a blend of a ‘Napoleonic state’ logic, and a ‘local solidarity’ logic. These combinations of logics illuminate two approaches to co-production. In France, co-production is informed by notions of citizenship, solidarity and participative democracy, leading to a greater focus on citizen involvement in organisational governance and influence of rules as an enabler and constraint to co-production. In Sheffield, co-production is seen as a way to improve communities, services and outcomes, and we therefore see more pragmatic attention to co-design and co-delivery activities. This thesis provides an important contribution to co-production theory and practice, by employing institutional theory to demonstrate some of the cultural and contextual subjectivity of co-production, and producing evidence of meso and macro level factors that influence co-production behaviour.
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Best, Bernadette. "Examining service quality in third sector service delivery organisations through a stakeholder lens." Thesis, Ulster University, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.701520.
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The purpose of this study is to examine factors influencing service quality in third sector organisations (TSOs) through a stakeholder lens. Specifically, the study explores factors determining how service quality is defined, understood. conceptualised and managed through exchanges with multiple actors. This study seeks to conceptualise a holistic understanding of the service quality construct to inform the potential for greater economic and social value co-creation. The study examines service quality by undertaking an exploratory qualitative case study of a consortium of TSOs delivering employability services contracted by the State. Multiple data collection methods are employed including in-depth interviews with multiple stakeholders, focus groups, research observation, repeat interviews, and documentation analYSis. The findings identify three key themes including: conceptualising service quality, stakeholder identification and classification, and stakeholder salience, that need to be ,considered to understand and improve service quality. This study reflects that in a many-to-many context, service quality is a multifaceted concept differentiated at multiple levels, dimensions, and stages. Service delivery complexities in multiorganisational, multi-stakeholder settings are moderated by service quality enablers and value co-creation mechanisms and processes. TSO stakeholders are broadly defined, including those who can affect and those affected by service quality. Balancing polarities in normative and instrumental stakeholder expectations is aided through the co-determination of attributes of stakeholder salience important to both managers and stakeholders. Factors influencing the co-determination of salience include: the degree of values alignment across stakeholders, the impact of environmental changes on stakeholder inter-dependencies, and attributes of salience important to managers and stakeholders. Attributes of stakeholder salience have both positive and negative impacts on service quality. A detailed conceptual model of service quality in a many-to-many context is presented thus aiding theoretical development and practical application. In addition, practical recommendations are extended together with an agenda informing future research.
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Ochanda, Richard Muko. "The local Development dynamics of the third sector in Kenya: the Empowerment Dimension." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/11572/368595.
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This dissertation contributes to the local development discourse by presenting a third sector perspective from the Sub Saharan Africa. The study examines the third sector in Kenya using a seven point criteria constructed from various schools of thought. The criteria is made of aspects such as organization, autonomy, profit distribution, governance, degree of voluntarism, contribution to social inclusion and extent of entrepreneurial dynamism. It studies selected third sector organizations that include cooperatives, faith based organizations, non-governmental organizations, micro-finance institutions and self-help groups. The study uses these organizations to understand the contribution of the sector in solving social problems. The study uses different sets of designs, methodologies and data for each of the sections on the third sector actors. In some cases, data are drawn from Kenya Bureau of Statistics, government ministries, UN bodies, the Central Bank of Kenya, and both Kenyan and international public data domains. The section on self-help groups that has been used for empirical analysis uses two sets of data: one from the administrative offices of Riruta Location made of 523 observations and another collected by the researcher from a sample of 122 self-help groups. The former tests success self-rating determinants while the latter tests economic empowerment effects. The study also applies case studies in order to corroborate empirical and statistical findings.
A number of findings emanate from the study. First, the traditional cultural way of life and the cooperative activities amongst different ethnic communities provided important initial conditions for the build-up of the third sector in Kenya. Second, the colonial administration played a role in the formation of the modern third sector through their policy on community development and other policies that encouraged cooperation between government and third sector actors in service delivery. Third, in post-independence Kenya, the Harambee concept gave the sector an indigenous image anchored in community dimension, mutual and self-help emphasis. Fourth, the growth of some aspects of this sector suffered as a result of excessive government control between independence to the 2000s. Fifth, World Bank induced changes that swept across Africa in the 1980’s to 2000’s had both positive and negative influence on the sector. Last but not least, the coming to power of a new government in 2002 brought about an increase in the number of civil society actors. The third sector in Kenya helps to fill welfare gaps as a result of minimal, absent or shrinking public service spending. Although the term “third sector†is not commonly used in Kenya, its multiple actors contribute in the promotion of social inclusion of marginalized persons and regions. It helps to empower individuals economically, enhancing civic participation, infrastructure building and social welfare provision. Before 1980s the government controlled the sector closely, in the 1990s however it became more autonomous. The sector is also characterized by an explicit pursuance of a social mission, limited profit distribution and a resource mix approach. Though the policies of most of the sectors actors are quite enabling, the policies governing some of the actors are not conducive. This study is unique in two distinct ways. First, unlike earlier studies which were particularly actor-specific, the study offers a systematic approach to the discourse on the third sector in Kenya with respect to local development. Previous studies looked at the civil societies, non-profit organizations and other individual third sector actors separately. The holistic and systematic approach of this study demonstrates the collective contribution of the third sector in enhancing social welfare and development of the local communities. Secondly, it has explored the challenges faced by the sector which must be redressed in order to sustain its vibrancy. The study did suffer from lack of quality data. However, triangulation was used to ensure that much is learnt from the available data and to overcome any ensuing analytical limitations.
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Hussein, Rima. "Cultural perspectives on the meaning of corporate social responsibility in a third sector organisation." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2009. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/2709/.
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How can Corporate Social Responsibility best be understood, what is its range of application and what insights can culture provide when considering the responsibilities of a third sector organisation? This thesis addresses these questions through ethnographic enquiry conducted in a third sector organization (Groundwork Northumberland). Challenging the rigid conventions which restrict the relevance of Corporate Social Responsibility to the private sector it demonstrates both the contest and construction of meaning and frame of reference of Corporate Social Responsibility by employees in Groundwork Northumberland. All eight members of the organization have participated by engaging in semi-structured interviews (with me), keeping a research diary (individually) and participating in a focus group (with colleagues). These engagements have generated multiple accounts which demonstrate the tensions and dilemmas that mark their work, particularly in meeting expectations of stakeholders. Through these engagements the self-understandings of participants are shown to have been challenged and changed through the research process. Equally the ‘concept’ of Corporate Social Responsibility has been shown to be similarly changeable while remaining unintelligible outside a context of practice in which at least some self-understandings are shared. Martin’s framework has been considered as a means to represent the culture of the organisation. The third perspective highlighting ambiguity, paradox and contradiction seems to best represent the accounts of the research engagement with GN. The presence of tension and difference as well as a sense of disorder suggest a place for debate, discussion and plurivocality, a place in which there is indecision and the possibility of decision (Derrida). It can therefore be suggested that a responsible organization and person will be more marked by fragmentation than integration or differentiation, and that fragmentation provides conditions which Derrida discusses through the terms ‘aporia’ and ‘undecidability’. These accounts exhibit the radical undecidability of Derrida’s ethical situation in all its lived messiness. The culture of an organization which has engaged in such meaning construction is shown to be marked by the acknowledgment of the responsibility of meaning-making and is aporetic. The contribution of this thesis is to demonstrate the responsibilities inherent to an engagement with the precariousness of meaning exhibited by Corporate Social Responsibility in an organization which has chosen such engagement.
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Carroll, Malcolm C. "An examination of organisational issues in third sector organisations which undertake nonviolent direct action." Thesis, Aston University, 2008. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/15290/.
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Th is thesis is an examinat ion of organisat ional issues faced by Third Sector organisations which undertake nonviolent direct action. A case sWdy methodology is employed and data gathered from four organisations: Earth First! ; genetiX Snowball; Grecnpeacc; and Trident Ploughshares. The argument commences with a review of the literature which shows that little is known of the organ ising of nonviolent direct action. Operational definitions of 'organ isation ' and "nonviolent direct action' are drawn from the literature. ' Organisation' is conceptualised using new institutionalism. 'Nonvio lent di rect act ion ' is conceptualised using new soci al movement theory. These concepts inform the case study methodology in the choice of case, the organisations se lected and the data gathering tools. Most data were gathered by semi-struclUred interview and participant observation. The research findings result from theory-building arising from th ick descri ptions of the case in the four organisations. The findings suggest that nonviolent di rect ac tion is qualitatively different from terrorism or violence. Although there is much diversity in philosophies of nonviolence, the practice of nonviolent d irect action has much in common across the four organisations. The argument is that nonviolent direct action is an institution. The findings also suggest that new institutionalism is a fruitful approach to st udies of these organi sations. A long with nonviolent direct action, three other institutions are identi fied: ' rules'; consensus decision-making; and 'affinity groups'. An unanticipated fi nding is how the four organisations are instances of innovation . Tentative theory is developed which brings together the seemingly incompatible concepts of in sti tutions and innovation. The theory suggests preconditions and then stages in the development of ncw organisational forms in new social movements: innovmion. The three pre-conditions arc: the existence of an institutional field ; an 'institution-broker' with access to different domains; and a shared 'problem' to resolve. The three stages are: unlocking existing knowledge and practice; bridging different domains of practice or different fie lds to add, develop or translocate those practices; and establishing those practices within their new combinations or novel locations. Participants are able to move into and between these new organisational forms because they consist of familiar and habitual institutional behaviour.
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Coutinho, Maria Manuela Castro. "Economia social em Portugal : a emergência do terceiro sector na politica social." Doctoral thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4524.
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Doutoramento em EconomiaO terceiro sector tornou-se nas últimas duas décadas tema central no âmbito da economia e da política social. Enquanto espaço de investigação, a sua problemática atingiu particular interesse, tendo em conta os impasses e os novos paradigmas que o Estado providência conheceu a partir dos anos 70. O presente estudo vem ao encontro desta preocupação, na procura de uma análise consistente sobre o terceiro sector como suporte da política social portuguesa. Procurou-se assim dar visibilidade às suas iniciativas, ao longo do século e à sua capacidade para constantemente reagir à marginalização de grupos sociais e quando os esforços de integração sócio política do sector público falham. Neste contexto, abordam-se as perspectivas de evolução do terceiro sector, sobretudo ao pôr em questão orientações económicas e de política social dominantes, no sentido de que as áreas não lucrativas são irrelevantes para o funcionamento da economia - o grande desafio da economia social. Um balanço sobre as novas perspectivas abertas pelo desenvolvimento da economia social na Europa assenta a análise num panorama mais vasto. Pretendendo-se ir além do diagnóstico que a recolha de dados permitiu, recorremos a estudos experimentais para a definição de índices que tornem visível a evolução e o estudo da sociedade civil em Portugal na viragem do milénio. A fim de complementar o estudo, avançámos com a avaliação de duas experiências concretas, que emergiram nos anos 70, com estratégias no domínio da política social, visando a melhoria do bem estar. Constituindo-se como passo importante para uma economia local, sustentada - centrada nas pessoas e nas suas necessidades - foram também alternativa às propostas formais da política social. Reforçaram a ideia por nós avançada de que a responsabilidade multiforme e o "ser pró-activo" que caracteriza as OSC é uma mais valia para os novos rumos que despontam no domínio da política social.
Suddenly everybody is talking about civil society. In the academic debate the term reappears by the end of 1980's, at about the same time as unemployment, poverty and social exclusion emerge at a broader scale. It suggests that this is not a mere coincidence, but there is a relationship between them. Everywhere in Europe a number of specific groups search and experiment new paths to development, through new third sector initiatives, which differ from both the traditional market -oriented once as well as from those managed by public administration. The recognition of these phenomena cannot be considered as new. In Portugal, over the last 100 years a whole series of civil movements have developed. Even, near to us, the seventies have been a time of accelerated changes on social policy and on civil society initiatives. Thus, in the present research, perspectives of evolution of the third sector are approached, as well as the socio-economy challenges: a key point to the development of social policy strategies. In our study we have calculated indexes and indicators, based on experimental studies. Our aim is to make visible the scope and impact of the civil society. In particular, the study of two organisations emerged in the seventies that strengthened the third sector, through the promotion of pilot projects addressed to the solution of social problems enriches significantly the ongoing debate. They make visible the major role played by third sector economic initiatives. As a conclusion, we can say that third sector strengthens the concept of social economy as a form of attaining the connection between social and economic objectives. Therefore, organisations of the third sector are the key element to express different understandings of social policy towards not only its active participation but also its multiform responsibility.
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Crespi, Mirinda Carmen. "Volunteers to advisors : a reflective study of leadership, education and change in a Third Sector organisation." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3867.
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This thesis explores how I have taken steps to improve my practice of leadership as a Chief Executive within a Third Sector Drug and Alcohol Support Service and to build professional identities for volunteers in the service. I studied how volunteers’ identities changed from that of ‘Volunteer’ to ‘Advisor’ and what I learned about myself as a leader. I noted the value of studying my own reflections as a leader and how change became embedded throughout the organisation as a consequence. As a result of this process, I developed a mnemonic that I consider to encapsulate key aspects of leadership. This is entitled ‘CAVEAT’ and identifies competency, visibility, empowerment and a therapeutic orientation as important qualities of a leader in positions like my own. The study is informed by in-depth focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews, personal reflections, questionnaires and surveys. It provides recommendations for Chief Executives of Third Sector organisations involved in leadership and the professional identity-building of a volunteer workforce in an era of outcome-based commissioning.
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Bromiley, Richard. "Third sector employment and training initiatives : an analysis of institutional influences on success and failure." Thesis, Durham University, 2001. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4236/.
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This thesis presents a multi-scalar analysis of the institutional influences upon Third Sector Employment and Training Initiatives (TSEIs) which have become de rigueur as a response to the seemingly intractable unemployment problems of many localities in the UK. To address the efficacy of third sector initiatives in the development of local economies, previous evaluations have attempted to define the features of 'best practice' initiatives in the UK. However, such analyses focus upon the internal organisation of TSEIs and are biased towards what are regarded as successful organisations while neglecting the impacts of failure. Consequently, this thesis addresses the institutional influences upon TSEIs within a comparative analysis of successful and failing initiatives, while recognising that 'success' and 'failure' are relative rather than absolute concepts. The thesis combines approaches from the social sciences in order to create an informed theoretical basis which is able to incorporate broader explanatory issues of social change and structure that are explored through empirical study. An approach is therefore applied which emphasises the multiple scales at which theories operate, from the essentially grand meta-theories of the regulation approach to the more locally contingent theories of governance and institutions. This subsequently informs the debate into changes in economic, social, political and governance structures which affect labour markets and job creation strategies in the UK. The thesis suggests a number of common factors which influence the development of TSEIs, allied to a number of specific factors which are related to the aims of particular initiatives. The need for flexibility within frameworks leads to a conceptualisation of the key organisational factor influencing TSEIs as Structured Flexibility. From this, I suggest a number of policy directions which ought to facilitate the third sector’s attempts to develop local economic growth.
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Schlappa, Hans. "Change in third sector organisations : the impact of European Union funding in cross-national perspectives." Thesis, Aston University, 2009. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/15383/.
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This is a study of third sector organisations and organisational change resulting from European Union funding. While there is a growing body of research which shows how governmental funding can contribute to the organisational challenges that third sector organisations encounter, research on how European Union funding affects third sector organisations is limited. This thesis contributes towards closing this gap in knowledge by identifying a number of organisational changes which can be attributed to the use of European Union funding. A qualitative approach was taken to explore organisational change resulting from the use of URBAN II funding in nine third sector organisations which were studied in the context of the URBAN II programmes of Belfast, Berlin and Bristol. The conceptual framework for this study draws on organisation theory and resource dependence theory, together with concepts of co-production and multi-level governance. URBAN II funding was found to have affected organisational structures, processes, services, goals and participants, as well as the interactions of organisations with their external environment. In contrast to earlier research however, the findings from this study suggest that many of these organisational changes improved the capacity of third sector organisations to carry out their work. The cross-national comparison of the findings further showed that organisational impacts resulting from the use of URBAN II funding can vary significantly between different countries. Programme Managers were found to have played a critically important' role in enabling third sector organisations to obtain benefits from URBAN II funding. Many positive organisational changes arose from a close collaboration between Programme Managers and third sector organisations. Conversely, many negative organisational impacts were found to be due, not to the regulations associated with European funding, but primarily to the approach adopted by the Programme Managers and Local Development Partnerships towards engaging third sector organisations in programme delivery.
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Laudiero, Angelo. "Art-based third sector organizations and urban regeneration in depressed neighbourhoods: the case of Naples, Italy." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11572/256289.
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The importance of the creative and cultural capital in the economic development of post-industrial inner cities has been widely demonstrated by urban development literature as it interacts with the physical environment and sustains regeneration processes. However, also in depressed and peripheral neighbourhoods, creative firms, museums, art-based nonprofit organizations, cultural associations, and independent artists can be identified as actors of substantial urban revitalization. The main purpose of this contribution is to understand the potential of third sector organizations related to the arts and culture in the emergence of virtuous patterns in urban regeneration strategies. Data and case study about not-for-profit entities engaged in revitalization projects through innovative artistic expressions in deprived areas of Naples, Italy, are analyzed. Within the general framework of urban redevelopment processes through specific not-for-profit models and tools, this research aims to understand if these actors can be identified as engines of urban regeneration and what lessons policy-makers may learn by these practices.
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Rodrigues, Duarte Miguel Ventura. "O Balanced Scorecard nas instituições particulares de solidariedade social em Portugal: uma proposta de modelo." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/29101.
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O interesse pelo estudo da gestão das organizações do terceiro setor é amplamente
justificado pela extrema importância que tais entidades têm na atual sociedade.
Como a missão deste tipo de organizações é de caráter social e o seu impacto são
benefícios de longo prazo para a Humanidade, estas têm de ser capazes de desenvolver
novos parâmetros de avaliação do sucesso e modelos de gestão alternativos.
Uma ferramenta de auxílio à gestão estratégica que permite avaliar o desempenho
das estratégias definidas e ainda dividi-la por metas ou etapas é o balanced scorecard,
que permite definir e avaliar o desempenho de estratégias em quatro vertentes, a
financeira, os clientes, os processos internos da organização e o nível de conhecimento
ou aprendizagem organizacional.
Desta forma, partindo do pressuposto que a utilização de ferramentas de apoio à
gestão por partes das organizações do terceiro setor é fraca, o principal objetivo do
presente trabalho foi realizar uma análise do contexto das Instituições Particulares de
Solidariedade Social (IPSS) em Portugal, no sentido de aferir o nível de capacitação
para adoção da metodologia do balanced scorecard. Assim, através de um inquérito por
questionário enviado via e-mail a todas as IPSS a nível nacional, verificou-se que,
embora na sua maioria reconheçam a necessidade de adoptarem práticas de gestão
eficazes e eficientes por forma a mobilizarem de forma apropriada os recursos para a
prossecução da sua missão, a utilização de ferramentas para apoiar a sua gestão,
nomeadamente o balanced scorecard, é ainda muito fraca; Abstract:
The interest in the study of the management of nonprofit organizations is amply
justified by the extreme importance that these entities have in society today.
As the mission of such organizations is of a social nature and their impact is longterm benefits for humanity, they must be able to develop new parameters for measuring
success and alternative management models.
One of the helping tools for strategic management, which allows to assess the
performance of the outlined strategies and also to divide it in goals or stages, is the
balance scorecard. It will allow defining and assessing strategies performance in
four ways: financial, customers, organisation’s internal procedures and organisational
learning or knowledge level.
Thus, assuming that the use of helping tools for strategic management of the third
sector organizations is low, the main objective of this study was to analyze the context
of Private Institutions of Social Solidarity in Portugal, in order to assess the level of
ability for adoption of the balanced scorecard methodology. Through a questionnaire
survey sent via email to all Private Institutions of Social Solidarity at national level, it
was found that, although most of them recognize the need to adopt practices of effective
and efficient management in order to mobilize the appropriate resources for the pursuit
of its mission, the use of tools to support its management, including the balanced
scorecard, is still very weak.
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Yuen, Yiu-kai Terence. "Government-nonprofits collaborations : a study of linking arrangements in third-party government /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36920344.
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Sousa, Edileusa Godoi de. "O processo sucessório em associações produtivas no Brasil: estrutura, desafios e oportunidades." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-05012011-110923/.
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O propósito desta tese foi investigar como tem ocorrido o processo de sucessão em empreendimentos sociais no Brasil, com foco no associativismo produtivo, identificando quais fatores limitam e quais facilitam esse processo a partir das dimensões Indivíduo, Organização e Ambiente. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de caráter exploratório e descritivo, desenvolvida em duas etapas complementares. Na primeira etapa, o grupo amostral compôs-se de 378 empreendimentos, que foram objeto de um survey, para identificar as associações produtivas. Destas foram selecionadas para constituírem a amostra aquelas que já passaram ou estão passando por processo sucessório e cujos dirigentes demonstraram disposição em participar da pesquisa. Na segunda etapa, composta por uma amostra com 32 empreendimentos, buscou-se analisar como interagem as dimensões Indivíduo, Organização e Ambiente na configuração do processo sucessório, identificando quais os fatores que, em cada uma dessas dimensões, podem facilitar e aqueles que podem limitar o processo sucessório. Para analisar a estrutura e as principais características do processo sucessório, tomou-se por base os seguintes eixos orientadores: dimensão Indivíduo - papéis da liderança, habilidade da liderança e estilos de liderança; dimensão Organização - estrutura, planejamento, conselhos, comunicação (transparência), controle e avaliação; dimensão Ambiente - influências dos stakeholders (comunidade, fornecedores, clientes, parceiros) no processo sucessório. Os resultados obtidos apontaram que uma das principais características das associações produtivas pesquisadas é a existência de um entrelaçamento entre dimensões política, econômica e social. No entanto, tais iniciativas têm como um dos principais desafios, o de criar contextos favoráveis a essa organização socioeconômica e política entre cidadãos que compartilham mais carências que recursos para a construção e manutenção de um projeto associativo. Sobre o processo sucessório, os dirigentes das associações mostraram-se conscientes da importância de planejar e de gerenciar seu desenvolvimento, mas dispõem ainda de ferramentas pouco estruturadas para isso. As associações também atribuem importância à gestão compartilhada do processo sucessório como forma de conciliar expectativas tanto do público interno, quanto do público externo, porém, não dispõem de um sistema estruturado de administração desse processo. O processo sucessório nas associações pesquisadas encontra-se em fase de construção: adapta-se às demandas do cenário atual, mas apresenta evidentes necessidades de aprimoramento para uma condução mais efetiva do planejamento e da gestão compartilhada do processo.The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the succession process in Brazilian social enterprises have been executed, focusing on productive social activism. The study identifies which factors limit and facilitate this process, based on the following aspects: Individual, Organizational and Environmental. The nature of this research is exploratory and descriptive and was developed in two complementary stages. In the first stage the chosen group consisted of 378 enterprises that were the subject of a survey to identify the productive associations. The survey was set up to identify associations which are productive and within them, the enterprises which are active and those which are going through a succession process. The disposition of the leaders in taking part in the survey was also taken into consideration. The second stage was composed of a sample of 32 enterprises in which their interaction in an Individual, Organizational and Environmental level when going through a succession process was analyzed, identifying what facilitates and what limits this succession process. To analyze the structure and main characteristics of the succession process, these were taken as the base according to the following guidelines: Individual dimension leadership roles, leadership abilities and leadership styles; Organizational dimension structure, planning, counseling, communication (transparency), control and evaluation; Environmental dimension stakeholders influence (community, suppliers, clients, partners) in the succession process. The end results suggest that the main characteristics of those productive associations analyzed here is the intertwining of political, economic and social dimensions. However, one of the major challenges for these associations is to create positive outcomes in a socio-economic and political environment where community resources are scarce, rather than sufficient to build and maintain a cooperative project. Regarding the succession process, the associations leaders showed an understanding about the importance of planning and managing their progress, but still had tools with lack of structure to do so. The associations also attribute importance to the participative management in the succession process as a way of reconciling internal and external expectations, however they do not have a structured system to manage this process. The succession processes in the surveyed associations are in a constructive phase, whilst dealing with their day to day demands, but still show clear improving necessities for a more effective planning and participative management in the process.
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Paniagua, Rodríguez Alejandro. "Parent participation in schools: limits, logics and possibilities third sector organizations, immigrant families and special education." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/297702.
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La
importancia
de
la
participación
de
las
familias
en
la
escuela
ha
sido
históricamente
un
argumento
clave
a
la
hora
de
analizar
los
problemas
educativos
y
proponer
reformas
e
iniciativas.
Durante
los
últimos
años,
esta
noción
ha
cobrado
nueva
fuerza
como
consecuencia
de
la
crisis
económica,
el
incremento
de
la
diversidad
de
los
estudiantes
en
las
aulas
y
la
creciente
presión
que
reciben
las
escuelas
para
mejorar
sus
resultados.
Esta
investigación
discute
el
alcance
y
la
forma
de
esta
ideología
de
la
participación
en
varios
contextos
donde
se
busca
o
se
espera
que
las
familias
inmigradas
participen
más
y
mejor.
En
primer
lugar,
analizando
el
contexto
de
las
AMPAs
en
Catalunya,a
través
de
un
proyecto
de
investigación-‐acción
impulsado
por
FaPaC.
En
segundo
lugar,
evaluando
la
mejora
de
las
relaciones
entre
familias
y
profesores
en
Londres,
a
partir
de
dos
iniciativas
lideradas
por
Day-‐Mer,
una
organización
comunitaria
Kurda.
Y
en
tercer
lugar,
reconstruyendo
las
experiencias
de
familias
inmigradas
con
hijos
e
hijas
identificados
con
necesidades
educativas
especiales.
De
manera
paralela,
la
investigación
también
discute
de
manera
general
sobre
el
rol
de
las
Organizaciones
del
Tercer
Sector
a
la
hora
de
ofrecer
apoyo
educativo
y
sobre
la
intersección
entre
el
sistema
de
Educación
Especial
y
la
diversidad
sociocultural
de
los
alumnos.
Los
resultados
de
la
investigación
ponen
el
acento
en
el
poco
espacio
existente
en
las
escuelas
para
una
verdadera
participación
de
las
familias,
incluso
cuando
dicha
participación
está
apoyada
por
organizaciones
externas
o
por
los
mismos
profesionales.
La
existencia
de
fuertes
barreras
institucionales
y
burocráticas
en
las
escuelas,
la
persistencia
de
prejuicios
hacia
las
familias
inmigradas
y
la
falta
de
coherencia
entre
los
discursos
públicos,
las
iniciativas
socioeducativas
concretas
y
las
dinámicas
de
los
centros
dibujan
más
bien
una
“retórica”
de
la
participación
que
traspasa
la
culpa
de
los
fallos
de
la
escuela
a
las
mismas
familias,
marginando
el
análisis
del
poder,
la
desigualdad
de
clase
y
la
raza.
Finalmente,
la
investigación
también
pone
el
acento
en
las
posibilidades
de
ir
más
allá
de
esta
retórica
y
usar
la
idea
de
la
participación
para
mejorar
las
escuelas.
En
particular,
la
participación
colectiva
de
las
familias,
apoyadas
por
las
organizaciones
del
tercer
sector,
aparece
como
prometedora
manera
para
promover
la
creación
de
intereses
comunes
entre
familias
y
profesionales,
dirigidas
a
mejorar
la
práctica
y
política
educativa.The importance of the participation of families in schools has long been a key idea to discuss educational problems and to advance new reforms and initiatives. During the last years, this notion has received a renewed attention due to the financial crisis, the increase of diversity in classrooms and the growing pressure directed towards schools to improve their effectiveness. This research discusses the scope and logics of the ideology of participation in diverse contexts where immigrant families are requested or expected to participate more and better. First, analyzing the role of PAs in Catalonia, through the action-‐research project launched by FaPaC. Second, evaluating the improvement of family-‐school relationships in London, through two initiatives leaded by Day-‐Mer, a Kurdish community organization. And third, exploring the experiences of immigrant families with children labeled has having special education needs. At the same time, the research discusses more broadly the role of Third Sector Organizations in supporting education and the intersection of special education and cultural diversity. The findings highlight the scarcity of opportunities available for parents to truly participate in schools, even when this participation is supported by external organizations or teachers. The existence of strong institutional and bureaucratic barriers, the persistence of prejudices towards immigrant families and the lack of coherence between public concerns, specific initiatives and school dynamics, render a ‘rhetoric’ of participation that transfers the blame for school failure to families and marginalizes the analysis of power, class inequality and race. Finally, the research also stresses the possibilities to go beyond this rhetoric and use the idea of participation to improve schools. In particular, the collective participation of parents, supported by third sector organizations, emerges as a promising way to raise common interests between families and teachers, seeking to improve educational practice and policy.
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Roginsky, Sandrine. "The third sector and social change : comparing women's organisations in Northern Ireland and Ile-de-France." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.479314.
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Terry, Vita Lang. "Organisational responses in challenging times : a case study of asylum seeker and refugee third sector organisations." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7883/.
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Third sector organisations (TSOs) are facing multiple complex and challenging pressures from the shifting economic and political environment, undoubtedly creating an uncertain operating landscape. Although the sector encompasses a range of forms, shapes and sizes, policy and practice tend to portray the sector as homogenously experiencing and responding to the environment. This thesis undertakes in-depth case studies using a qualitative research strategy to investigate organisational change in three asylum seeker and refugee TSOs based in England. An ethnographic rationale is used to collect the data, using a range of methods, spending time immersed within the organisations, and a process of reflexivity. The research explores how organisations are affected by, and navigate, these challenging pressures, and what is happening within the organisational setting that influences the processes of organisational change. Drawing on a multi-level framework, including isomorphism, institutional logics, institutional work and emotional work, provides an insightful account of the different layers of organisational change. The case studies demonstrate significant pressures from negative immigration rhetoric and xenophobic attitudes, austerity measures, and changes in the funding environment that all fuel organisational responses. By moving on from being refugee community organisations to becoming established and formalised TSOs, each organisation further expanded into varying forms of hybrid organisation - family/professional, religious and entrepreneurial - depending on differing contextual factors and resources. Nuanced accounts grounded in empirical data are portrayed, of the challenges, tensions and dilemmas faced by the organisations whilst also illustrating the agency of actors’ responses. This not only distinguishes the heterogeneity of the sector but also demonstrates the actors’ ability to manage uncertainty through resilience and adaptability.
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Jones, Katherine. "Literacy and numeracy support for homeless adults : an exploration of third sector employment and skills provision." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2018. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/124661/.
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This research is focused on the literacy and numeracy support offered by third sector organisations as part of their efforts to help homeless adults move into employment. Whilst homeless people are increasingly expected to move into work, many face a number of barriers to labour market participation. A small but growing evidence base suggests that one key barrier is poor literacy and numeracy, or ‘basic’ skills. However, research has found that homeless people, alongside other disadvantaged adults, are often excluded from formal opportunities to improve these skills. Third sector homelessness organisations are settings in which this exclusion might be redressed. However, whilst many offer employment and skills support, the extent and nature of literacy and numeracy education within it is largely unknown. Additionally, scant attention has been paid to the various factors shaping this support. To address this knowledge gap, this thesis presents new data from semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted with 27 homelessness practitioners. The research uncovers the extent and nature of literacy and numeracy provision offered in these organisations. A range of factors shaping it are also identified. These include: the needs and demands of service users; the roles and capacity of staff working in homelessness organisations; organisational purpose and structures; national policies relating to adult education, austerity and welfare reform; support from other adult education providers; non-governmental finance; and the time and expertise of volunteers. With some modification, this is argued to be consistent with Boeren’s (2016) Comprehensive Lifelong Learning Participation Model. The thesis concludes that although organisations have demonstrated a propensity to develop literacy and numeracy support, while government policy and related funding does not recognise and support such provision, it seems likely to remain piecemeal and highly contingent on the contribution of volunteers and short term funding opportunities.
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Buchholz, Nele Charlotte, and Rosie Rooney. "“We change structures the moment our experience counts” : Exploring lived experience leadership in the third sector." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-43870.
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Leadership in general is still perceived as individualistic, masculine and hierarchical. Despite fighting against discrimination and for social justice, third sector organizations are themselves often places of entrenched privilege and limited diversity. Leaders with lived experiences draw on their first-hand experience of social issues and/or injustices and attempt to tackle those problems through their work. They represent a diversity of backgrounds, experiences and capabilities that challenge the homogeneity of third sector leadership. Following critical leadership studies this thesis draws from the standpoints of lived experience leaders to offer new, intersectional perspectives on leadership and to expand and diversify understandings of what it is to lead in third sector organizations. The focus of this thesis’s exploration is the experiences and perceptions of 10 individuals who hold or have held leadership positions within third sector organizations in the UK and Germany. Through the analysis of semi-structured interviews, a phenomenology of lived experience leadership is explored. Drawing from feminist standpoint theory, attention is paid to what lived experience leaders think about leadership generally and lived experience leadership in particular, as well as their perspectives on the systemic leadership structures they exist within and challenge. It is found that lived experience leaders acknowledge ‘traditional,’ ‘mainstream’ concepts of leadership and see their own leadership styles and approaches as distinct from these leadership norms. Their approaches and understandings challenge typical leadership constructions and, strongly influenced by their own lived experiences, promote political self-organization, activism and a socio-economic empowerment of people with lived experiences in order to unravel current social power structures and promote social change. With these key findings, the paper suggests further research to test and expand on the conclusions drawn. Ensuring that leadership positions are accessible to all should be a priority for future development of third sector organizations and beyond. Further research should therefore explore how lived experience leadership can help to gain insights about how to remove barriers to leadership positions efficiently.
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Wu, Berberich Bing. "Strategic volunteer management planning and implementation in Scottish third sector organisations : understanding the volunteer psychological contract." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/11740.
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Third sector organisations (TSOs) have been operating in a turbulent environment of social, political and economic changes, presenting challenges to their continued activities. The volunteer workforce, as a key component of TSOs’ human resource, has long been considered crucial for the sector. Despite this acknowledgement, existing research suggests that TSOs have not effectively managed and supported their volunteer workforce in order to sustain development. There are claims for TSOs to place volunteer management (VM) onto a strategic level, and it is considered crucial for TSO managers, CEOs and volunteer coordinators (VCs) to achieve sustainable organisational development through the strategic planning and implementation of VM practices. However, existing research has focussed more on articulating volunteer motives; and little attention has been paid to considering the ways in which individual perspectives influence effective VM. This study addressed the gap by exploring key players’ (CEO, VC and volunteer) perceptions of the policies, practices and processes used to attract, engage and retain volunteers in small to medium Scottish TSOs. It aimed to provide insights into the importance of strategic VM in sustaining TSO performance and in understanding the crucial role of VCs, through unfolding the processes of making and fulfilling individual volunteer psychological contracts (VPCs). Three case studies were carried out within three Scottish TSOs; in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with participants occupying different roles, CEO (n=3), VC (n=5) and volunteers (n=16). Supplementary data were obtained through documentary study of VM policies and practices. Data collection was guided by a conceptual framework developed by embedding the Resource Based View (RBV) of HRM and HR devolution to the Line into the process of making and fulfilling the psychological contract. Results support the claim that TSOs would benefit from more strategic management of their volunteer workforce as a competitive resource. Examining VM through the lens of the VPC provided empirical evidence to confirm that it is crucial to engage and retain volunteers by shaping their expectations and motives within the TSO, and thus ensure more sustainable TSO performance. The results further support the salient role of VC as volunteer line manager, in attracting, engaging and retaining volunteers through effective VM implementation. In arriving at these results, this research has extended the theoretical debate on the importance of strategic HR management and the key role that line managers can play in achieving this beyond the more dominant private sector focus.
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Laudiero, Angelo. "Art-based third sector organizations and urban regeneration in depressed neighbourhoods: the case of Naples, Italy." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11572/256289.
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The importance of the creative and cultural capital in the economic development of post-industrial inner cities has been widely demonstrated by urban development literature as it interacts with the physical environment and sustains regeneration processes. However, also in depressed and peripheral neighbourhoods, creative firms, museums, art-based nonprofit organizations, cultural associations, and independent artists can be identified as actors of substantial urban revitalization. The main purpose of this contribution is to understand the potential of third sector organizations related to the arts and culture in the emergence of virtuous patterns in urban regeneration strategies. Data and case study about not-for-profit entities engaged in revitalization projects through innovative artistic expressions in deprived areas of Naples, Italy, are analyzed. Within the general framework of urban redevelopment processes through specific not-for-profit models and tools, this research aims to understand if these actors can be identified as engines of urban regeneration and what lessons policy-makers may learn by these practices.
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White, Susan Adrienne. "Inter-sector transitions : an exploration of the experiences of senior executives and managers who transitioned between the public, private, third and academic sectors." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2017. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/32659/.
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This research explores the experiences and perceptions of senior executives and managers who have made one or more transitions between the public, private, academic and third sectors in the UK. The personal experience of inter-sector transition is an under-researched phenomenon, particularly in the UK. This interpretative qualitative study aims to enhance understanding of inter-sector transition and to identify the challenges and enablers of a successful transition. The context for this research is the increased blurring between the organisational sectors, as many parts of the public sector decline in size, the role of the private and third sectors in service delivery become more significant, and hybrid partnerships increase. The influence of New Public Management, which has introduced private sector practices into the public, academic and third sectors is also a factor in potentially reducing the difference between the sectors. In the researcher’s work environment, recruitment of personnel from outside the academic sector is increasing. The professional implications for the study are to understand the factors which enable a smooth and successful transition, in order that individuals achieve job satisfaction and that the organisation benefits from their productivity as soon as possible. The study adopts a qualitative methodology, drawing on grounded theory methods for the collection and analysis of data. Fifteen managers and senior executives from a range of professions and sectors participated in in-depth interviews. The findings suggest that enablers of a successful transition are familiarity with the destination sector prior to transitioning, work values which align with those of the destination organisation, appropriate professional skills, and mentoring support. The main challenges to a successful transition are organisational cultures, the questioning of professional identity and issues of self-esteem. In addition to enhancing the understanding of transition enablers and challenges, the contribution to professional practice is demonstrated through practical guidelines for line managers, which will assist with inductions of new starters from outside the sector. The key limitations of the research are identified as being the size and characteristics of the sample, together with the lack of triangulation from participants’ managers or reports concerning the success of the transition. Recommendations for future research are to broaden the sample so that particular characteristics may be explored in more detail, such as age, gender and professional background. There is also scope for further research into the leadership characteristics which lend themselves to successful inter-sector transitions.