Social enterprises and community wellbeing in regional Australia

2021 ◽  
pp. 144078332110358
Author(s):  
Katharine McKinnon ◽  
Melissa Kennedy ◽  
Tracy De Cotta
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Community Wellbeing ◽  
Community Economy ◽  
Supported Work ◽  
Regional Australia ◽  
Study Offer

This article reflects on a research project that has mapped the ways in which social enterprises in regional Australian cities produce wellbeing for their employees. The majority of enterprises in this study offer supported work opportunities to people with a disability while also running commercially viable enterprises delivering goods and services to regional communities. These enterprises demonstrate the challenges and the potential for organisations in regional settings to contribute in meaningful ways, not only to the wellbeing of the workers they support, but to the wellbeing of the broader community. This article considers how social enterprises are understood to be contributing to regional communities and situates them as key actors in a community economy that contributes to wider community wellbeing as distinct from individual wellbeing.

Platform social enterprises as a new model for co-production

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-86
Author(s):  
Maurizio Busacca ◽  
Flaviano Zandonai
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Relational Systems ◽  
Governance Models ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

The paper analyses the mechanisms of organisational integration in two social enterprises characterised by a strong orientation towards the creation and management of networks with the aim of gaining useful learning in the framework of the emerging debate on production and governance models that characterise platform organisations, in particular in the digital context. In order to do this, it deepens the dimensions of leadership, organisational knowledge and production in two Italian cases: Le Case del Quartiere, a network of social infrastructures in Turin, and TreCuori, a company and territorial welfare agency in Veneto. The two cases are analysed according to the literature of organisational studies which, since the 1980s, has deepened the issue of the progressive narrowing of organisational boundaries and the increase in interdependence between units and organisations variously located with respect to those boundaries. The main evidence that emerged from the case studies are two. The first, in contrast with the rhetoric of disintermediation associated with the sharing economy, identifies the key role of intermediaries who position themselves as third parties with respect to the demand and supply of goods and services in order to facilitate their meeting and, at the same time, foster the mechanisms of entrepreneurial use of knowledge and relationships. The second, with significant theoretical implications, identifies the "platform social enterprise" as an organisational model that introduces strong traits of cooperation in the relational systems that characterise mainstream platform-enterprises. The findings of the investigation offer an original contribution to the convergence between social innovation, collaborative economics and new governance models studies, with a shift from "platform capitalism" to "platform cooperativism" by organizations that use place-based social innovation models and give importance not only to relational and political-cultural factors, but also to co-production, co-working, collaboration and networking. Observed from this perspective, the platform social enterprise becomes a model to be more considered in order to propose a more cooperative, sustainable and democratic development trajectory of platforms.

Specific Oral Communication Skills Desired in New Accountancy Graduates

2010 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Elizabeth Gray
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
International Research ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Research Project ◽  
New Graduates ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Study Offer

International research findings and anecdotal evidence alike suggest that new accountancy graduates often begin their careers with inadequate oral communication skills. However, there is a lack of well-grounded empirical data concerning precisely what accountancy employers mean by “oral communication” and what specific skills they value most highly. This article describes a research project investigating the importance of 27 oral communication skills for students intending to begin an accountancy career in New Zealand, as perceived by chartered accountancy professionals. It also examines how frequently accountancy employers are finding these desired skills in new graduates. The findings reported in this study offer important guidance concerning the oral communication skills that new graduates will find most useful in the New Zealand accountancy workplace and suggest useful directions for accountancy students internationally.

SOCIAL ENTERPRISES IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-268
Author(s):  
Marta Włóka
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Diverse Groups ◽  
Made In

The aim of this paper comes down to presentation of theoretical aspects of social enterprises and their role in the context of public sector management. First of all attempt was made in presentation of public management evolution. In this aspect successive stages of its evolution have given, and essential significant has been placed on public governance issue, and following on from this co-participation of diverse groups of entities in the process of public goods and services providing. On the basis of this social enterprise term has been indicated and further considerations have been given to this. In this aspect it has been referred to social economy sector as an area of social enterprises functioning. In conclusion essence of social enterprises has been highlighted as an organizations which are especially important in the context of essential needs meeting of local community.

scholarly journals Re-imagining social enterprise

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Kay ◽  
Michael J. Roy ◽  
Cam Donaldson
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Viable Alternative ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Just Society

Purpose This intentionally polemical paper will aim to re-examine what is meant by social enterprise and try to assert its role within the current economic system. It is well over a decade since John Pearce’s Social Enterprise in Anytown was first published. Since then the term “social enterprise” has been used in multiple ways by politicians, practitioners and academics – very often for their own ideological ends. Design/methodology/approach This paper will outline the context and challenges currently facing social enterprise both from outside and from inside the social enterprise movement. Findings This paper re-affirms a paradigm for social enterprises through re-imagining how social enterprise should and could contribute to the creation of a fairer and more just society. Originality/value Finally, this paper will conclude with a reflection on what Pearce argued and how the social enterprise movement has to position itself as a viable alternative way of creating goods and services based on socially responsible values.

scholarly journals Ageing and the social economy

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan Murtagh
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Community Initiatives ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Economies ◽  
Is Value

Purpose This purpose of this paper is to concern with the extent to which social economies can be constructed as alternatives to private and state markets and their purported neoliberal tendencies. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a meta-evaluation of an integrated set of projects supported by philanthropic investment to build finance, skills, entrepreneurship, social enterprises and non-monetised trading in the age sector in Northern Ireland. Findings The programme had important successes in stimulating social entrepreneurship, improving employability and showing how social enterprises can be incubated and scaled to offer new services for older people. It also improved skills in contract readiness, but this did not translate into new borrowing or trading models, even among larger NGOs. Research limitations/implications In that all economies are, to some extent, constructed and socially mediated, there is value in thinking through the components, relationships and projects that might make the ecosystem work more effectively. This should not just offer a counterweight to the market but could explore how an alternative arena for producing and consuming goods and services can be formed, especially among potentially vulnerable age communities. Originality/value The albeit, small-scale investment in a range of interrelated projects shows not only the value in experimentation but also the limits in planned attempts to construct social markets. The analysis shows that social economies need to respond to the priorities of older people, grown from community initiatives and better connected to the capabilities and resources of the sector.

Market-oriented local employment initiatives in Germany

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-547
Author(s):  
Jürgen Schumacher ◽  
Karin Stiehr
Keyword(s):  
Market Orientation ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Lower Saxony ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
Local Employment

This paper concerns local employment initiatives in Germany. Particular attention is devoted to the "market orientation" of these initiatives. The concept of market orientation refers on the one hand to the way in which public funding of a subsidised labour market scheme can be topped up by the sale of goods and services and, on the other, to the conversion of local employment initiatives into normal companies following a period of public funding. Since the contexts surrounding local employment initiatives in east and west Germany are very different, developments in the two parts of Germany are portrayed separately. Some provisions of the Employment Promotion Act are cited, and the difficult circumstances under which market-oriented employment initiatives have to operate are described. One promotion scheme, the "Social Enterprises" of Lower Saxony, is presented to exemplify market-oriented local employment initiatives.

The potential for business development among social enterprises on the example of Częstochowa region

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Marcin Kozak
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Market Activity ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Develop Market

The paper presents the capability of social economy entities to perform economic activities. These organizations are located in northern part of Silesian region in Poland. Theory of their classification has been introduced, including the definition of social enterprise. The main assumptions of market activity of the above organizations were depicted in the paper. Consequently, the author presents the results of the research carried out in a regional dimension as a part of a project titled „Jurassic Center of Social Economy Assistance”. The above research project embraced diagnosis of social economy entities regarding their capabilities to develop market activities.

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (21) ◽  
pp. 22-35
Author(s):  
Dilber ULAŞ
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Generation

An entrepreneur is an individual who produces goods and services by bringing together the factors of production systematically and consciously. Entrepreneurs take risks to make a profit. A social entrepreneur is a social leader who develops and implements practical solutions to social problems by taking advantage of innovations, original approaches and opportunities. The primary purpose of the social entrepreneur is not to make money. Since the profit made in social enterprises is used above all to achieve the main social goals, the profit generated is a means to the realization of the social mission, not an end. Nowadays, social entrepreneurship will develop with the increase in the number of sensitive young people who want to solve a social problem in the new generation. For the development of social entrepreneurship, children can be taught from a very young age how to develop an idea and solve a problem that needs to be solved. Although there are many examples of entrepreneurial children, not every entrepreneur child has to be a child entrepreneur. It is much more important to develop the necessary minds and skills of children. Care should be taken to ensure that children are happy first, and that they are raised as good people who know the meaning of adding value. While talking about the "entrepreneurial child" issue, the focus should not be on money and it should be discussed what can be done to increase the number of happy children who are sensitive to social issues. The aim of the study is to investigate social entrepreneurship and what can be done for the development of social entrepreneurship in children and young people. Differences related concept of social entrepreneurship, studies on social entrepreneurship in Turkey, applications and the development of social entrepreneurship personality, the factors in the development of entrepreneur children has been evaluated using literature. This study investigates the socially entrepreneurial behavior of children and young people.

scholarly journals Beyond population growth: bringing connection, renewal and agency into regional development

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-57
Author(s):  
Fiona McKenzie ◽  
Fiona McKenzie ◽  
Fiona McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Community Wellbeing ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Regional Australia

Background   Boosting the population growth of towns and cities across regional Australia has long been a popular aspiration. However, the reality of many regional locations is long-term population decline. Aims   Regional development has been underpinned by a growth paradigm which conflates population growth with success. This article explores how some regional communities have experienced renewal, fostered innovation, and enhanced community wellbeing without population growth. Data and methods  A mixed methods approach informs this paper. Five case studies are used to illustrate ways in which regional communities can experience successful economic and social outcomes without population growth. Literature is provided for context and empirical data are used to illustrate key features of the selected towns. Results   The case studies reveal themes of connection, place, agency and wellbeing which contribute to ‘successful’ communities. For example, developing connections with a wider network within the region or across sectors enables economic growth through innovation, irrespective of population growth. Conclusions   Being able to respond to, or take advantage of, change is an important element in regional development and one which creates community renewal and wellbeing even if not population growth.

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