scholarly journals Innovation in Nonbusiness Organizations from a Conceptual Point of View

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gergő Sándorfi ◽  
Béla Pataki
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Management ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Manage Innovation ◽  
Broad Type ◽  
Over Time ◽  
For Profit Organizations

The definitions of innovation have been transformed a lot over time since Schumpeter introduced his concept. Even recently one of the most prestigious innovation management references, the Oslo Manual have changed its concept. One rarely discussed aspect of the concept of innovation is that most of the definitions are referring to the business sector; only a few of them are referring to any kinds of organizations, including non-profit and governmental organizations. Any kind of organization must innovate sooner or later; therefore they have to learn how to manage innovation effectively and efficiently. That is why the broad type of definitions is recommended, involving not only for-profit organizations but non-profit and governmental organizations as well.

scholarly journals Helping Yourself or Others? Motivation Dynamics for High-Performing Volunteers in GLAM Crowdsourcing

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sultana Lubna Alam ◽  
Ruonan Sun ◽  
John Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Incentive Structure ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
High Performing ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Over Time

While most crowdsourcing (CS) cases in the literature focus on commercial organisations, little is known about volunteers’ motivation of initial and continued participation in not-for-profit CS projects and importantly, about how the motivations may change over time. It is vital to understand motivation and motivational dynamics in a not-for-profit context because a fundamental challenge for not-for-profit CS initiations is to recruit and keep volunteers motivated without any formal contract or financial incentives. To tackle this challenge, we explore high performing volunteers’ initial motivation for joining and sustaining with a GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) CS project. We situated our interpretive exploration in a case study of the Australian Newspapers CS project initiated by the National Library of Australia. Based on the case study, we found that high-performing volunteers were motivated by a combination of personal, collective, and external factors classified into intrinsic, extrinsic, and internalised extrinsic motivations. Further, we found that these motivations changed over time. Specifically, many volunteers presented substantial personal (i.e., personal interest and fun) and community-centric motivations (i.e. altruism and non-profit cause) when they initially joined the project, whereas external motivations (i.e., recognition and rewards) had a greater impact on long-term participation. Our findings offer implications for CS system design (e.g., user profiles, tagging and commenting), incentive structure (e.g., reputation-based ranking, leader boards), and relational mechanisms (e.g., open communication channels) to stimulate sustainable contributions for not-for-profit CS initiatives.

scholarly journals The Socio-technical Balanced Scorecard for Assessing a Public University

2010 ◽  
pp. 47-60
Author(s):  
Ramanjit Singh ◽  
Trevor Wood-Harper
Keyword(s):  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public University ◽  
Work Lives ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
For Profit Organizations

The socio-technical theory is concerned with humanistic welfare paradigm. The socio-technical principles aim to improve redundant jobs and thereby benefit human work lives. Hence, jobs are enriched using flexible work methods, empowerment strategies and new technologies. Balanced scorecard is a framework that measures whether the firm is meeting its objectives in terms of vision and strategy. It assesses four perspectives: financial, customer, internal business processes and innovation & learning. Even though the balanced scorecard has proven to be beneficial in the for-profit organizations of the past, most non-profit organizations were unable to utilize the balanced scorecard. The original configuration of balanced scorecard placed financial goals on the top of the hierarchy and since maximizing shareholder wealth is not the main objective for most non-profit organizations, it was not widely applied by these organizations. Since non-profit organizations usually operate to maximize the well-being of the society, socio-technical work design principles may receive a greater acceptance in these organizations than in for-profit organizations. Thus, a socio-technical balanced scorecard for the non-profit organizations will be formulated with an emphasis on employee perspective and a public university wide assessment will be proposed.

scholarly journals Innovation management as a tool of qualitative changes in the food processing industry

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (No. 8) ◽  
pp. 361-364
Author(s):  
E. Horská ◽  
I. Ubrežiová
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
New Product ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Qualitative Level ◽  
Manage Innovation ◽  
Qualitative Changes

The paper deals with theoretical and practical aspects of the innovation process as well as its final results and impact on qualitative level of the supply in the market with food products. From this point of view, we consider an innovation process as an alternative approach how to reach competitive advantage. The paper also points at several possibilities how to manage innovation process in order to create a new product with certain features of competitiveness. There follows from the research that the innovation process is not only the question of new product development but it is also the question of technological approach, new markets entering as well as organization changes in the company.

scholarly journals Managing social innovation in for-profit organizations: the case of Intesa Sanpaolo

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naiara Altuna ◽  
Anna Maria Contri ◽  
Claudio Dell'Era ◽  
Federico Frattini ◽  
Paolo Maccarrone
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Limited Knowledge ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
For Profit Organizations

Purpose – Social innovations are defined as innovative products or services motivated by the goal of meeting a social need, with the opportunity to create new social relationships or collaborations. Although developing social innovations has been the primary concern of non-profit organizations so far, there are signs of an increasing involvement in this type of innovations of for-profit firms, in an attempt to accomplish their corporate social responsibility strategies. This notwithstanding, there is very limited knowledge on how for-profit organizations can develop a capability to manage social innovation projects. The purpose of this paper is to provide exploratory evidence to fill this gap. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents and discusses a case study of a firm that has been involved in social innovation for years. It is Intesa Sanpaolo, a for-profit organization that leads the Italian banking sector. Findings – The case study points to the existence of three managerial antecedents of a superior ability in social innovation: integrating CSR in its business strategy with a strong commitment from the top management; separating the activities concerned with the development of social innovations from the rest of the organization, following to the structural ambidexterity model; applying the principles of open innovation to the development of social innovations, by involving in particular non-profit organizations as a source of ideas for new social innovation projects and leveraging them to enable adoption of the new products and services. Originality/value – So far there is very limited knowledge on how for-profit organizations can develop a capability to manage social innovation projects. This paper provides exploratory evidence to fill this gap.

scholarly journals The ethics of crowdsourcing

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie McDonough Dolmaya
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Status ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
For Profit Organizations

Because crowdsourced translation initiatives rely on volunteer labour to support both for-profit and not-for-profit activities, they lead to questions about how participants are remunerated, how the perception of translation is affected, and how minority languages are impacted. Using examples of crowdsourced translation initiatives at non-profit and for-profit organizations, this paper explores various ethical questions that apply to translation performed by people who are not necessarily trained as translators or financially remunerated for their work. It argues that the ethics of a crowd-sourced translation initiative depend not just on whether the initiative is part of a not-for profit or a for-profit effort, but also on how the project is organized and described to the public. While some initiatives do enhance the visibility of translation, showcase its value to society, and help minor languages become more visible online, others devalue the work involved in the translation process, which in turn lowers the occupational status of professional translators.

Successful without profits: personal factors that affect performance in NPOs

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 1135-1158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Reinhardt ◽  
Susanne Enke
Keyword(s):  
Model Building ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Set Up ◽  
For Profit Organizations

PurposeStudies on personal characteristics that influence managers' performance in their jobs and their ability to innovate focus mainly on for-profit organizations. We argue that non-profit organizations (NPOs) differ substantially from for-profit organizations in their organizational set-up and processes, so the skills they demand from their managers and employees also differ. We undertake this research to explore the personal factors that could be particularly relevant to managers' performance and innovativeness in the non-profit sector.Design/methodology/approachWe conduct a qualitative, model-building study to derive the personal factors that influence managers' intention to perform and to innovate and their behavior in that regard. The base of our analysis is 15 interviews with knowledgeable informants who either work in NPOs, provide services to them or perform research about them.FindingsWe derive 14 personal factors that can be aggregated into four categories—experience, virtues and vices, interpersonal skills and management skills—each of which affect NPO managers' individual performance and/or individual innovativeness.Originality/valueThis study adds to existing research on Ajzen's (1985) Theory of Planned Behavior by extending it to the nonprofit context, so it contributes to the literature on individuals' behavioral intentions.

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF): Building Trust in Diverse Stakeholders

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (02) ◽  
pp. 539-560
Author(s):  
Yanthi R.I. Hutagaol-Martowidjojo
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Organizational Transformation ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Value Proposition ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Building Trust ◽  
A Value ◽  
For Profit Organizations

While many case studies show the importance of a value proposition for profit organizations, this case demonstrates the importance of a value proposition for a non-profit organization in shaping the organization, in particular to prevent organization from an escalating crisis to improve its performance. The case is designed to foster a thoughtful organizational transformation through the development of an organization value proposition based on stakeholder and stakeholder participation theories. Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) was in a financial crisis before 2011. The new CEO put new value proposition formulation on his priority by analyzing the interests of BOSF’s stakeholders. Hence, the case adds the importance of leadership aspect in analyzing organization’s stakeholders’ interests and expectations and effectively making decisions to meet them.

Waseela Foundation: Accounting for Zakat

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. S55-S60
Author(s):  
Junaid Ashraf ◽  
Abdul Rauf
Keyword(s):  
Accounting System ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Excellent Opportunity ◽  
Fund Accounting ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
For Profit Organizations

The case focusses on the issues faced by Waseela Foundation in its accounting system, specifically in recording the receipt of zakat donations and utilization thereof. The existing accounting system is simple and puts all types of donations into one pool. Expenses are paid out of that pool indiscriminately. It is not acceptable to some zakat donors who have different interpretations regarding the use of zakat funds. Mr Mustafa was given the task of redesigning the accounting system which would assure the donors that their zakat was being managed and disposed of as per their instructions. Accounting for donations in non-profits requires an elaborate system of recording and reporting that can distinguish between different sources of donations and their utilization. This is important because some donations have to be spent on specific purposes. Hence, unlike for-profit organizations, non-profit organizations have to keep different sources of funds separate for recording and reporting purposes. Zakat poses special accounting challenges because there are variations in interpretations of different schools of thought with regard to avenues of spending the zakat. The case thus provides students with an excellent opportunity to understand the intricacies of fund accounting for non-profits.

scholarly journals Costs of research and development

2021 ◽  
pp. 133-158
Author(s):  
Artur Jastrzębowski ◽  
Jiří Pospíšil
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Product Technology ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
For Profit Organizations

Year by year, research and development works constitute an increasingly important ele-ment of the functioning of enterprises. Appropriate recording of expenditure and settlement of their effects requires (above all) determination of the actual stage of works. Consequently, there is a dis-tinction between research and development works. Another aspect that determines the principles of recognizing expenditure in the accounting books is to determine whether the developed product/technology belongs to the area economically developed by the unit or to the unrecognized area. The adequate determination will help to place expenses either in the sphere of activity and basic unit or in the sphere of other operating activity. Financial reporting for intangible assets is perhaps one of the most difficult and most controversial topics of financial reporting. In this article it is compared three concepts of financial reporting for R&D costs: IFRS approach, Czech approach for non-profit organizations and Czech approach for profit organizations.

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