scholarly journals The bright side of social economy sector’s projectification: a study of successful social enterprises

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 5043
Author(s):  
Beata Jalocha ◽  
Ewa Bogacz-Wojtanowska
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Long Term Results ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Creation

In Europe, we are witnessing a growth in the social economy sector, i.e. in socio – economic organizations, which belong neither to the traditional for profit sector (market economy) nor to the public sector (government) (Deforuny, 2001; Young, 2007) - they rather act at the interface of civil society and markets (Jäger, 2010). The main goal of these organizations, called social enterprises or social business, is doing business for socially useful purposes. These initiatives may take the form of traditional Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), like foundations and associations, as well as new kinds of organizations for example social cooperatives, partnerships, funds.Social economy is situated between public and business sphere of administration and combines both, social objectives and the ones profit-oriented. Social entrepreneurship is unquestionably a desirable feature of social economy understood as reaching planned economic objectives with the use of available resources. Another feature comprises in using involvement and creativity of excluded persons and thus, solving social problems, among others, structural unemployment and disadvantage of social minorities as well as strengthening democratic processes, bottom-up social initiatives etc. Achieving objectives, both social and economic, requires using modern management instruments and methods.All of the above mentioned organizations or ventures, which achieve their local, social or ethical mission and goals using methods adopted from the business sector (Defourny, Hulgard, Pestoff, eds.2014). One of these methods is project management. The whole sector of social economy, both in Poland and in Europe, is strongly influenced by projectification process: a lot of the activities are performed in the form of projects. For last ten years projectification of social non-governmental sector as well as the economy sector in Poland was reinforced by EU’s funding stream – hundreds of co-funded projects, which aimed at increasing the level of development and improving the condition of social economy, were implemented. Some of these projects have resulted in the creation of durable, dynamically operating social enterprises, and some of them did not produce any long-term results. In case of successful projects, we can observe an unusual effect of projectification process: the creation of permanent structures, sustainable social economy organizations through the implementation of projects.Although we can identify examples of interesting research on impact of project work on NGOs (Brière, Proulx, Navaro, & Laporte, 2015); Golini, Kalchschmidt, Landoni, 2015) or critical success factors of non-governmental projects (Khang & Moe, 2008), there is a research gap which we would like to address in this paper: lack of research on project management best practices in social enterprises. Thus, the main research question we would like to investigate in the paper is: What are the factors that lead to creation of durable, permanent social economy enterprises from projects?This paper draws on set of qualitative data from broader research on social economy sector conducted in Poland in years 2011-2013 by researchers from the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA). For the purpose of this paper we have conducted multiple case study analysis and analysed 36 case studies of existing social enterprises. One of our research goals was to find out, which factors are critical in the process of creation durable social enterprises from projects. Also, we wanted to understand how projectification, influenced strongly by the EU policies, changes the landscape of social enterprises in Poland and helps them achieve success.

scholarly journals Constructing the Model of Aboriginal Tribal Social Enterprises from the Concept of Social Economic Enterprises

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Hsiao-Ming Liu ◽  
Shang-Yung Yen
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status

Taiwan's aboriginal tribes have long been affected by political forces and market economy model, and the aboriginal people living in remote mountainous areas with lack of information have met with a lot of economic and social problems and challenges such as loss of land and traditional culture, aging population and stagnation of tribal industry development. Therefore, the original self-sufficient tribes began to prone to “poverty”, and this is one of the most critical social issues for Taiwan to cope with. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the concept of "social economy" in the aboriginal tribes, to develop and restore the sharing economic cooperation model, to increase collective interests and to set up tribal social enterprises, so as to address the crucial social issues.This study will adopt the method and experience of socio-economic analysis to study the action plan of Seediq, a division of Taiwanese aboriginals, and their experience of social and economic organization and operation, and reflection on the social enterprise system. The main research is to explore the social economy in the Meixi tribe, the status quo and future development, and how to employ social innovation to promote the tribal social enterprise planning and business model.

scholarly journals Hospital Building Maintenance Management Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullateef Olanrewaju ◽  
Wong Wai Fang ◽  
Seong Yeow Tan
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Hospital Building ◽  
Maintenance Model

Wellness of the patients correlated with the hospital building performance. For building to achieve it design objectives and provide value added services to owners, users and other stakeholders, maintenance functions are strategic. As a result, management of the maintenance of hospital buildings is a delicate and expensive task to perform. Despite the fact that there is a lack of representative data on the maintenance of hospital buildings in Malaysia, there is a growing concern surrounding the subject. Fire outbreaks and decay in hospital buildings suggest a need to conduct critical research to investigate the maintenance management practices of hospital buildings. This paper reports part of an ongoing research that aims to develop a maintenance model for hospital buildings. Hence, this current research reports the results of literature reviews and observations on hospital buildings in Malaysia and their maintenance practices. Upon reviewing the literature, a conceptual framework of maintenance model for hospital buildings was proposed. The research found that the current approaches to maintenance management in the hospital buildings were corrective, fragmented, cost-driven and expensive. The procurement of maintenance services was mainly outsourcings. All these call into question, the decision making processes of the hospital maintenance organisations. Collectively, the above considerations have led to the formulation of the main research question- what are the critical success factors [CSFs] for the maintenance of hospital buildings? The current study also discussed a proposed research methodology for the main research. Furthermore, issues pertaining to the research design, ontology and epistemology were briefly discussed. It was established that to enrich the findings of the main research, it was imperative to collect primary data using both quantitative and qualitative research paradigms. 

Operating as a Social Enterprise within Resource and Institutional Constraints

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman Ismail ◽  
Brendon Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Organizational Models ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Main Research ◽  
External Conditions ◽  
Economic Constraints

Abstract This study explores questions around the abilities of social enterprises (SEs) to obtain market-based revenues in the context of a middle-income country with significant institutional and economic constraints (Egypt). Our main research question focuses on analyzing the reasons why SEs in this context are unable to obtain their desired level of market-based revenues. Through the analysis of 22 SEs with some degree of a mixed revenue model, we draw three major conclusions that contribute to both academic theory and SE practice: (a) the importance of investing in new cohorts of SE employees, (b) ways to increase SEs’ ability to respond to institutional barriers, and (c) the promotion of adaptive organizational models able to respond to changing external conditions. The study makes several contributions to the literature. Most importantly, it seeks to add findings to discussion around how SEs operate within constraints by providing real-life empirical data from a context that faces significant institutional and resource barriers. It adds to the current literature by offering insights on organizational capacity, institutions, legitimacy, and adaptability that can be applied to other countries with similar socio-economic contexts. Methodologically, it also makes an effort to move beyond biases of studying only successful SEs, to offer micro-level qualitative analysis of SEs, and to hear unique and potentially alternative perspectives to academic narratives rooted in concept and theory by better understanding how social entrepreneurs themselves perceive their own work and practices.

scholarly journals The Road Towards Lean Six Sigma: Sustainable Success Factors in Service Industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fotis Vouzas ◽  
Alexandros Psychogios ◽  
Loukas Tsironis
Keyword(s):  
Operations Management ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Lean Six Sigma ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Road

Abstract It has been widely investigated that the application of operations management techniques is not only based on technical factors, but it is mainly associated with organisational factors such as culture, previous polices and procedures, etc. A prime example of promisng operations practices is Lean Six Sigma (L6σ). The main research question for L6σ is related to its liabilities and constrains regarding its implementation. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the critical factors related to the application L6σ. The context of the analysis is service industry since it seems that it has been neglected from the literature that mainly focuses on manufacturing. The methodology was based on the qualitative exploration of three case studies from the service industry. Secondary data were collected through an analysis of companies' documents, written procedures and quality assurance policies and primary data were collected through a number of in-depth face-to-face interviews with managers and quality experts. The findings show that there are ten (10) particular factors that influence the implementation of L6σ in service organizations.

Dynamics of Social Enterprises—Shift from Social Innovation to Open Innovation

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhyo Joseph Yun ◽  
KyungBae Park ◽  
ChoongJae Im ◽  
ChangHwan Shin ◽  
Xiaofei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Innovation Dynamics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This article looks into dynamics of open social enterprises. We used several research methods—literature review, content analysis and case studies through intensive interviews via semi-structured questionnaire. First, we developed a research framework, expressed as the social open innovation dynamics model through literature reviews on social economy, sharing economy, collaborative innovation, open innovation and social enterprise. Second, we applied the model to ten Korean social enterprises and determined the success factors of social open innovation, as well as the concrete dynamics behind it. Main finding of this research are as follows. The success of social enterprises depends on the extent to which they strive to move towards open innovation. Adopting open innovation strategies seem to be a fruitful pathway for social enterprises to progress and grow in their operations.

scholarly journals THE IDEAS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ETHNOLINGUISTIC SCHOOL OF LUBLIN AND THE NEW PERSPECTIVES TO THE BULGARIAN LINGUISTICS

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Petar SOTIROV
Keyword(s):  
Project Work ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Cognitive Orientation ◽  
European Culture ◽  
Research Objects ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Main Ideas

e aim of the article is to present the main ideas and some of the contemporary achievements of thescholars of the so-called Ethnolinguistic School of Lublin, founded and led by Jerzy Bartminski. The author focuses on its cognitive orientation and, as a confirmation of such orientation, points out and describes in detail its main research objects: language worldview, stereotype, cognitive definition, value, perspective, profiling and subject. The text of the article presents also the main scientific publications and projects realized by the Polish ethnolinguists. Much attention is paid to the EUROJOS project, which studies the axiospheres of the Slavs and their European neighbors. The main aim of the project is to work out cognitive definitions of conceptual values, traditional for Slavic and European culture, such as home, freedom, work, Europe, honor and more. As a result of the project work, 5 volumes of the Axiological Lexicon of the Slavs and their Neighbors were published. In conclusion, the author presents some new perspectives that are revealed to the Bulgarian linguistics in connection with the ideas and experience of scientists from the Polish Lublin Ethnolinguistic School. For example, the author thinks that it is possible to proceed with the creation of a Bulgarian dictionary of folk stereotypes and symbols following the model of the dictionary created by the scientists in Lublin, as well as to realize a research project to study the contemporary Bulgarian language of values and to proceed with the development of the Bulgarian Axiological Lexicon

scholarly journals Erfolgsfaktoren projektbezogener Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngalula Tumba
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Research Survey

This book deals with the success factors of projects in development cooperation. In its theoretical approach, terms such as development, developing countries, development cooperation and project management are explained, as well as the German-Congolese cooperation as an example. The practical approach is a research (survey) in the field. The evaluation of this survey shows that project work in development cooperation can be successful if it focuses on the following five procedures: Environment and needs analysis, sustainability-oriented project work, intercultural competence, agile management style and the promotion of learning and innovation opportunities.

scholarly journals Contributions of social entrepreneurship to textile waste prevention in Romania

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-99
Author(s):  
Daniela Staicu
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Current System ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Waste Prevention ◽  
Textile Waste ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Prevention Measure ◽  
European Public ◽  
Private And Public

Abstract The current system for producing, distributing, and using clothing is putting pressure on resources, pollutes and degrades ecosystems. Nowadays, when disposed of, clothing still has at least 70% of its useful life left. A different approach to the way clothes are made, distributed and disposed of is needed. Prevention of textile waste is one angle to address these challenges and is being taken into consideration by the European public bodies. Reuse is increasingly recognized as a waste prevention measure, specifically addressed in 25 of the 33 waste prevention programs of European countries but national approaches to encourage reuse are, so far weak. Though in Romania it is estimated that textile waste will be produced mainly by households by 2025, knowledge about clothing reuse stakeholders and the mechanisms of exchange is scarce. Some activity is however developed by charities, acting as social enterprises. The primary goal of this research was to understand the role of social entrepreneurship in textile waste prevention by identifying clothing reuse practices and stakeholders in Bucharest, the Romanian city with the largest number of households in Romania (10% of the total of households). By gaining concrete knowledge related to the clothing reuse initiatives, in terms of number and characteristics, moving from identifying current clothing reuse practices and mechanisms of exchange to the type of stakeholders involved, either public or private, the research contributed to modeling the circular business ecosystem in Romania. The main research question concerned the degree of involvement of social enterprises in the development of clothing reuse activities, and therefore textile waste prevention. The findings revealed a high disproportion between the number of private and public clothing reuse initiatives, most of the activities being developed by charities which to some extent act as social enterprises. The results were intended to provide information to support decision-making bodies and communities in building up a functional clothing waste prevention plan through benefiting of existing knowledge from stakeholders in the field. These results also open the pathway to public-private dialogue for highlighting and scaling up existing textile waste prevention activities.

scholarly journals Attempt to indicate the key success factors of the small and medium-sized enterprise sector (SME) – research report

2020 ◽  
Vol 195 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-216
Author(s):  
Kacper Zadwórny
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Senior Management ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Key Success Factors ◽  
Common Profile

The author of the report made an attempt to conduct a diagnostic survey to indicate the basic success factors of small enterprises from the Jelenia Góra region. The main research question was whether it is possible to generate a common profile of success for several companies. The basis of the survey was an interview carried out in eleven companies and addressed to senior management and specialists – engineers. The questionnaire “Key success factors in the company in the SME sector” was used in the interview. The report describes the results of the interview.

Does previous work experience matter in students’ learning in higher project management education?

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keshav Kumar Sharma ◽  
D. Israel ◽  
Bhavna Bhalla
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Postgraduate Programme

Purpose In view of the substantial gaps between desirable and actual competencies of project practitioners, there is a genuine and continual need to improve approaches towards project management education. The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine whether previous work experience of students pursuing a master’s programme in project management plays a role in their understanding and learning from the programme. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 282 respondents, who included working project professionals along with first-year (junior) and second-year (senior) students of a two-year postgraduate programme in project management. Considering the responses of working project professionals as the benchmark, the paper employs exploratory factor analysis and multiple comparisons to examine differences in the perceived importance given to factor groupings of critical success factors (CSFs) of construction projects by different respondent groups. Findings Results of the study suggest that irrespective of students’ seniority in the postgraduate programme, responses of students with previous project work experience more closely match the responses of project professionals, in contrast to students without such experience. The results indicate that students’ previous project work experience does play a role in their understanding and learning. In addition, the paper also identifies four factor groupings of CSFs and, diverging from past studies, conceptualises “alignment” as a new factor grouping. Practical implications Findings support the view that adequate previous work experience may be included as an essential qualifying requirement for pursuing higher education in project management. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first empirical studies that investigate the requirement of students’ previous work experience and reveals its significance in higher project management education.

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