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Written by Hugh Morrow
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Thursday, 01 September 2005 |
Management is about coping with complexity, Leadership is about coping with change.John P Kotter in his paper "What Leaders Really Do" in the December 2001 edition of the Harvard Business Review provides an excellent description of the role of leaders and draws a useful distinction between the activities of leadership and management.
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Written by Hugh Morrow
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Wednesday, 06 December 2006 |
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The concept of “third sector” is often used as a synonym to the non-profit sector and, more recently, also to “social economy”, particularly in European literature. However, it is slightly more restrictive as it comprises charities, and mutual organisations, but excludes private enterprises and co-operatives.
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Written by Hugh Morrow
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Wednesday, 06 December 2006 |
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This concept refers to any private activity conducted in the public interest, organised with an entrepreneurial strategy and whose main purpose is not the maximisation of profit, but the attainment of certain economic and social goals, and which, through the production of goods and services, brings innovative solutions to the problem of social exclusion and unemployment (see OECD, 1999). |
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Written by Hugh Morrow
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Wednesday, 06 December 2006 |
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The term “social economy”, also referred to in France as “économie solidaire” first appeared in this country at the beginning of the 19th century. It was nevertheless only at the beginning of the 20th century that it began to be employed to indicate various entities aiming at improving collective working conditions and individual lives. |
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Written by Hugh Morrow
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Wednesday, 06 December 2006 |
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The best known definition, while not commonly shared, most especially in European countries, is undoubtedly that supplied by the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (www.jhu.edu/~cnp/). According to this definition, the sector includes organisations which are voluntary, formal, private, self-governing and which do not distribute profits, such as hospitals, universities, social clubs, professional organisations, day-care centres, environmental groups, family counselling agencies, sports clubs, job training centres, human rights organisations and others. |
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