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Enhancing viability through better management of learning in non-profit organisations.Samuel, Njenga. January 2008 (has links)
The question of how to enhance viability is ever present in the minds of leaders of
Non Profit Organizations. By using a methodological pluralism approach involving
concepts in organisational learning, appreciative inquiry, systems thinking and the
Viable Systems Model, this study investigates the capacity for learning in five Non
Profit Organizations and links this capacity to their viability. A case is established
through a review of literature that only organizations that adopt a generative learning
posture, can survive in times of great change and contextual turbulence.
The study, which followed an appreciative inquiry process, interviewed leaders from
the five organizations in both semi-structured interviews as well as questionnaires. It
found that while learning is taking place all the time in the organizations studied, most
of that learning is lost to the organisations for lack of effective capturing, storing,
disseminating and rewarding systems. These organisations also lack a clear
conceptual framework to guide their learning. The learning present in most of the
organizations is of a single loop nature, which is limited in not allowing the critique of
the assumptions and worldviews behind the experiences of individuals in the
organisation.
This study therefore recommends prioritisation of collective learning within the
organizations studied by investing in policies, structures and systems that support
dialogue and reflective practices. To this end, the study recommends that if these
organizations are to better their viability, they will have to develop a more systemic
approach not only to their learning but also to their management.
Keywords: Learning Organisation, viable systems model, knowledge management,
participatory action research, systems thinking and practice, strategic
conversations, dialogue, non profit organizations, Appreciative Inquiry, vocabularies
of hope. / Thesis (M.Com.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2008.
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Neziskové organizace ve vzdělávání žáků s odlišným mateřským jazykem / Non-profit organizations in the education of pupils with a different mother tongueHanáková, Karolína January 2019 (has links)
The diploma thesis deals with the topic of education of pupils with a different mother tongue in the Czech Republic; the target group are children in the age of compulsory education (approx. age 6 to 15), the target location is Prague. The topic is elaborated from the perspective of the actors of language management - state institutions, elementary schools and non-profit organizations. In the theoretic part, those subjects are characterized; the focus concentrates on the current legislation, the possibilities of funding of teaching Czech as a second language, the methodical support from the state. Non-profit organizations are characterized more in detail and their general role in civil society is explained. The practical part of the thesis describes and analyses the current situation: it identifies problems each actor is dealing with and mostly it captures their positions in the system and mutual interaction. The structure of this part is based on the activities of the non-profit organizations - their offer of the extracurricular, language-education courses for pupils with a different mother tongue, support of elementary schools and people working with this target group as well as communication with the Ministry of Education and active effort to improve the current support. The semi-structured...
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