Cross sector social partnerships have been increasingly used as vehicles to address societal issues. However the practices are poorly understood and lacking transferability. One of the challenges relates to evaluating the success of cross sector social partnership projects through a stakeholder perspective. This thesis aims to examine how the different stakeholders perceive and assess project success by examining a case in a tripartite cross sector social partnership project named Umeå Interactive Recycling Room. Seven interviews with representatives from five participating organisations and project archival documents were analysed for the purpose of this thesis. The study reveals that stakeholders assessed success in multiple dimensions using short and long-term perspectives. The success criteria tend to be related to the value creation concept of the project which can be categorised into outcome, organisational benefits, product, and learning perspectives. The study also reveals that the stakeholders did not assess success using the traditional project management measures of time, cost, and scope. Furthermore, project success was assessed multiple times, both during the project life and post the project life with the evaluation means that can differ from informal ways to more formal ways. Overall, the findings suggest that connections exist between the success criteria, the timing of the project being assessed, and the role of the stakeholders in the partnership.

Social partnership, as interaction between the state, employees and employers, functions in all the democratic states. Social partnership became one of the important quality assurance factors in VET, which make influence on the change, innovation and renewal processes in the VET system. On the one hand, social partners have been involved into the identification of the curriculum aims, implementation and evaluation processes; on the other hand, they have been also involved into the VET policy-making. For Lithuania, with the dominating school-based VET model, it is characteristic that for a long time the interaction between the activity and education systems was influenced by the supply principle: training of specialists was organised according to the decisions and possibilities of the educational system not taking into consideration demands from the labour market. Social dialogue in Lithuania had to be born in extremely difficult situation. Initiatives of social partners were blocked by the centralised system; there was no culture and tradition of social dialogue, labour relations were affected by the soviet regime. The research problem is defined by still fragmented relations and interaction between the activity and education systems, vocational education and training sub-system, and vocational education and training quality assurance processes, influencing social partnership. The research focuses on the questions of social partnership forms in the school based VET system... [to full text] / Socialinė partnerystė darbdavių, darbuotojų ir valstybės institucijų sąveika – veikia visose demokratinėse valstybėse. Socialinė partnerystė tapo vienu iš svarbių profesinio rengimo kokybės užtikrinimo veiksnių, sąlygojančių kaitos ir atsinaujinimo procesus profesinio rengimo sistemoje. Socialiniai partneriai ne tik įtraukiami į profesinio rengimo turinio tikslų nustatymą, jų įgyvendinimą, pasiekimų ir rezultatų vertinimą, bet ir dalyvauja formuojant profesinio rengimo politiką, administruojant ir organizuojant profesinio rengimo veiklą. Lietuvoje, kur dominuoja mokyklinis profesinio rengimo modelis, švietimo sistemos ir veiklos pasaulio ryšiai ilgą laiką buvo veikiami pasiūlos principo: specialistai buvo rengiami neatsižvelgiant arba minimaliai atsižvelgiant į veiklos pasaulio poreikius. Socialinis dialogas Lietuvoje turėjo gimti ypatingai sudėtingomis sąlygomis. Viena vertus, socialinių partnerių iniciatyvą stabdė ne tik centralizuotai valdoma profesinio rengimo sistema, žemas profesinio mokymo prestižas, bet ir darbo santykiai, kurių formavimuisi įtakos turėjo sovietinė sistema. Antra vertus, socialinė partnerystė, kaip reiškinys, atsirado tik prasidėjus demokratizacijos procesams, todėl neturėjo nei tradicijos, nei partnerystei palaikyti reikiamos infrastruktūros, resursų ir kompetencijų, todėl dar ir šiandien socialinė partnerystė, kaip organizacinė forma, priimama be didelio pasitikėjimo, neaiškūs jos principai ir siekiai, neapsispręsta, kaip ir kokiu būdu ji turėtų... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

Socialinė partnerystė darbdavių, darbuotojų ir valstybės institucijų sąveika – veikia visose demokratinėse valstybėse. Socialinė partnerystė tapo vienu iš svarbių profesinio rengimo kokybės užtikrinimo veiksnių, sąlygojančių kaitos ir atsinaujinimo procesus profesinio rengimo sistemoje. Socialiniai partneriai ne tik įtraukiami į profesinio rengimo turinio tikslų nustatymą, jų įgyvendinimą, pasiekimų ir rezultatų vertinimą, bet ir dalyvauja formuojant profesinio rengimo politiką, administruojant ir organizuojant profesinio rengimo veiklą. Lietuvoje, kur dominuoja mokyklinis profesinio rengimo modelis, švietimo sistemos ir veiklos pasaulio ryšiai ilgą laiką buvo veikiami pasiūlos principo: specialistai buvo rengiami neatsižvelgiant arba minimaliai atsižvelgiant į veiklos pasaulio poreikius. Socialinis dialogas Lietuvoje turėjo gimti ypatingai sudėtingomis sąlygomis. Viena vertus, socialinių partnerių iniciatyvą stabdė ne tik centralizuotai valdoma profesinio rengimo sistema, žemas profesinio mokymo prestižas, bet ir darbo santykiai, kurių formavimuisi įtakos turėjo sovietinė sistema. Antra vertus, socialinė partnerystė, kaip reiškinys, atsirado tik prasidėjus demokratizacijos procesams, todėl neturėjo nei tradicijos, nei partnerystei palaikyti reikiamos infrastruktūros, resursų ir kompetencijų, todėl dar ir šiandien socialinė partnerystė, kaip organizacinė forma, priimama be didelio pasitikėjimo, neaiškūs jos principai ir siekiai, neapsispręsta, kaip ir kokiu būdu ji turėtų... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Social partnership, as interaction between the state, employees and employers, functions in all the democratic states. Social partnership became one of the important quality assurance factors in VET, which make influence on the change, innovation and renewal processes in the VET system. On the one hand, social partners have been involved into the identification of the curriculum aims, implementation and evaluation processes; on the other hand, they have been also involved into the VET policy-making. For Lithuania, with the dominating school-based VET model, it is characteristic that for a long time the interaction between the activity and education systems was influenced by the supply principle: training of specialists was organised according to the decisions and possibilities of the educational system not taking into consideration demands from the labour market. Social dialogue in Lithuania had to be born in extremely difficult situation. Initiatives of social partners were blocked by the centralised system; there was no culture and tradition of social dialogue, labour relations were affected by the soviet regime. The research problem is defined by still fragmented relations and interaction between the activity and education systems, vocational education and training sub-system, and vocational education and training quality assurance processes, influencing social partnership. The research focuses on the questions of social partnership forms in the school based VET system... [to full text]

The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the impact of European Employment Strategy (EES) on social partnership at national level. Increasing the participation of trade unions, employer organisations and other social partners in policy formulation and implementation is one of the EES objectives. A comparative study has been conducted on Ireland and Greece in order to analyse to what extent this objective has been achieved through EES, which is an Open Method of Coordination. Historical institutionalism provides the theoretical framework for this thesis. The impact of EES is demonstrated at two levels. First level change indicates change in discourse. Second level shows change in social partners

Pastaruoju metu daug kalbama apie socialinę partnerystę, asmenybės vaidmenį organizacijoje, pabrėžiama darbuotojų ir darbdavių partneriško bendradarbiavimo, pasitikėjimo reikšmė, o kartu – jų įsipareigojimai visuomenei (Vasiljevas, 2005). Baigiamojo darbo tema aktuali ir teorine ir praktine prasme, nes darbų, kuriuose būtų analizuojama socialinės partnerystės formavimas organizacinėje kultūroje, nėra aptikta, todėl šis darbas yra aktualus ir naudingas turizmo įmonių vadovams bei darbuotojams. Baigiamojo darbo tikslas. Nustatyti socialinės partnerystės formavimo galimybes organizacinėje kultūroje Klaipėdos miesto turizmo įmonėse. Uždaviniai: 1. Atlikti teorinę socialinės partnerystės formavimo organizacinėje kultūroje analizę. 2. Atlikti socialinės partnerystės formavimo Klaipėdos miesto turizmo įmonių organizacinėje kutūroje tyrimą; 3. Nustatyti socialinės partnerystės formavimo Klaipėdos miesto turizmo įmonių organizacinėje kultūroje galimybes. Baigiamąjį darbą sudaro trys dalys. Pirmoje darbo dalyje pateikta organizacinės kultūros samprata, kaip ji formuojasi, ir kokias funkcijas atlieka organizacijoje. Pateikta socialinės partnerystės samprata. Apžvelgta turizmo verslo organizacinė kultūra. Antroje darbo dalyje pateiktas „Socialinės partnerystės formavimas turizmo įmonių veikloje“ tyrimas, aprašytas tyrimo metodas. Trečioje darbo dalyje pateikti tyrimo rezultatai ir įvertinta, ar egzistuoja socialinė partnerystė kelionių organizatorių veikloje, ir kaip ji formuojama... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Lately, there are a lot of talking about social partnership, personality role in organization, highlights workers and employers partnership of cooperation and trust value, and thus - their commitment to the public (Vasiljevas, 2005). The topic of this work is relevant in theoretical and practical sense, because the work, in which analyzing the social partnership in the formation of organizational culture are not present, so this work is relevant and useful for managers and tourism workers. Work final goal. Identify opportunities for the formation of social partnership in the organizational culture of Klaipeda tourism enterprises. Tasks: 1. Perform an analysis of the theoretical formulation of social partnership in the organizational culture . 2. To do investigation of social partnership in the formation of Klaipeda city tourism businesses organizational culture. 3. Identify the opportunities of social partnership formation in Klaipeda tourism businesses organizational culture. The final work consists of three parts. The first part of the work shows the concept of organizational culture, as it is formed, and what functions play in the organization. Submitted the concept of social partnership. Tourism business organizational culture review. The second part of the work represents the analysis of „Social partnership formation in tourism ventures activity“, also describes the method of analysis. The third section presents the results of analysis and evaluate the existence... [to full text]

Master's thesis is devoted to the practice of interaction between local governments, NGOs and businesses. The aim of this paper − to investigate the management of social partnership’s practices at the level of the urban municipality. The author describes the organization of social partnership in Russian local community as a system of Intersectoral collaboration, where the self-governing authorities activity is the most important. It discusses the classification of social partnership practices following social policy considerations in Russia. There are recommendations for the self-governing authorities about improving organization of intersectoral collaboration and recommendations for third sector organizations in this Master's thesis. / В магистерской диссертации рассматриваются практики взаимодействия органов местного самоуправления, НКО и бизнеса. Предметом исследования является управление межсекторным взаимодействием в процессе формирования социального партнерства на уровне муниципалитета. В работе разработаны теоретические основы организации социального партнерства на муниципальном уровне как системы межсекторного взаимодействия, где определяющую роль играют органы местного самоуправления; построена авторская классификация направлений социального партнерства; разработаны рекомендации для органов местного самоуправления по совершенствованию системы управления межсекторным взаимодействием, а также рекомендации для организаций третьего сектора по реализации технологии оказания социальных услуг населению и проектированию своей деятельности.

Cross-sector social partnerships have become a widely used instrument to work towards sustainable development and especially to deal with social issues. However, research on this phenomenon commonly addresses possible solutions directly, without a deeper analysis of the underlying obstacles and possibilities. The purpose of this study is to fill this gap by exploring the obstacles and possibilities for cross-sector social partnerships in achieving sustainable development. To do so, an empirical case study of a multinational mining corporation and its partners is conducted. Data is gathered from seven semi-structured interviews. The study shows that cross-sector social partnerships (CSSPs) are used by the interviewees to address social issues. Interviews are conducted with actors in different sectors who have relationships with the multinational corporations, this allows a diverse data collection. The study provides analytical results by identifying the obstacles and possibilities that are significant to the collaborations among partners, that is to say the CSSPs. Thus, three main obstacles are found: ​power imbalance, diverging focus and lack of trust among partners​. Whereas, three main possibilities are identified: ​optimism towards future development, broader involvement and more frequent & constructive dialogue​. The study also provides insights on partners at different influential levels and thereby makes a contribution to existing literature. From a practical perspective, understanding the underlying obstacles and possibilities could help to make the partnerships more effective.

Socialinės partnerystės principas pabrėžia sąveiką tarp socialinių partnerių, valstybės, darbdavių ir darbuotojų, kuris pasireiškia apibrėžiant valstybės (švietimo institucijų ir įstaigų), darbdavių atstovaujamų susivienijim�� prekybos, pramonės ir amatų rūmų, (Žemės ūkio rūmų) ir darbuotojų (profsąjungų ir kitų sąjungų) pareigas ir atsakomybę planuojant, organizuojant, vykdant ir įverinant priemones ir profesinio rengimo programas. Kadangi Lietuvos profesinio rengimo modelyje valstybė atidavė atsakomybę už profesinio rengimo kokybę profesinio rengimo institucijoms, kurios palaiko artimus ryšius su darbdaviais, štai todėl socialinių partnerių sąvoka yra ribota, turint galvoje, darbdavius. Yra daugybė problemų, susijusių su praktiniu rengimu Lietuvoje, kadangi švietimo institucijų finansavimas yra nepakankamas, praktinio rengimo bazė profesinėje mokykloje atsilieka nuo tų įrengimų ir technologijos, kurias studentai randa, kai ateina į įmones baigę mokyklas. Neturtingą praktinio mokymo bazė galima pakeisti glaudžiu bendravimu su darbdaviais, kokybišku praktiniu rengimu įmonėse. Profesinio rengimo kokybės vertinimas yra vykdomas darbo metu. Nėra vieningos profesinio rengimo kokybės vertinimo sistemos, štai kodėl darbe kalbant apie galiojančius aktus ir dokumentus praktinio rengimo kokybės vertinimo rodikliai ir kriterijai yra atskiri. Kalbant apie šiuos parametrus, empyrinis tyrimas buvo atliktas tam, kad įvertinti darbdavių įtakos praktinio profesinio rengimo kokybei... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The principle of social partnership emphasizes interaction between social partners, the state employers and employees which “manifests itself in defining the state’s (educational institution’s and offices’), employer’s represented by unions (chambers) of Commerce, Industry and Crafts, Chambers of Agriculture) and employee’s (trade unions and other unions) limits of duties and responsibilities planning, organizing, executing and evaluating means and programs of vocational training. Since in the model of vocational training that exists in Lithuania the state delegated responsibility for the quality of vocational training to institutions of vocational training which maintain closest relations which employers, that’s why the nation of social partners is restricted, having in mind, employers. A lot of problems exists in Lithuania concerning practical training since funding of educational institutions is not sufficient, bases of practical training at vocational schools fail to keep pace with equipment and technologies that students find when they come to enterprises after finishing schools. Poor bases of practical education can be substituted by close interaction with employers, qualitative practical training at enterprises. The evaluation of quality of vocational training is executed during work. There’s no unified system of quality evaluation of vocational training, that’s why at work, referring to analysis of valid deeds and documents, indicators and criteria of evaluation of... [to full text]

Во время непрерывного образования человека необходимо изменить подход к пониманию смыла профориентации, она также должна стать непрерывной. В работе выявлены проблемы внедрения и развития социального партнерства в профориентационной деятельности учреждений общего образования Свердловской области и разработан проект по созданию виртуальной площадки для развития социального партнерства в профориентационной деятельности учреждений общего образования Свердловской области. / During a person's continuous education it is necessary to change the approach to understanding vocational guidance; it must also become continuous. In the master's thesis, the problems of implementation and development of social partnership in vocational guidance institutions of general education of the Sverdlovsk region were identified and a project was developed to create a virtual platform for the development of social partnership in vocational guidance institutions of general education of the Sverdlovsk region.

Throughout the Eurozone’s economic crisis, little attention has been given to wage-setting practices. This lack of attention is surprising given that wages have been considered an important instrument for managing the economy in a currency union since the 1960s and have even been emphasized in successive blueprints for Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Recent scholarship has found differences in wage-setting practices a key feature distinguishing healthy and crisis-stricken Eurozone countries. Indeed, in this emerging literature, countries that coordinate wages effectively have remained competitive under EMU and had fewer troubles in responding to the crisis, while those with weakly-coordinated wages have struggled mightily. In effect, this literature finds differences in EMU members’ wage-setting regimes at the heart of the economic crisis now facing the Eurozone and the trade imbalances between its Northern and Southern members. However, very little work has examined the specifics of individual labour market models under EMU. Indeed, while this new literature on wage setting and the crisis places wage setting models at its centre, it does not delve into the differences among highly coordinated systems. This oversight is problematic given that scholars of monetary union have suggested that the single currency may amplify the effects of subtle differences in national socioeconomic models, while others have suggested that EMU may be corrosive to some labour market models that coordinate wage setting. This study addresses this gap in the literature, dissecting labour market models by the mechanisms that deliver horizontal and vertical coordination, as well as the indicators to which they are calibrated. Using this framework, it then traces the experiences of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands under EMU, who use very different mechanisms to coordinate wages. It argues that while EMU has exacerbated longstanding problems in the Belgian wage-bargaining system, it has had little impact upon the German and Dutch systems. Rather, underlying changes in the institutions that manage wage setting in these countries, and changes in social partner organizations – particularly the trade unions – are far more consequential for their continued functioning under EMU. More broadly, these findings suggest that in fact, many designs of highly coordinated wage setting are capable of managing pressures from the single currency. For those Eurozone countries currently refashioning their labour market models, tighter coordination may be just as viable an option as dismantling their wage-bargaining institutions. / Graduate / 0615 / ifdumka@gmail.com