Summary
Contents
Subject index
Management for Social Enterprise overviews the key business topics required by social entrepreneurs, and managers in social enterprises, with perspectives on strategy, finance, ethics, governance, marketing, and people management.
Written in direct, accessible language by a team of authors currently teaching and researching in this sector, each chapter is fully supported with useful resources. Chapters include brief overviews, further reading, suggested web resources and, importantly, international case studies, drawing on real-life business examples.
This book is essential reading for students and practitioners of Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship, but will also be of use to anyone with an interest in management, corporate social responsibility, ethics, or community studies.
Managing People in a Social Enterprise Environment
Managing People in a Social Enterprise Environment
Learning Objectives
- Understanding the nature of human resource management (HRM), its role in managing people and its relevance to SEs.
- Identification of the elements of HRM strategies and integrating these with enterprise strategies.
- Analysis of HRM support in capacity-building within SEs – the skills required to manage people in the social economy sector.
HRM as a Support Tool for the Sector
In considering the challenges facing SE organizations, Borzaga and Solari (2004) highlight corporate governance and HRM as the two critical issues facing the sector overall. HRM has been defined by Torrington et al. (2005) as a distinctive philosophy regarding carrying out people-orientated organizational activities. More simply expressed, HRM is about managing people in an organizational context. ...
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