Organizations as agents of social change

Autor:	Keith C. D'Souza
Rok vydání:	1984
Předmět:	business.industry Political science Social change General Decision Sciences Public relations business General Business Management and Accounting
Zdroj:	Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers. 9:233-248
ISSN:	2395-3799 0256-0909
DOI:	10.1177/0256090919840306
Popis:	Organizations have an important role to play as agents of social change and developement, particularly in developing countries in which changes in social conditions are often prerequisites for growth. This paper suggests a framework for conceptualizing the social role of organizations. Four archetypes of organizational management policy orientations—“commercial,” “entrepreneurial,” “philanthropic,” and “missionary”—are derived based on two underlying dimensions of altruism and social change orientation. The determinants of these two dimensions, the conditions favouring the emergence of each archetype and its management and design aspects are discussed. Each archetype may be relevant to a society under particular environmental conditions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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