Global Social Policy,INGOs and Strategic Management

Abstract

The partial globalization of social policy is seen in the growth in importance of welfare programmes emanating from supranational and global governmental and non-government institutions. Yet social policy analysts have given relatively little attention to the significance of organizational management redesign for their field's global dimension. The primary objective of this article is to draw conceptual connections between `strategic management' patterns within the global (`super') international non-government organization (INGO) sector and the fight against global poverty. The principal argument is that the recent emulation by global INGOs of the strategic management methods of multinational corporations (MNCs) holds major implications for the effectiveness of delivery of anti-poverty programmes, and that this phenomenon calls upon researchers to pay closer attention to MNC organizational `structures' in assessing the effectiveness of global welfare reform. Primary among the salient INGO management changes have been the increasing use of INGO—government—corporate strategic alliances, stepped up contractualism, and various organizational redesign tools.

La Politique Sociale Globale, les ONGI, et l'Importance de l'Administration Stratégique

La globalisation partielle de la politique sociale se voit dans l'augmentation de l'importance des programmes d'assistance sociale qui émanent des institutions supranationales et des institutions globales gouvernementales et non gouvernementales. Pourtant, les analystes de la politique sociale ont prêté relativement peu d'attention à l'importance d'une reconception d'administration organisationnelle pour la dimension globale de leur domaine. L'objectif principal de cet article est d'établir des liens conceptuels entre des caractéristiques `d'administration stratégique' dans le secteur global (`super') des ONGI et la lutte contre la pauvreté globale. Le raisonnement principal est que la récente émulation par des ONGI globales des méthodes d'administration stratégique des corporations multinationales (CMN) a de grandes implications pour l'efficacité de la livraison des programmes anti-pauvreté, et que ce phénomène exige que les chercheurs prêtent plus d'attention aux structures organisationnelles des CMN en évaluant l'efficacité de la réforme sociale globale. Les principaux changements d'administration parmi les ONGI ont été l'augmentation de l'emploi des alliances stratégiques ONGI— gouvernement—corporation, un contractualisme intensifié, et des divers outils de reconception organisationnelle.

Politicas Sociales Globales, OGIN y la Importanica de la Gestión Estrratégica

La globalización parcial de las políticas sociales se considera con el telón de fondo de la creciente importancia de los programas de bienestar que emanan de las instituciones supranacionales y de las instituciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales a nivel global. Aun así, los analistas de las políticas sociales han prestado relativamente poca atención al significado del rediseño organizacional desde el punto de vista de la dimensión global de su campo. El objetivo primario de este documento es determinar las conexiones conceptuales entre los patrones de `gestión estratégica' dentro del sector global (`súper') de los Organismos Gubernamentales Internacionales (OGIN) y la lucha contra la pobreza global. El argumento central es que la reciente emulación por las OGIN globales de los métodos de gestión estratégica de las corporaciones multinacionales (CMN) encierra importantes implicaciones para la efectividad de los programas contra la pobreza, y que este fenómeno requiere que los investigadores presten mayor atención a las `estructuras' organizativas de las CMN en la evaluación de la efectividad de la reforma global del bienestar. Entre los cambios mas importantes en la gestión de las OGIN se encuentran el creciente uso de alianzas estratégicas entre las OGIN, gobiernos y corporaciones, un mayor contractualismo y diversas herramientas de rediseño organizacional.

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global governance global NGOs global social policy international non-government organizations international strategic management

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