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This paper, as part of a bigger study, has taken on and challenged the market driven notion that ... more This paper, as part of a bigger study, has taken on and challenged the market driven notion that the efficiency of markets and the value of competition, assumptions of new public management, should underpin the strategy for improving voluntary sector effectiveness and the delivery of public services. The paper aims to contribute to theory and practice by extending knowledge on organisational adaptation beyond the private sector into the voluntary sector. It takes on and examines the impact of the competitive pressures of new public management, based on competition and contractual funding, on four major UK voluntary sector organisations. Through a detailed and longitudinal case study of these organisations, this research examines how the change in the nature of funding has impacted on the goals and missions, resource mobilisation, governance, workforce management and organisational values of these voluntary organisations. This study has found significant impact of the competitive pressures of new public management on the core traditional values and ethos of the voluntary sector. However, this study has found no direct bearing between the impact of the competitive pressures of new public management and the longevity of the organisation. The impact on organisational values seemed to be proportionate to the dependency on resources from the environment, were an organisation had to mimic the normatively sanctioned values of the institutional framework, in order to ensure organisational survival.
This paper examines the impact of recent contractual funding on three major UK charitable organis... more This paper examines the impact of recent contractual funding on three major UK charitable organisations. Through a detailed and longitudinal case study of these organisations, the current research examines how the change in the nature of funding has impacted on the goals, missions and organisational values of these charitable organisations. This study has found that the impact of contracts and market based competition on the core mission, traditional values and ethos of the voluntary sector corresponds to the extent that charitable organisations face threats to their survival because of such competition. The impact on organisational values seemed to be proportionate to the dependency on resources from the environment, were an organisation had to mimic the normatively sanctioned values of the institutional framework, in order to ensure organisational survival.
This paper, as part of a bigger study, has taken on and challenged the market driven notion that ... more This paper, as part of a bigger study, has taken on and challenged the market driven notion that the efficiency of markets and the value of competition, assumptions of new public management, should underpin the strategy for improving voluntary sector effectiveness and the delivery of public services. The paper aims to contribute to theory and practice by extending knowledge on organisational adaptation beyond the private sector into the voluntary sector. It takes on and examines the impact of the competitive pressures of new public management, based on competition and contractual funding, on four major UK voluntary sector organisations. Through a detailed and longitudinal case study of these organisations, this research examines how the change in the nature of funding has impacted on the goals and missions, resource mobilisation, governance, workforce management and organisational values of these voluntary organisations. This study has found significant impact of the competitive pressures of new public management on the core traditional values and ethos of the voluntary sector. However, this study has found no direct bearing between the impact of the competitive pressures of new public management and the longevity of the organisation. The impact on organisational values seemed to be proportionate to the dependency on resources from the environment, were an organisation had to mimic the normatively sanctioned values of the institutional framework, in order to ensure organisational survival.
This paper examines the impact of recent contractual funding on three major UK charitable organis... more This paper examines the impact of recent contractual funding on three major UK charitable organisations. Through a detailed and longitudinal case study of these organisations, the current research examines how the change in the nature of funding has impacted on the goals, missions and organisational values of these charitable organisations. This study has found that the impact of contracts and market based competition on the core mission, traditional values and ethos of the voluntary sector corresponds to the extent that charitable organisations face threats to their survival because of such competition. The impact on organisational values seemed to be proportionate to the dependency on resources from the environment, were an organisation had to mimic the normatively sanctioned values of the institutional framework, in order to ensure organisational survival.