Institutional Development in Social Interventions: Towards Inter-Organizational Effectiveness, , Manjulika Vaz, , Vijay Padaki, Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd., 8178291266

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Institutional Development in Social Interventions: Towards Inter-Organizational Effectiveness

Manjulika Vaz (Author) Vijay Padaki (Author)

Synopsis Institutional Development (ID), as distinct from Organizational Development (OD), is a relatively new field of inquiry but one which is attracting widespread interest. ID calls for effective collaborative processes across a collective of groups and organizations. This book is designed to assist ID in development interventions, beginning with the admission that it is an important but little understood process. The authors observe that successful development interventions require sustainability which, in turn, requires local social institutions. A social institution can be regarded as an organization of organizations. The authors maintain that most development initiatives focus on the obvious and immediate tasks of achieving operational targets and rarely take cognizance of the need to nurture appropriate social institutions. However, some initiatives have actually gone beyond programme operations to promote inter-group collaborations. This book explores both the concept and application of ID from multiple perspectives. It is divided into three parts. In the first, the authors present the theoretical aspects of ID. The highly multi-disciplinary nature of the subject is established, including conceptual frames as varied as social ecology and neo-institutional economics. The second part presents case studies of development initiatives which have fostered the ID process. In the last section, the authors draw lessons from the case studies and show how they can be applied in various settings. Overall, the book challenges conventional approaches to development interventions, their funding and their management. With its fine blend of theory and practice in the framework of sustainability, it will be widely welcomed by development organizations and funding agencies. It will be of equal interest to students and scholars of development studies, organizational behaviour, management, social work and social policy.

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About the authors

Manjulika Vaz

Manjulika Vaz is an independent consultant for the P&P Group and for the Centre for Education and Documentation, as well as Principal Associate at CoCoon consulting, an HR development firm. She earlier worked in the marketing research division of the Indian Market Research Bureau (1994-95) and with Development Alternatives (1995-97) on a programme for disseminating alternative building materials. Her work at The P&P Group included coordinating action research projects to promote inter-group and inter-organizational collaborative processes. Manjulika Vaz has also been the convenor of projects to study the management development needs of boards of NPOs and to enrich the methodology used in development interventions through a trainer's forum.

Vijay Padaki

Vijay Padaki is co-founder and Director of the P&P Group, a Bangalore-based management research and consultancy centre with a special focus on organization and institutional development. Early in this career he headed the Human Resources Division of ATIRA (Ahmedabad Textile Industry Research Association). He was a member of the founding faculty of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, where he designed courses in research methodology, organizational behaviour, marketing research, organizational development and rural socio-technical systems. Besides setting up the Chimanlal Lalbhai Centre for Management, Ahmedabad, and helping to formulate the first comprehensive research-based textile policy for India in 1985, he has also been a Visiting Professor in Management Studies at the Indian Institute of Science and Honorary Visiting Professor at the Institute for social and Economic Change, Bangalore. He has published several books, including Industrial Sickness: Intervention and Programme Evaluation: concepts and Cases (Sage 2001, edited) and Institutional Development in Social Interventions: Towards Inter-Organizational Effectiveness. With a deep involvement in the theatre over many years, he has authored over 25 plays, including a national award-winning playscript. His plays have been produced internationally.

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