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Implementing Lasting Change: Hr In The Social Service Sector, Fermin Diez, Run Qian Ng
Implementing Lasting Change: Hr In The Social Service Sector, Fermin Diez, Run Qian Ng
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
The Human Resources (HR) practices in any organisation can make a big difference in its ability to implement the strategic plan (Thomas, Smith & Diez, 2013). This assertion points towards an additional question: Can a whole sector of the economy increase its overall capability and capacity by improving the overall HR abilities of the organisations in the sector? The Social Service Sector in Singapore has been undergoing just such a sector-wide transformation over the past 6 years, and provides a great opportunity to analyse empirically whether a systemic approach to improve the overall HR practices of the Social Service Agencies …
Creativity Needed In Non-Profits?, Wee Liang Tan
Creativity Needed In Non-Profits?, Wee Liang Tan
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
Creativity is something that one might not associate with the social service sector. In fact, one might consider creativity something quite distant from the non-profit sector. "We in the social service sector have more important things to do - we serve our clients and beneficiaries; we don't have the time to fool around with fancy new ideas or projects." Yet such sentiments could be no further from the truth.
Entrepreneurship And Social Endeavours In Singapore, Wee Liang Tan
Entrepreneurship And Social Endeavours In Singapore, Wee Liang Tan
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
Many people would confine entrepreneurship to the business arena and entrepreneurs to profit enterprises. In truth, entrepreneurship can extend to all aspects of human activity as defined by Raymond Kao as “the process of doing something new and/or different to create wealth for oneself and to add value to the society” (Kao, 1993). Apart from entrepreneurship that is solely “for profit” and in the business sphere, there is social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship spans a continuum of community-based enterprises and entrepreneurial activities by volunteers for the good of their communities. It also includes philanthropic acts by successful individuals. While many may …