Open AccessAcademic Commentary: 'Permanently Changing? Operationalising Research into Organisational Change in the Third Sector'
Author(s) -
Hayley Bennett
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
digest review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2059-7940
DOI - 10.19164/netsrg.v0i0.449
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , public sector , public relations , ideal type , private sector , business , state (computer science) , ideal (ethics) , tertiary sector of the economy , service (business) , civil society , political science , public administration , marketing , sociology , social science , politics , algorithm , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
Organisations are never static; they are changing all the time. Unsurprisingly, actors in ‘third sector organisations’ (the diverse array of organisations that do not fit into the ideal type constructs of market or state organisations) experience and implement change in many different ways. On the one hand, there are numerous types of third sector organisations operating in different policy streams, locations, and contexts. On the other, third sector organisations engage in a variety of activities; some may deliver public service contracts, whilst others focus on traditional civil society and volunteer based activities. Many more may sit somewhere in between (Billis, 2010).