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Limitations on the activities of senior non-governmental organizations in Upper Silesia. Analysis of focus group interviews

Dolińska-Weryńska Dorota

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2023

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z. 175

85--100

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Purpose: The article will address the issue of structural, cultural and agency barriers limiting the development of social innovations in selected Silesian senior non-governmental organizations (NGOs). One of the main barriers to the implementation of social innovations is the barrier of agency. Design/methodology/approach: The theoretical basis of the research presented in the article is Margaret Archer's morphogenetic theory of structure and agency (Archer, 2013, 2016, 2019). On their basis and using the qualitative analysis of data obtained during group interviews (FGI), a diagnosis of developmental limitations and barriers will be made. A qualitative research method (FGI) was used to obtain empirical data. This method allows for the analysis of structural elements, cultural features of a given organization, as well as the capabilities of individual social and organizational entities. Based on the theoretical assumptions and the author's observations, four research questions were posed: (1) What structurally conditioned agency barriers have been observed by the examined seniors while undertaking innovative activities? (2) What awareness agency barriers have been observed by the examined seniors? Findings: If we use the language of the morphogenetic theory and refer to its causal analysis scheme (Archer, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2019) then: (1) the surveyed members of non-governmental organizations in the processes of implementing innovations constantly diagnose structural and cultural conditions and (2) determine the objective incompatibilities between them (indicated deficits and barriers). (3) They then collectively analyze, emotionally and reflectively, the external conditions to give feedback. (4) They interact socially and culturally with the environment. (5) The resources of objectified and conscious agency that the surveyed seniors have at their disposal make it possible to overcome specific barriers and take action in accordance with the morphogenetic scenario related to collective autonomous reflexivity. Originality/value: The added value of the presented research in the theoretical dimension is the operational clarification of the morphogenetic scheme of the Margaret Archer causal analysis. Theoretically, an important novelty is the conceptualization of the concept of structurally conditioned (objectified) agency and agency of consciousness, which allowed for a precise operationalization of the main research questions regarding barriers to agency. In the empirical dimension, barriers appearing in the implementation of social innovations in selected Silesian non-governmental organizations were diagnosed. In the future, the application-based research results will allow for the implementation of educational and implementation projects (action research), adequate to the needs of the surveyed social groups.

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Innovation as a remedy to group ressentiments inside an organization. Report from focus group interview

Dolińska-Weryńska Dorota, Weryński Piotr

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2019

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z. 140

49--61

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In the article, the authors focused on the problem of causes and the possibilities of leveling ressentimental barriers (negative group emotions) within the organization, limiting innovation of the selected Silesian micro and small enterprises. A morphogenetic causal analysis (M. Archer) of the emergence of ressentimental barriers limiting the course of innovation will be presented. The empirical basis for the analyzes was created by the results of focus research carried out on a group of selected managers and SME employees.

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Innovation and change: perspectives from the private sector in the Upper-Silesian Region

Dolińska-Weryńska Dorota

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2019

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z. 135

61--74

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The paper is a presentation of the overview on the problem of innovation and innovativeness in enterprises located in the Upper-Silesian Region. The author demonstrates that the phenomenon of innovation is inseparably connected with the notion of change, novelty, reform or an idea perceived as new. What differentiates innovation from change is its influence on competitiveness, as well as on accrued benefits and economic and social effects. Each innovation is a change, but not each change is an innovation. The paper presents a part of the results from qualitative research conducted amongst the graduates of the Silesian technical and economic universities who work in the marketing departments, but also directly deal with innovation implementation in various enterprises and science and research institutes. The objective of research is to diagnose the graduates’ level of knowledge, emotional attitudes and behaviors towards the problem of innovation and innovativeness and also to the accompanying notion of change in the enterprise.

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Analysis of the emergence of barriers to development of social innovations. The case of senior NGOS

Weryński Piotr, Dolińska-Weryńska Dorota

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2019

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z. 139

587--606

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The paper raises the problem of structural, cultural and agency barriers that limit the development of social innovations in the selected Silesian senior non-governmental organizations. The morphogenetic scheme is presented in terms of explaining the roots of the emergence of ressentimental mechanisms and effects determining the course of social innovations. On this basis and using qualitative analysis of data obtained during focus group interviews (FGI) with the leaders and members of NGO’s, a diagnosis and explanation is conducted concerning the occurrence of ressentimental tensions in the processes of initiating, testing and implementing innovation.