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Globally third sector organisations are a growing feature of societies and play an essential role in supporting communities at all levels of society. Indeed, even more during the COVID-19 pandemic charitable organisations provided essential support and filled many gaps in public service provisions. As communities grapple the consequences of the pandemic and now the global recession, demand for the services and support of third sector organisations by the most vulnerable communities have continued to increase. As a result of the financial wreckage of the pandemic and this growing demand on charity services, leaders of charities are faced with significant financial challenges and a variety of capacity constraints. Many charities are facing a funding cliff edge and financial uncertainty that challenges their resilience and makes strategic planning, decision-making and their ability to deliver services more difficult. In times of austerity charities need to be even more inventive in raising income, cost reduction, optimising organisational processes and nurturing essential relationships. Responding to and tackling the social and economic consequences of the pandemic and resultant economic recession cannot be solved by the charity sector alone. The purpose of this workshop ‘The challenges of managing the third sector’ is to present and discuss in a stimulating academic environment high-quality research papers exploring the contemporary challenges in managing all kinds of non-profit organisations (NPOs). We seek to engage a global community of scholars and practitioners to explore the financial and managerial challenges facing this sector during the global pandemic and beyond. Potential contributors are encouraged to interpret this theme broadly, yet critically, including through applying diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives to a wide range of countries and regional settings.
The workshop organisers are particularly interested in the results of accounting, managerial, economic, policy and inter-disciplinary approaches that explore the contemporary challenges in managing third sector organisations during times of crisis.
Topics of potential interest include, but are not limited to:
• Reflections on crisis and third sector creative responses.
• Accounting and managerial challenges of NPOs during times of crisis.
• The challenges of maintaining service delivery, governance, and advocacy in times of austerity.
• Emerging trends in power and politics that impact charitable services - tools and tactics to adapt, absorb and transform.
• Hybrid worlds: adapting to new ways of working and fund raising after COVID-19.
• The big squeeze: Navigating financial disasters while protecting key services for beneficiaries.
• Coping with the big squeeze – developing financial resilience capabilities in a changed landscape.
• Financial resilience strategies – adapting to survive or to thrive?
• The role of charities in reducing global inequality - scandal, trust, and funding crises.
• The role of accounting and financial measures in helping charities to set and achieve SDG’s.
• Charities financial reporting against SDG’s - best practice or greenwashing?
• Future gazing – capitalising on the acceleration of digital communication and engagement to facilitate the service experience.
• Assessing the impact of austerity on organisational values and service delivery.
• Fit for the future - re-imagining service delivery for a world never imagined.
• Reconceptualising service delivery – capacity building through cross-sector partnerships.
• Realising the role of local charities in public service delivery - creating a culture of co-design to delivery essential community services.
• Collaboration with compassion – community participation in cross sector social partnerships.
• Charity governance failures: lesson for Trustees and the sector in building and maintaining legitimacy and trust during times of crisis.
• Organizational and individual accountability avoidance - accountability failure and the challenges of restoring trust.
There are no particular paper requirements, but they should not be too long (preferably 8,000 words).
• Submissions of papers to the Workshop should be made via the EIASM website by 24th April 2023.
• Notification of acceptance of papers will be made as of 2nd May 2023.
• Registration of authors must be made by 19th May 2023.
• Submission deadline for receipt of final completed papers for the conference is 5th June 2023.
Submission of full papers for accepted authors - by May 19th, 2023
• Go on the EIASM website (http://www.eiasm.org )
• Click on "Workshops & conferences / Event administration"
• Enter your login (which is your e-mail)
• Please note that you need to enter your e-mail address exactly as it appears in your EIASM profile
• Add your password (in case you have forgotten one of these items, please follow the procedure indicated).
• At that stage, you will see that the final version of your paper is needed. Clicking on "details" enables you to upload it. Please note that only the person who submitted the abstract can submit the final paper.
• In case the title is different from the title of the abstract you submitted, please modify it.
• Once it’s done, don't forget to click on the "SAVE" button.
A selection of the best papers will be eligible for submission to a special issue of Financial Accountability and Management Journal (Guest editors Audrey Paterson, Noel Hyndman, Marc Jegers, and Irvine Lapsley). FAM is ranked by the Association of Business Schools (ABS) as 3-rated. More information will be offered during the workshop.
VENUE Premier Inn Aberdeen City Centre Hotel
Cancellations made before June 1, 2023 will be reimbursed minus 20% of the total fee. No reimbursement will be possible after that date. Payments should be made by :
ADMINISTRATION Ms. Cristina Setyar - EIASM Conference ManagerEIASM - RUE FOSSÉ AUX LOUPS - 38 - BOX 3 - 1000 BRUSSELS - BELGIUM Tel: +32 2 226 66 69 - Fax: Email: setyar@eiasm.be
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