A social network analysis in a labour managed firm: an empirical study of management team´s power

ID: 11378

Authors: Alfonso Carlos Morales Gutiérrez, José Antonio Ariza Montes.

Source: GESTÃO.Org - Revista Eletrônica de Gestão Organizacional, v. 3, n. 3, p. 253-270, September-December, 2005. 18 page(s).

Keyword: corporate governance , labour managed firm , leadership , network social analysis

Document type: Article (English) Show Abstract

The difficulty of directing self-managed companies has been one of the arguments put forward in economic literature to show the unfeasibility of this model. There are not many people with the necessary talent who are willing to direct owner-worker, and to take on collective decisionmaking proceedings, with the implications regarding unsustainable incentives for this very particular type of business. However, the growth of self-managed businesses has shown that it is possible to achieve, thus the facts give the lie to the unfeasibility argument. This paper endeavours to make an analysis of corporate governance in a labour managed firm with an organizational methodology: the network social analysis (Granovetter, 1973; French, 1956; Fombrun, 1983; Waserman, 1994; Hanneman, 2001). It is divided into four sections. The first summarises the findings of socio-economic studies concerning the perspectives for analysing corporate governance in employee-owned enterprises - worker cooperatives and other labour managed firms. The second explains the main topics of the network analysis and the approaches to empirical research. The third deals with empirical research applying this methodology to a SAL with thirty-three workers. Finally, the scope of these ideas from the empirical analysis is evaluated and possible lines of useful research are suggested.

Neither private nor state: in search for a new strategy for the provision of public services

ID: 35979

Authors: Carlos Antonio Morales.

Source: Revista do Serviço Público, v. 49, n. 4, p. 115-115, October-December, 1998. 1 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

The idea behind this essay is to put together some arguments to demonstrate the importance of reforming the relationship between State and society, as a means of attaining a successful State reform. An analysis is made of the advantages and disadvantages of delivering social public services through public non-state organizations, as a strategy for overcoming the governance crisis of the contemporary State, as well as a way to reducing the poor quality of the social services. The effort of overcoming the crisis has been put in action in the redefinition of the funding way and the way of organizing the implementation of social public policies, so as to ensure the effectiveness in responding to the social demands for a more effective service delivery. The desestatization of the delivery of social services forces democratic societies to face the challenge of keeping the State responsibility towards the public interest. It is a matter of finding a way of shifting from the state to the public, ensuring that the delivery of public services will not depend exclusively on the State, that shall keep its role of funding and regulation of the public interest activities. It is unquestionable the need of a federal structure to act together with the State and the market, as a possible long-lasting and democratic solution for the delivery of social goods and services, through public organizations that challenge social actors involved with the public management.

Transportes urbanos e desenvolvimento econômico: notas sobre um estudo

ID: 19211

Authors: Carlos Antonio Morales.

Source: Revista de Administração de Empresas, v. 22, n. 1, p. 52-57, January-March, 1982. 6 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese)