Cognitive Autonomy and Social Orientation

Abstract

Defining NGO organisational effectiveness
in Indonesia:  an unfolding journey

This paper summarizes a two-year field study aimed at discovering how Indonesian NGO managers perceived, interpreted and implemented constructs of organisational effectiveness (OE) in their workplace. The findings--reflecting emerging trends within Indonesian civil society during a period closely following intense domestic violence and unrest, and growing distrust of Western policies and practices within Indonesia-- were compared with the more established views of OE conceptualized by Western for-profit (FPO) and not-for-profit (NPO) organisations.

The research indicated a bifurcated view of effectiveness with two-thirds of NGO managers interpreting OE that were similar to their western counterparts. However, another third of the responses held radical views on management that focused on ideology, desire for political agitation and endorsement of elusive, nonhierarchical organisational structures of a utopian nature. These alternative, politicized, ideological conceptions reflect Indonesia’s larger political and social concerns and are affecting the work of local NGOs in their communities.


KEYWORDS: 
Indonesian NGOs
Organisational effectiveness
Radical management
NGO management

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Est-ce que cette virtualisation est capable d'assurer le passage du "stockage des informations" à "l'acquisition de la connaissance"? Est-ce que les modes de formation basées sur les TICE prennent en compte l'importance des acquisitions "en-acte" dans le processus de conceptualisation ? Jusqu'à quel point et quel niveau? Est-ce que les techniques mises en oeuvre permettent d'évaluer de façon adéquate la maîtrise des compétences qui sont le gage d'une formation de qualité?L’objectif de cette intervention est de montrer l’importance de l’approche cognitivo-constructiviste dans l’acquisition du savoir et de proposer des critères qui permettent d’évaluer la qualité des supports utilisés ainsi que la valeur pédagogique des programmes offerts dans une optique de virtualisation.