Introducing NGOs and International Relations

Davies, Thomas

doi:10.4324/9781315268927-1

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“…The findings agreed with those of Davies (2019) who found out that organizational goals depended on the programmes and the projects of focus for the organization. These projects and programmes were designed for the needs of the organization's beneficiaries.…”

Section: Realization Of Superordinate Goalssupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Superordinate goals in NGOs are tied to the projects that organizations focus on. Therefore, efforts are focused on ensuring projects' success in terms of service provision or attaining effectiveness (Davies, 2019). Despite these efforts, NGOs, find it difficult to attain their superordinate goals as they face challenges to adapt and be flexible to changes as well as align the specialized tasks and organizational goals.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Influence of work specialization on realization of superordinate goals in selected non-governmental organizations in Naivasha Sub-County, Kenya

Wandia¹,

Gesimba

Mwaura

2022

IJRBS

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This study aims to determine the influence of work specialization on realization of superordinate goals in selected NGOs in Naivasha sub-county, Kenya. The study was underpinned by the systems-thinking and McKinsey’s 7s models. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. The target population consisted of 120 managers and members of the board of directors of eight NGOs in the Naivasha sub-county, Kenya. Using the Krejcie and Morgan formula and the stratified sampling technique, 92 respondents were selected to participate in the study. The research instrument was a self-administered questionnaire consisting of closed and open-ended questions. The thematic analysis method was used for qualitative data analysis, presented using narratives, while quantitative data was analyzed using frequencies and percentages. Inferential statistics analysis involved Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analysis in establishing the relationship between work specialization and the realization of superordinate goals. The data was presented using tables. Research ethics were upheld when carrying out the study. This study found that work specialization had a statistically significant relationship with realization of superordinate goals in selected NGOs in Naivasha Sub-county, Kenya. Also, work specialization had a statistically significant influence on the realization of superordinate goals in selected NGOs in the Naivasha sub-county, Kenya, with a p-value of (p<0.05). This study recommends that a similar study be conducted to get other employees' and NGO beneficiaries’ perspectives on work specialization and realization of superordinate goals. The findings of this study will help NGOs to understand the cruciality of work specialization elements in realization of superordinate goals.

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Section: Realization Of Superordinate Goalssupporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of work specialization on realization of superordinate goals in selected non-governmental organizations in Naivasha Sub-County, Kenya

Wandia¹,

Gesimba

Mwaura

2022

IJRBS

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“…In International Relations literature, there are significant efforts to develop approaches to study the participation of non-governmental actors in multilateral organizations and global governance (Davies, 2019;DeMars & Dijkzeul, 2015;Willetts, 2011). In this analysis, we study contemporary practices of diplomacy from a state perspective, which involves thinking about problems that were not previously considered relevant to the subfield of diplomatic studies (Hamilton & Langhorne, 2010;Riordan, 2004).…”

Section: Network Diplomacy and Civil Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Proactive, Responsible, and in Good Faith: Network Diplomacy in Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Alejo¹,

Ulfgard²

2019

Latin American Policy

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This article provides insight into Mexico’s experience with network diplomacy by highlighting the role of the Directorate General for Liaison with Civil Society Organizations within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We take the Directorate as coordination central or a focal point for channeling specific interests on the part of civil‐society organizations to different areas within the ministry dealing with multilateral issues, which facilitates and keeps a track record of growing demands for inclusive diplomacy. Our research takes stock of legal–institutional provisions for the Directorate, and its outreach activities from 2012–2018; it includes a brief examination of its engagement with civil‐society organizations in the design of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We find evidence of an evolution of network diplomacy in Mexico, and the intensification of the role of the Directorate. Meanwhile, the shift toward network diplomacy challenges more traditional understandings of Mexican diplomacy in a wider context of rapid change and proliferation of civil‐society organizations seeking to participate in global governance.

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“…In IR the everyday has become synonymous with the makings of actual subjects in their most quotidian roles (Autesserre 2014;Hobson and Seabrooke 2007;Mitchell 2011b;Neumann 2002). This is not so much a new field of study, as it represents a common call throughout the social sciences, and especially from critical theorists, to connect the micro-dynamics of daily life with macro structures and processes, even as a way of embodying them (Bleiker 2000;Davies and Niemann 2009;Enloe 1989;Marchand 2000;Tickner 2005;Wilcox 2015). In peace and conflict studies, 'practices' and 'everydayness' have always been the epistemological choice.…”

Section: Patterns and Practices Of Everyday Resistance: A View From B...mentioning

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Everyday Resistance, Peacebuilding and State-Making

Heredia¹

2017

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Everyday resistance, peacebuilding and state-making addresses debates on liberal peace and the policies of peacebuilding through a theoretical and empirical study of resistance in peacebuilding contexts. Examining the case of ‘Africa’s World War’ in the DRC, it locates resistance in the experiences of war, peacebuilding and state-making by exploring discourses, violence and everyday forms of survival as acts that attempt to challenge or mitigate such experiences. The analysis of resistance offers a possibility to bring the historical and sociological aspects of both peacebuilding and the case of the DRC, providing new nuanced understanding of these processes and the particular case.

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Introducing NGOs and International Relations

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Influence of work specialization on realization of superordinate goals in selected non-governmental organizations in Naivasha Sub-County, Kenya

Influence of work specialization on realization of superordinate goals in selected non-governmental organizations in Naivasha Sub-County, Kenya

Proactive, Responsible, and in Good Faith: Network Diplomacy in Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Everyday Resistance, Peacebuilding and State-Making

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