Social Project Management Research Articles

TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT UNDER MARTIAL LAW CONDITIONS

The article examines the transformation of social project and program management under martial law conditions in Ukraine. Effective management of such initiatives is critically important for maximizing social benefits, achieving a positive impact on society, and ensuring sustainable development. During wartime, managing social projects faces unique challenges, requiring rapid adaptation, reassessment of existing approaches, and the implementation of innovations. Traditional management methods may prove insufficient in a crisis, creating the need for new strategies in planning, coordination, and implementation to ensure stability and effectiveness in an unstable environment.A thorough analysis of recent studies and publications has revealed knowledge gaps in social project management under conflict conditions, underscoring the importance of further research in this field. The article discusses key differences between social and traditional projects, with a particular emphasis on their social value and significance for society. It explores how social projects aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals can contribute to systemic, long-term changes aimed at improving quality of life, social integration, and support for vulnerable population groups. The article also presents a classification of social projects based on various criteria, providing a structured analysis essential for effective management in crisis conditions. This classification includes the distribution of projects by scale, funding sources, and level of innovation, among other factors, allowing for better adaptation of management strategies to the specific needs of each project. By addressing the complexity and scope of social projects in a martial law context, the study highlights the relevance of flexible, responsive methods tailored to evolving demands. The study concludes that successful management of social projects under martial law requires a shift toward more flexible, inclusive approaches that account for the engagement of diverse stakeholders and adaptation to dynamic conditions. Such strategies enable social projects to not only meet immediate needs but also contribute to resilient, sustainable development in challenging times.

The impact of digital transformation of communities on the initiation and planning of social projects

The author analyzes the state of the art in the theory and practice of social project management. It is established that the digital transformation of communities creates prerequisites for improving the efficiency of the processes of initiating and planning social projects. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the prerequisites for increasing the efficiency of social project initiation and planning processes through the digital transformation of communities and, on their basis, to analyze the digital tools used to implement social development projects. The substantiated prerequisites for improving the efficiency of social project initiation and planning include 6 components, which are implemented by 9 types of digital tools. They provide quick access to information, automate management processes, increase the effectiveness of communication with the population of communities, and improve monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of social projects. An analysis of existing digital tools for the implementation of social projects for community development is carried out. It is established that they have both individual advantages and limitations for use in initiating and planning social projects. It has been proven that the use of specialized platforms for data collection and analysis helps to increase the efficiency of initiating and planning social projects. Also, the use of specialized platforms for initiating and planning social projects provides better control over resource and budget expenditures. Using the example of using open data on local initiative project competitions held in the Lviv region in 2018-2021, the article analyzes the indicators of implementation of social healthcare development projects in the Lviv region. These projects were funded from the regional budget. It was found that the results obtained are useful for project managers. Prospect for further research is the development of tools to support management decision-making on the implementation of social projects for community development using the proposed digital technologies.

Impact of Motivation Determinants on Innovative Social Project Management Performance:The Role of Power Skills

Impact of Motivation Determinants on Innovative Social Project Management Performance:The Role of Power Skills

ФИНАНСИРОВАНИЕ СОЦИАЛЬНЫХ ПРОЕКТОВ ПО РЕЗУЛЬТАТАМ КОНКУРСОВ: РАЗВИТИЕ МЕТОДОЛОГИИ И МЕТОДИКИ ОЦЕНКИ

The article is devoted to a significant topic of development of methodology and methodics of evaluation of social projects, winners of competitions of social grants. The purpose of the article: based on a critical analysis of existing methodological approaches, to submit a set of recommendations on the justification of criteria and the organization of the process of evaluating social projects – winners of competitions. The methods of analysis of scientific literature and included observation are used. The results of the study are: recommendations of taking into account both positive and unsuccessful experience of social design in the process of scaling up social project management practices; prioritizing criteria for the evaluation of social projects according to their types; monitoring and control linkages in social project evaluation; algorithm of evaluation at different stages of the project life cycle. As a result, the architecture of the database of evaluation of social projects - winners of thematic competitions is proposed.

Competence development as a tool to ensure social projects effective management

Modern realities have many challenges for society and the economy, as the global economic crisis and Ukraine's internal economic and political problems are not conducive to development. Against the background of these challenges, the support of the whole population, the desire to improve the quality of life, in particular in socially vulnerable groups, is becoming important. Social projects in such conditions are designed to maintain social stability, improve the quality of life, and in turn require professional staff. The article examines the essence and features of social projects as a tool to improve the quality of life, ensuring the social effect of implementation, as well as the role of competence development in the context of ensuring effective management of social projects. The content of social project management in modern conditions as organization, planning, management, coordination of labor, financial and logistical resources during the project cycle, aimed at effectively achieving their goals and a certain social effect. Some principles of successful social projects are defined, which allows to increase the efficiency of their management. A certain algorithm of social project management has been formed, which includes: analysis of social sphere problems, determination of social sphere priorities, formation of social project management structure, development and implementation of social projects, achievement of results and social effect. The role of competencies, in particular managerial ones, in ensuring the effectiveness of social project management is determined. Based on the definition of the concept of «competence», the hierarchy of management staff competencies of the social project is revealed. The key competencies of the social projects management stafff, including leadership, discipline, forecasting social development, empathy, emotional intelligence, etc. are identified. Taking into account the specifics of managerial competencies, an algorithm for their development was formed to ensure the effectiveness of social project management in modern conditions, which involves certain stages from analysis of existing competencies of management staff to new competencies goals and objectives of the social project.

Интеграция институтов публичной власти в процессе формирования государственной социальной политики на Юге России

Introduction. The study is devoted to the analysis of modern integration processes in the context of the state social policy implementation, taking the specifics of the public policy space in the macroregional dimension into account. The research problem is to clarify the optimal predictive scenarios for the development of the integration of public government institutions in the decision-making process aimed at the formation of social policy in the South of Russia. Methodology and methods. The study was conducted in the context of two methodological foundations (structural functionalism as interpreted by T. Parsons and M. Olson’s theory of collective action). The choice of methodological tools is due to the presence of two components in the object of analysis – the functional process of implementing social policy and the communicative nature of institutional integration. Quantitative content analysis is used to clarify the priorities of the socio-political development of the southern Russia regions. The sources and materials of the study were official documents (strategies for the socio-economic development of the southern Russia regions), reports on the implementation of state programs, as well as materials of state statistics of the Russian Federation. Analysis. The modern political and communicative environment in Russia is characterized by the public sphere transformation in the context of constitutional changes and modernization reforms. Social policy is presented as a product that addresses a fundamental function – the achievement of social welfare. Regionalization of Russia determines the direction and form of communications regarding the implementation of social policy. At the same time, in the southern Russia regions, a positive practice of integration interaction is recorded in the form of the adoption of a fundamentally new document “social code”, which unites many social practices. Results. Based on the results of the study, it was revealed that the existing practices of regional integration are based on replicating the best practices in the South of Russia. The formation of state social policy in the macro-regional dimension is based on the implementation of federal target programs and state projects. At the same time, each of the regions has its own request for the formation of social policy priorities, which allows them to be segmented into two groups: regions with existing infrastructure for the development of the social sphere, as well as regions that systematize the best practices of social project management in order to form their own development infrastructure.

Dirección de Formación y Acción Social

El presente artículo ofrece un acercamiento a dos momentos históricos de la Dirección de Formación y Acción Social (DFAS) de la Universidad Iberoamericana. El primero, que abarca de 2015 a 2018, se enfoca en los procesos de vinculación universitaria y en las acciones de colaboración comunitaria, en donde se destaca su modelo de Servicio Social. El segundo, que representa el momento actual, se centra en los procesos de formación académica a través de la creación del programa Técnico Superior Universitario (TSU) en Gestión de Proyectos Sociales, y en el liderazgo de la organización en la Trayectoria de Formación y Acción Social Universitaria (FASU), lo cual caracteriza a los planes de estudio de esta institución universitaria.

Reintegrating ex-offenders into work through construction: a case study of cross-sector collaboration in social procurement

ABSTRACT Too many ex-offenders are condemned to a life of unemployment, under-employment and benefit-dependency with significant ongoing costs to themselves, the economy and to wider society. To address this growing and intransigent problem, recent public policy innovations have led to the re-emergence of collaborative instruments such as social procurement which require companies tendering for construction and infrastructure contracts to train and employ ex-offenders on their projects. To comply, construction firms need to form new collaborate arrangements with organizations from the social and government sectors, yet little is known about how these new cross-sector collaborations work, what barriers to collaboration exist and how to overcome them. Mobilising theories of cross-sector collaboration, this exploratory case study research draws on findings from interviews, observations and documentary analysis of eleven collaborative pilot projects in the UK designed to explore new employment pathways for ex-offenders into construction. The findings reveal numerous barriers to cross-sector collaboration including little experience of cross-sector working; challenges working across different organizational logics; transaction costs associated with new organizational practices; and misaligned incentives. It is concluded that new forms of social project management, intrapreneurship and relational competencies need to be developed to enable these new collaborative arrangements to work.

THE ROLE OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF SOCIAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Introduction. Improving the quality of social services financed from regional budgets and provided by non-governmental social organizations is directly related to improving the efficiency of social programs and projects. Both the governing bodies and executors of the project and the target audience to which the project or program is directed are interested in the effective work of social projects and programs. Thus, providing feedback from beneficiaries on their satisfaction with the services provided under the project or from the expert community on the effectiveness of the program greatly encourages NGOs and governments to improve the quality and effectiveness of their work. Management of social projects is carried out directly by non-governmental public organizations, but state and regional authorities that finance these projects should also take part in this process. At the same time, the state is generally responsible for social policy, so the implementation of social projects, regardless of who implements them, ultimately fits into the system of public administration. One of the most important mechanisms that ensure the quality of management components in general and project management in particular is monitoring and evaluation. Goal. The purpose of the article is to determine the mechanism for improving the quality of social services provided by the private sector at the expense of regional budgets using methodological approaches to monitoring and evaluation. Method. The theoretical and methodological basis of this article is based on the use of basic provisions of economics, public administration and social work, legislation, as well as the main provisions of scientific developments of Ukrainian and foreign authors on the market of social services in Ukraine, monitoring and evaluation of social programs and projects. financed from regional budgets and implemented by non-governmental organizations. Methods of system and structural-functional analysis are also used (theoretical and methodological generalizations, study of the essence of the monitoring and evaluation process). Results. It was found that one of the priorities of the state policy of reforming social services is to create a market for social services and participation in this market of organizations of all forms of ownership, including non-governmental social organizations. It is proved that non-governmental organizations have a strong potential for the implementation of state policy in the reform of social services. An analysis of methods for monitoring and evaluating the quality of social services in Ukraine. Methodological approaches to assessing the effectiveness of social projects financed from regional budgets and implemented by non-governmental organizations are proposed.

ПРЕИМУЩЕСТВА И РИСКИ МЕЖДУНАРОДНОГО ИНВЕСТИРОВАНИЯ СОЦИАЛЬНЫХ ПРОЕКТОВ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННО-ЧАСТНОГО ПАРТНЕРСТВА

The article deals with the issues and opportunities of using public-private partnerships to finance the infrastructure projects. It is emphasized that the prerogative of state structures is the provision of public goods, the preservation of a number of sectors of the economy in state ownership, in this regard, an important role is given to the management of social projects. The term “social project” is defined. Foreign experience is analyzed, which allows to determine the issues associated with the financing of important government projects with the participation of private investors in leading Western countries. The article emphasizes a number of advantages for cooperation between the public sector and the private sector in the processes of financial supporting the social projects. The efficiency and appropriateness (quantitative and qualitative criteria) of applying the model of public-private partnership at the level of international investment of social projects of the country are substantiated. The features of the interaction of investors who are not residents of the country implementing a major infrastructure project are considered. In particular, it is noted that with such form of participation in business cooperation, questions and risks arise regarding the correlation of quality, duration and return of finances with public funding of important projects. Recommendations are formulated to make the mechanism of public-private partnership more effective in the system of managing national projects.

Социальное проектирование как предмет социолого-управленческого дискурса

Социальное проектирование как предмет социолого-управленческого дискурса

THROUGH PRACTICE LENS: How do the organizing of Artistic and Cultural Projects can induce School Management

The objective of this essay is to propose the study of School Management from the look on the practices in the organization of Artistic and Cultural Projects. To do this, we use the Practice Lens approach, which aims to establish a relationship between human activity and macrossocial phenomena. In this approach, management is treated as a continuous process, a constant organizing based on the characteristics of the school. The result of 2 years of observation and based on the lack of studies focused on daily management, this study focuses on the relevance of the School's specificity in the elaboration of ideas for the study of its management, presenting the practices of social project management in schools as an alternative for the development of school management based on it’s specificity.

'So close, so far': assessing corporate social responsibility projects within the top 100 companies in Brazil in light of the stakeholder's theory

Brazil is a country with many social problems that demands the necessary investment in corporate social responsibility projects (CSR). However, a proper evaluation of these projects in the light of the stakeholder theory had not yet been proposed, which is this paper's objective. The methodological procedures involved the collection and content analysis of data in CSR reports of Brazilian large companies. A hierarchical clusters analysis was applied through the complete linkage or furthest neighbour method with quadratic Euclidean distance. The findings indicate the need for social managers to reflect on the project management processes they promote, since the level of commitment regarding social project management and investments is still low. This insight must target the impact those projects have on the community, the involvement of stakeholders in the management and accountability of those projects to the interested parties.

Social Communication and Modern Opinion Leaders – Youtube Bloggers

Today, video blogging became the trend of modern Internet-communication that attracts the younger audiences due to its openness and availability compared to traditional mass media. Many companies engage bloggers in the process of commercial product promotion, less often they take part in social project management. Practice shows that involvement of YouTube bloggers in the process of social projects’ creation and promotion is one of the most effective ways to influence the target audience. On the other hand, social communication with bloggers as opinion leaders – involved has not been researched; there are no publications on this issue. This fact stipulates the necessity to research and describe the usage of bloggers’ reputation capital in the process of social communications aimed at fighting modern social issues.

'So close, so far': assessing corporate social responsibility projects within the top 100 companies in Brazil in light of the stakeholder's theory

Brazil is a country with many social problems that demands the necessary investment in corporate social responsibility projects (CSR). However, a proper evaluation of these projects in the light of the stakeholder theory had not yet been proposed, which is this paper's objective. The methodological procedures involved the collection and content analysis of data in CSR reports of Brazilian large companies. A hierarchical clusters analysis was applied through the complete linkage or furthest neighbour method with quadratic Euclidean distance. The findings indicate the need for social managers to reflect on the project management processes they promote, since the level of commitment regarding social project management and investments is still low. This insight must target the impact those projects have on the community, the involvement of stakeholders in the management and accountability of those projects to the interested parties.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE KHANTY-MANSI AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT - YUGRA

In the article the tendencies of development of social entrepreneurship at the present stage are considered, and the state support of this sphere of entrepreneurship is estimated. The main directions of state support of social entrepreneurship of Ugra are marked and priorities and key tasks are outlined. The urgency of the work lies in the increasing role of the development of social initiatives in entrepreneurship and state support for social entrepreneurship as a phenomenon in public life. The aim of the research, the results of which are given in this article, is to assess the role of state support in the development of social entrepreneurship in Yugra. The scientific significance of the research is a comprehensive study of the impact of state support on the current state of social entrepreneurship and the development of social initiatives. The practical importance of the work lies in applying the results of research in decision-making in the field of social project management and their effectiveness in implementation. The objectives of the study are: determination of directions of state support affecting the development of social entrepreneurship; determining the degree of influence of state support on the development of social entrepreneurship in the Autonomous Okrug; forecasting the further development of social entrepreneurship. In the process of scientific research, logical and formal methods of analysis and statistics were used: comparisons, computational and constructive, graphical, expert assessments, and others. The result of this work is the identification of the factors influencing state support for the development of social entrepreneurship in Ugra.

Indigenização de práticas de numeramento no desenvolvimento e na gestão de projetos sociais do povo indígena Xakriabá

Indigenização de práticas de numeramento no desenvolvimento e na gestão de projetos sociais do povo indígena Xakriabá

2712 社会プロジェクトマネジメントにおけるコンソーシアムの役割についての一考察(一般セッション)

2712 社会プロジェクトマネジメントにおけるコンソーシアムの役割についての一考察(一般セッション)

2310 社会プロジェクトマネジメントにおけるプロジェクト・マネージャーの役割についての一考察(一般セッション)

2310 社会プロジェクトマネジメントにおけるプロジェクト・マネージャーの役割についての一考察(一般セッション)

Understanding the nature of Project Management capacity in Sri Lankan non-governmental organisations (NGOs): A Resource Based Perspective

Project Management (PM) capacity can be defined as PM resources and capabilities that are supporting for effective project operations. Using the Resource Based Perspective, the paper aims to explore the nature of PM capacity in NGOs and develops a framework for PM capacity in NGOs. A case study approach and qualitative methods have been applied for this study.For this study, the literature on PM resources and Organisational capacity was reviewed and a theoretical framework was created. This theoretical framework was then explored using four case studies conducted at Local and International NGOs in Sri Lanka. The study identified three levels of PM Capacity: Team PM Capacity, Organisational PM Capacity and Collaborative Social PM Capacity, a Capacity that has not yet been identified in the literature which supports adaptation to the complex, uncertain environments in which some NGOs operate.