Third Sector and Performance Management : Why performance management processes are needed in Third Sector organisations in Finland?
Kauhanen, Heidi (2020)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020113024998
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020113024998
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The aim of this research is to answer the question: why performance management processes are needed in third sector organisations in Finland. In this paper, the writer focuses on to the concept of the third sector, its unique characteristics, workforce and the legal framework. The writer further discusses the unique challenges, vulnerabilities, and obstacles the third sector organisations have. The writer seeks to propose a positive link between performance management processes and third sector organisations.
The paper provides a deep dive analysis of the third sector in the Nordic countries and discusses performance management practices of the Finnish third sector organisations. The practices include current performance management and measurement processes, motivation, and transparencies of performance measurement findings.
In Finland, the third sector organisations identify volunteer engagement, grants and coping of participants as future challenges. However, the organisations do not associate a performance management process as a support mechanism or as a solution for the future developments. Only a few of the Finnish third sector organisations identifies the necessity of having a performance management process as a part of their activities.
The paper provides a deep dive analysis of the third sector in the Nordic countries and discusses performance management practices of the Finnish third sector organisations. The practices include current performance management and measurement processes, motivation, and transparencies of performance measurement findings.
In Finland, the third sector organisations identify volunteer engagement, grants and coping of participants as future challenges. However, the organisations do not associate a performance management process as a support mechanism or as a solution for the future developments. Only a few of the Finnish third sector organisations identifies the necessity of having a performance management process as a part of their activities.