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Reflecting on the Church’s Social-Charitable Action with the Archbishop of Évora

We are challenged to have an ever-new and renewed look “at the margins”, beyond the reasonable border in the often hypocritical context of our society and culture; we are challenged to go to the limit, as Jesus was. Tiago Abalroado / D. Francisco Senra Coelho           Charity for the Church means “to look at the […]

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The Value in the Mission of Social Institutions

Value Creation in the Social Economy is nothing more than the consequence of the strategic options taken by organizations from the inside out, through the combination of resources and capabilities of their internal context and how it interacts with the various stakeholder conditions from the outside in, and the position assumed by it. Tiago Abalroado […]

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Why Strategy in Social and Solidarity Action (II)

The dynamic context in which we live leads to the need to build lasting and stable institutions, stimulating the adoption of strategies that enhance the growth of efficiency and effectiveness associated with providing their services.             Strategic Management emerges as the process through which an organization formulates and implements its strategy. Its implementation must […]

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WHY STRATEGY IN SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ACTION (I)

We are talking about a set of bodies with a unique mission that materializes in developing specific social responses to meet the needs and deprivations of communities. The complexity of their role in society, the multiplicity of means that their action involves, the restrictions of different natures to which they are subject, the problems and […]

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THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL ECONOMY NETWORKS IN THE PROMOTION OF INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (Abalroado, T.)

It is necessary to work collectively and bring together the actors to cooperate and work together, meeting a common interest. The strategic decisions of organizations should not be separated from the context of existing relationships, as organizations influence and are influenced not only by the direct relationships they establish with their stakeholders but by the […]

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SIRENS THAT SEEM TO BEGIN TO SOUND (Abalroado, T.)

The question that arises is: how can the social institutions of the Church in Portugal effectively fulfill their mission at a time marked by uncertainty and the general increase in costs without having a “financial cushion to provide stability to current management, let alone to face extraordinary expenses”? Tiago AbalroadoCADOS, Universidade Católica Portuguesa © 2022 […]

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EASTER FOR A NEW CONFIGURATION OF A STRUCTURING SECTOR (Abalroado, T.)

Autonomy, innovation, and collaboration will undoubtedly be key factors in a new and desirable configuration of this structuring sector which, like others, will have to know how to respond to the “urgent challenge of protecting our common home (…) in the search for sustainable and integral development”, effectively and truly propelling the common good.