Organizational Development Strategies for Enterprises Involving Marginalized Communities and Vulnerable Groups

Abstract

When viewed in the lens of social and development entrepreneurship, marginalized communities and vulnerable groups in the Philippines can contribute significantly to local and national economic development. In the global scenario, various social enterprise business model case studies reflected the appropriate mix of systems, structures, and strategies which enabled marginalized communities and vulnerable groups to effectively engage in the production and rendering of goods and services in a sustainable manner. The purpose of the research is to identify the factors that will help enterprises which involve communities in geographically isolated and depressed areas (GIDAs),as well as Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), define their organizational development strategy. The study will gather data among social development practitioners who are assisting agro-forestry communities in GIDAs and as well as those that are helping PWDs in a sustainable manner. Further, the research will provide the underlying factors that created the enabling environment which improved the quality of life of people in marginalized communities as well as the PWDs. The research will also reflect the strategies about how change management may be affected to ensure that the marginalized stakeholders and vulnerable groups will be able to sustain the business model without grants and subsidies.