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The paper aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of organisation management while telecommuting. With exploratory factor analysis (EFA), we define the specific set of telework organising efficiency characteristics. We determined the number of factors with Kaiser Eigenvalues rule as well as Cattel's scree criterion. We conducted the study in Lithuania, the country with a low percentage of teleworkers until organisations have been urged to properly implement their performance to remote means after the COVID-19 quarantine was announced. This paper reveals that the fundamental challenges of teleworking are the feedback issues related to working accomplishment, especially to the task and process overload, and individual self-organisation ability. Moreover, the flexibility of work organisation represents a unique characteristic of telework, and managers should cooperate more effectively with teleworkers to keep them motivated.

Socialinių paslaugų prieinamumas yra vienas iš gerovės valstybės kriterijų socialinės politikos srityje. Straipsnyje apžvelgiamos socialinių paslaugų vaikus su negalia auginančioms šeimoms vartojimo ypatybės Lietuvoje. Vaiko su negalia gerovė neatsiejama nuo suaugusiųjų asmenų, dažniausiai šeimos, kurioje jis gyvena. Priklausomai nuo vaiko neįgalumo lygmens, šeimai tenka daugiau ar mažiau laiko skirti išskirtiniams vaiko poreikiams, todėl ribojamos tėvų galimybės įvairiapusiškai funkcionuoti visuomenėje, didėja socialinė atskirtis. Straipsnyje pristatytas tyrimas stiprina supratimą, kaip neįgalius vaikus auginančios šeimos naudojasi valstybės teikiamomis socialinėmis paslaugomis ir kokių sprendimų bei priemonių reikėtų, kad neįgaliųjų vaikų ir jų artimųjų gyvenimo kokybė taptų geresnė. The phenomenon of the welfare state is characterized by complexity of indicators. To determine in which areas the country is closer to the welfare state, various areas of social policy are analysed. In this article, we set out to investigate one of them, i.e., the accessibility of social services for children with disabilities. The European Union ensures the basic preconditions for the well-being of children with disabilities and emphasizes the compatibility of health, social and educational services (European Commission, 2021). In addition, Member States are free to introduce specific measures for social inclusion (COM, 2021). The well-being of children with disabilities is inseparable from that of adults, usually the family in which the children live. Depending on the child’s disability, the family has to devote time to the child’s special needs, so opportunities to function in society, such as working and earning an income, become dependent on the social assistance received for the disabled child. Research shows that participation in labour market processes reduces the social exclusion of families with children with disabilities and improves quality of life indicators in general (Stefanidis & Strogilos 2020). However, analysis of good practice is more common, while information about the lack of services that parents face difficulties remains overboard. Thus, our research contributes to a better understanding of how families raising children with disabilities use state-provided social services and what solutions and measures are needed to improve the quality of life of children with disabilities and their relatives. The practical implications of our article are revealed through the possibility of more confidently shaping the decisions and measures of the welfare state. The article presents results of a survey of 68 families with disabled children. Our research was conducted in Druskininkai municipality which has typical infrastructure of social services for the disabled and their families in Lithuania. Our study has shown that social services in Lithuania poorly meet needs of families with disabled children. Though social inclusion is one of the most important features of the welfare state, the provision of social services to disabled and their families goes beyond the concept in Druskininkai municipality at least. Families have little information about social guarantees and support provided by the state and municipality. The families are limited to services reported by health care and education institutions. Moreover, the most significant problem hindering social integration of disabled and their families is a small portion of disabled children using services of day care centre. As a result, children suffer at risk of social exclusion while disabled children’s parents lack of opportunities to fully participate in the labour market. Based on the results of the study we state that increasing the availability of social services that meet the needs of families with disabled children is a necessary social policy solution, without which the development of a welfare state in Lithuania is hardly possible.

The discourse on social enterprise (SE) in Lithuania emerged at the beginning of the new millennium, together with processes of legal institutionalisation of such types of enterprise. However, until now, the use and understanding of the concept have remained rather limited and fragmented. The coexistence of the conceptually similar - yet different - notions of "social enterprise", "social company" and "social business" makes it difficult for society and academia to have a clear vision. This chapter presents an overview of the general SE context in the country, analysing factors that shaped SE development, and discusses three main models of social enterprise in Lithuania, namely work-integration social enterprises, social-business organisations and entrepreneurial non-profit organisations, and their links to the EMES indicators.

This research aims to explore the evolution of rural social enterprises in the Baltic states by highlighting the factors that influence their development and the interplay among their different stakeholders. Specifically, the article addresses the following aspects: processes and factors that facilitate or hinder the development of rural social enterprises, financial and policy challenges and barriers encountered and ways in which social enterprises overcome them; collaborations developed between social enterprises and their stakeholders and clients; development support needs of social enterprises; rural SE models. This chapter provides information about the earlier issues by presenting a cross-case analysis of rural social enterprises from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Straipsnio tikslas - pristatyti "Fishburne" metodu pagrįstą integruotą viešojo valdymo efektyvumo indeksą, sudarytą atsižvelgiant į skirtingų subrodiklių galios ir krypties poveikį makroekonominiam stabilumui, o taip pat - į multikolinearumo problemą. Tyrimui buvo pasirinkta 11 Europos šalių, turinčių bendro pobūdžio bruožų politinės ir ekonominės raidos srityse, tai: Lietuva, Latvija, Lenkija, Bulgarija, Kroatija, Rumunija, Armėnija, Baltarusija, Gruzija, Moldova ir Ukraina. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, jog egzistuoja ryšys tarp politinių ir socialinių veiksnių bei makroekonominio stabilumo visose šalyse. Be to, tyrimas atskleidė viešojo valdymo ir visuomenės tarpusavio priklausomybės svarbą: viešojo valdymo efektyvumas negali būti pasiektas be visuomenės paramos, o visuomenė negali bendradarbiauti su neefektyvia valdžia. Todėl šalims siekiant ekonominio konkurencingumo tarptautiniu mastu reikalingas viešasis valdymas, kuris leistų formuoti šalies ekonominių ir socialinių tikslų vientisumą užtikrinančią politiką. The purpose of this article is to propose the integrated index of Public Governance efficiency based on the Fishburne’s method, considering the impact’s power and direction of the different sub-indexes (Worldwide Government Indicators) on macroeconomic stability and eliminating the issue of multicollinearity. The object of the study was 11 European countries that had two common features: 1) in the political sphere, during 1990–1992 the countries started the political transformation process by refusing the monopoly of the communistic regime; 2) in the economic sphere, the countries experienced transformation from planned to market economy. Based on these criteria, the following countries were selected: Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Armenia, Belorussia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. The research findings proved a connection between the political and social determinants and the macroeconomic stability for the all the countries. Moreover, the research results confirmed the existence of a cycle of social and political conflict, which depends on inter-relation of Public Governance and the society, where the efficiency of Public Governance cannot be achieved without the support from the society, and the society cannot cooperate with non-effective Public Governance.

Straipsnyje teoriškai ir empiriškai apibrėžiami veiksniai, turintys esminę įtaką socialinės globos paslaugas teikiančių organizacijų atsparumui sudėtingomis išorinių aplinkybių sąlygomis. Taip pat išskiriami organizacijų atsparumo teoriniai principai ir pristatomi socialinės globos paslaugas teikiančių organizacijų vadovų apklausos rezultatai. Remiantis apklausos rezultatais apibrėžiami socialinės globos paslaugas teikiančių organizacijų atsparumo veiksniai. Tyrime dalyvavo 164 respondentai – socialinės globos paslaugas teikiančių organizacijų vadovai. Tyrimo rezultatai leidžia pagilinti supratimą apie organizacijų atsparumą. Tyrimas aktualus reformų kontekste, nes įgyvendinant Lietuvos pažangos strategiją „Lietuva 2030“ vyks socialinės politikos pokyčių, todėl svarbu įvertinti laimėjimus ir pasirengti efektyviai įgyvendinti numatytą pažangą. The article analyses the factors that influence the organizational resilience of public welfare organizations providing social services. Organizational resilience determines the ability of organizations to adapt and overcome unforeseen changes caused by the external environment. The article distinguishes the theoretical principles of organizational resilience and presents the results of the research, on the basis of which the preconditions for strengthening the resistance of organizations are based, and an empirical model of organizational resilience key factors is proposed.

Suinteresuotųjų dalyvavimas formuojant ir įgyvendinant agrarinę politiką tapo itin aktualus iššūkis Lietuvai. ES svarstomi naujo laikotarpio politikos pokyčių scenarijai kalba apie didesnį sprendimų savarankiškumą šalyse narėse. Dėl to Lietuvai kyla uždavinys iš esmės peržiūrėti agrarinės politikos įgyvendinimo principus. Suinteresuotųjų galios balanso pokyčiai globalios rinkos, kintančių vartotojų poreikių ir technologinės pažangos sąlygomis tapo būtini dar ir dėl to, kad nebepakanka ligšiolinės tradicijos, kai asocijuotos interesų grupės daugiau reprezentuoja, nei gina atstovaujamus interesus. Šios problematikos pagrindu formuluojamas straipsnio tikslas – pateikti koncepcinį agrarinio sektoriaus suinteresuotųjų galios pusiausvyros modelį. Tikslui pasiekti pasitelkta valdysenos bendradarbiaujant teorinė prieiga ir mokslinių publikacijų meta-analizė. In the wake of Brexit, the change scenarios discussed by the EU speak of a higher decision independence in member states. Therefore, Lithuania faces a task to essentially review the practice of policy of agriculture. Also, the changes in balance of the power of stakeholders have become mandatory in consideration of global market, changing consumers’ needs and technological progress. Thus, a current tradition where interest groups represent the stakeholders’ rather than participate in protecting joint interests, should be changed. With respect to the relevance, the goal of the article is to propose the conceptual model of balanced stakeholder power in the processes of decision making when forming agrarian policy. Theoretical approach of collaborative governance was invoked along with meta-analysis of publications on stakeholder participation, collaboration and empowerment.

EU member states economies are characterized by a high degree Government involvement into countries economy compared to some other Western states (Singapore, United States and etc.). There is a noticeable scientific thinking stating that too high Government involvement into the matters of its countries particular economic sector may bring adverse effects. It raises a scientific and practical problem: how to decide if Government should intervene into the particular economic sectors operations and when? In order to solve this issue, an economic resilience measuring index of agricultural sector was created. The agricultural sector consumes the biggest part of EU budget, acts as a main employer in rural regions of EU member states and is very susceptible to external perturbations, especially from the demand side, as supply cannot be timely adjusted to demand. Thus it was chosen as a target sector in our scientific research. In order to select the indicators for agricultural sector’s economic resilience measuring index we conducted an expert survey. Based on an Analytic Hierarchy Process model the final set of indicators and their weights for an agricultural sector’s resilience were established. The economic resilience index created in accordance to MCDM SAW method. A created index is appropriate in evaluating the resilience of agricultural sector in all open economies making it a versatile tool in a Government officials hands in order to decide the necessity of intervening actions into agricultural sector