Governance and Organisational Flexibility at the Junction of African MFIs' Sustainability Issues.

Q1 Business, Management and Accounting

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-01-03 DOI:10.1007/s40171-022-00333-w

Isidore Bimeme Bengono

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Abstract

It is unfortunate to acknowledge the phenomenon of Africa's Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) bankruptcies only a few years after their creation. The instability of technical, economic, commercial and cultural environments, which play an important role on MFI's sustainability, explains this recurrence of bankruptcies. These crises, both in West and Central Africa, have highlighted the role of organisational flexibility in MFIs' sustainability. This paper aims at examining the effects of flexible governance that contribute to Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa's (EMCCA) MFIs sustainability. In this regard, we have chosen qualitative method which is a multi-modal research including a naturalist interpretation approach emphasising on entities' qualities. We have carried out semi-directive interviews among (14) MFIs in Cameroon, Congo, Gabon and Chad. We have made use of data collected with NVIVO to carry out content analysis process. The study's results show that EMCCA's MFIs sustainability is a matter of the flexibility of organisational dynamism of governance mechanisms, innovations and technological opportunities.

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非洲小额金融机构可持续性问题的治理和组织灵活性

承认非洲小额信贷机构（MFIs）在成立后几年就破产的现象是不幸的。技术、经济、商业和文化环境的不稳定对小额信贷机构的可持续性起着重要作用，这解释了破产的反复出现。西非和中非的这些危机都突出了组织灵活性在小额信贷机构可持续性方面的作用。本文旨在研究灵活治理对中非经济和货币共同体小额信贷机构可持续性的影响。在这方面，我们选择了定性方法，这是一种多模态研究，包括强调实体质量的自然主义解释方法。我们对喀麦隆、刚果、加蓬和乍得的14家小额信贷机构进行了半指导性访谈。我们利用NVIVO收集的数据进行了内容分析过程。研究结果表明，EMCCA小额信贷机构的可持续性与治理机制的组织活力、创新和技术机会的灵活性有关。

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Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management Business, Management and Accounting-Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

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期刊介绍： Aim This journal intends to share concepts, researches and practical experiences to enable the organizations to become more flexible (adaptive, responsive, and agile) at the level of strategy, structure, systems, people, and culture. Flexibility relates to providing more options, quicker change mechanisms, and enhanced freedom of choice so as to respond to the changing situation with minimum time and efforts. It aims to make contributions in this direction to both the world of work and the world of knowledge so as to continuously evolve and enrich the flexible systems management paradigm at a generic level as well as specifically testing and innovating the use of SAP-LAP (Situation- Actor - Process-Learning-Action-Performance) framework in varied managerial situations to cope with the challenges of the new business models and frameworks. It is a General Management Journal with a focus on flexibility. Scope The Journal includes papers relating to: conceptual frameworks, empirical studies, case experiences, insights, strategies, organizational frameworks, applications and systems, methodologies and models, tools and techniques, innovations, comparative practices, scenarios, and reviews. The papers may be covering one or many of the following areas: Dimensions of enterprise flexibility, Connotations of flexibility, and Emerging managerial issues/approaches, generating and demanding flexibility.