Docs the practice of social management have implications in terms of definition of tools and methodologies in managing social organizations? Is it possible to use management tools practiced within corporation in the field of social organizations? Are there adaptations to be developed? In order to answer such questions, this article analyzes two experiences in the federate-state of Bahia (Fundação Terra Mirim and the Grupo de Apoio a Prevenção a Aids da Bahia-GAPA). The conclusion is that sustainability - when thought and implemented in the field of social management - evolves with characteristics that are very different from sustainability indicators that management science traditionally presents to managers and organizational researchers. This article builds an argument for another definition of sustainability within social organizations.
Local development; Social management; Sustainability; Social practices; Bahia
