Institutional Research to Support Planning, Decision-Making, and Teaching and Learning at Pomona College, USA

Within the context of distance education, an understanding of the impact of social justice issues is crucial for informing research, practice, funding, and policy. Equity and the related concerns of access, social inclusion, and ethics impact all levels of distance education, from the macro (research and development, including the globalisation of distance education), through the meso (community and open learning, including choices in educational technology), and down to the micro (teaching and learning, including choices in curriculum design). As a consequence, a modification to the macro-meso-micro framework of distance education is called for: one that situates equity at a meta level. This meta level encompasses all aspects in the field of distance education, and acts as a guide for policy-makers, academics, and administrators on planning, decision-making, and practice within the discipline.

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Perancangan aplikasi multi criteria decision making dalam penerimaan beasiswa kepada dosen studi lanjut STMIK Balikpapan menggunakan metode SAW

Jurnal Sistem Informasi dan Komputer Terapan Indonesia (JSIKTI) ◽

10.33173/jsikti.10 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 35-42

Author(s):

Muslimin B ◽

Sumardi Sumardi

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Learning Process ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Teaching Assistants ◽

Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽

Scholarship Recipients ◽

The Matrix ◽

Application Decision ◽

High Degree ◽

New Student

Interests and number of STMIK Balikpapan new student enrollments are increasing every year. The balance of the ratio of lecturers to students is one of the most important components in improving the quality and teaching and learning process of a university. Avoiding shortages in the number of lecturers can be realized by providing scholarship programs to alumni and teaching assistants. This study aims to build a multi criteria decision making application that can assist the Head of HRD in the process of receiving scholarships to advanced and effective study lecturers. The multi criteria decision making application developed in this study uses the SAW method. The implementation of the SAW method includes the process of evaluating the weighting of criteria, evaluating alternative weights, the matrix process, the results of decision making preferences, resulting in the weighting and ranking of each alternative candidate for the scholarship recipient. The results of the evaluation of multi-criteria application decision making in the study are expected to produce modeling with a high degree of accuracy. The results of the analysis carried out can provide alternative recommendations for prospective scholarship recipients to advanced study lecturers in STMIK Balikpapan.

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Family Planning Decision-making: A Comparison and Analysis of Parents' Considerations

Journal of Comparative Family Studies ◽

10.3138/jcfs.8.1.79 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 79-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Diane Vinokur-Kaplan

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Family Planning ◽

Planning Decision ◽

Comparison And Analysis

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Teaching and Learning Process of Decision-Making Units in Talented Young Players From U-10 to U-14

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00600 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Juan Carlos Pastor-Vicedo ◽

Alejandro Prieto-Ayuso ◽

Onofre Ricardo Contreras-Jordán ◽

Filipe Manuel Clemente ◽

Pantelis Theo Nikolaidis ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Learning Process ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Decision Making Units

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Women’s empowerment for abortion and family planning decision making among marginalized women in Nepal: a mixed method study

Reproductive Health ◽

10.1186/s12978-021-01087-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Heera KC ◽

Mangala Shrestha ◽

Nirmala Pokharel ◽

Surya Raj Niraula ◽

Prajjwal Pyakurel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Family Planning ◽

Mixed Method ◽

Women's Empowerment ◽

Women’S Empowerment ◽

Key Informants ◽

Marginalized Communities ◽

Modern Contraceptives ◽

Marginalized Women ◽

Planning Decision

Abstract Background Women’s empowerment is multidimensional. Women’s education, employment, income, reproductive healthcare decision making, household level decision making and social status are vital for women’s empowerment. Nepal is committed to achieving women empowerment and gender equality, which directly affects the reproductive health issues. This can be achieved by addressing the issues of the poor and marginalized communities. In this context, we aimed to find the association of women’s empowerment with abortion and family planning decision making among marginalized women in Nepal. Methods A cross sectional study was conducted at selected municipalities of Morang district of Nepal from February 2017 to March 2018. A mixed method approach was used, where 316 married marginalized women of reproductive age (15–49 years) and 15 key informant interviews from representative healthcare providers and local leaders were taken. From key informants, data were analysed using the thematic framework method. Findings obtained from two separate analyses were drawn together and meta inferences were made. Results Women’s empowerment was above average, at 50.6%. Current use of modern contraceptives were more among below average empowerment groups (p 0.041, OR 0.593 C.I. 0.36–0.98). We could not find any statistically significant differences among levels of women’s empowerment, including those women with abortion knowledge (p 0.549); family planning knowledge (p 0.495) and women’s decision for future use of modern contraceptives (p 0.977). Most key informants reported that unsafe abortion was practiced. Conclusions Women’s empowerment has no direct role for family planning and abortion decision making at marginalized communities of Morang district of Nepal. However, different governmental and non-governmental organizations influence woman for seeking health care services and family planning in rural community of Nepal irrespective of empowerment status.

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Concordance, communication, and shared decision-making about family planning among couples in Nepal: A qualitative and quantitative investigation

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/0265407519865619 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 357-376

Author(s):

Carol R. Underwood ◽

Lauren I. Dayton ◽

Zoé Mistrale Hendrickson

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Family Planning ◽

Shared Decision Making ◽

Quantitative Study ◽

Shared Decision ◽

Partner Communication ◽

Joint Decision ◽

Couple Communication ◽

Spousal Concordance ◽

Planning Decision

Couple communication and joint decision-making are widely recommended in the family planning and reproductive health literature as vital aspects of fertility management. Yet, most studies continue to rely on women’s reports to measure couple concordance. Moreover, the association between communication and decision-making is often assumed and very rarely studied. Arguably, associations between dyadic communication and shared decision-making constitute a missing link in our understanding of how communication affects fertility-related practices. Informed by Carey’s notions of transmission and ritual communication, this study sought to address those gaps with two complementary studies in Nepal: a qualitative study of married men and women and a quantitative study of 737 couples. To assess spousal concordance on matters of family planning-related communication and decision-making in the quantitative study, responses from the couple were compared for each question of interest and matched responses were classified as concordant. Quantitative results found that more than one-third of couples reported spousal communication on all measured family planning-related topics. Nearly, 87% of couples reported joint decision-making on both family planning use and method type. Partner communication was significantly and positively associated with concordant family planning decision-making in both bivariate and multivariate models. Couples communicating about three family planning topics had more than twice the odds of concordant family planning decision-making than did those not reporting such communication. The qualitative findings provided insights into discordant as well as concordant interactions, revealing that decision-making, even when concordant, is not necessarily linear and is often complex.

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Management Accounting Information in Vietnamese Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

Accounting and Finance Research ◽

10.5430/afr.v7n1p130 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 130

Author(s):

Thi Tu Oanh Le ◽

Thi Ngoc Bui ◽

Manh Dung Tran

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Human Resources ◽

Management Accounting ◽

Accounting Information ◽

Free Trade Agreements ◽

Trade Agreements ◽

Employment Opportunities ◽

Management Accountants ◽

Personal Experiences ◽

Planning Decision

The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam play an increasingly important role in the economy by the amount (representing 97.7% of Vietnam firms), contribute economic development and create more employment opportunities. However, because of economic crisis, financial downturn, unhealthy competitions, free trade agreements and others, the number of SMEs recently is downsizing in firm size, human resources and more and more SMEs go bankruptcy in the context of Vietnam. This situation may be due to the enterprise use ineffective management accounting tools.This article reviews and assesses the creation and use of management accounting information which has an important part to play with respect to planning, decision-making, monitoring and controlling of the activities of SMEs in Vietnam. Data collected from a posted survey of five enterprises with twenty two interviews of directors, chief accountants and management accountants. The results show that management accounting information has not really been interested from managers and accountants. Management accounting information is weak in quantity and poor in quality; administrators are operating firms primarily based on personal experiences. Therefore, management accounting information has not been promoted in the management, monitoring and decision making of SMEs in Vietnam. The addition of management accounting knowledge for managers and accountants is necessary for development of SMEs.

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