scholarly journals A Cross-Disciplines and Cross-Sector Mixed-Methods Examination of Design Thinking Practices and Outcome

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Lake ◽  
Kathleen Flannery ◽  
Morgan Kearns
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Active Listening ◽  
Shared Meaning ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Faculty Survey ◽  
Research Questions

AbstractThis mixed method study investigated design thinking (DT) practices and outcomes from across disciplinary frameworks within one institution of higher education. Building upon prior DT studies, it examined three interlocking research questions: What DT practices are being implemented across the curriculum? What kinds of outcomes do faculty observe? What are the significant relationships between particular practices and observed outcomes? Thirty-five courses were examined via a faculty survey adapted from Liedtka and Bahr (2019), and a semi-structured interview created by Lake, Ricco, and Whipps (2018). In alignment with liberal arts educational practices, the most frequently utilized DT practices included working in teams that recognize diverse contributions and engaging in active listening in order to find shared meaning. Consistent with expectations for project- and team-based courses, faculty felt such practices yielded valued outcomes, concluding DT practices built trust across teams and increased the quality of solutions. Relationships between practices and outcomes revealed the utilization of more ethnographic tools was associated with a lower frequency of expanding relationships and resources, and that a greater focus on design criteria to find an ideal solution hampered efforts towards trust building. These findings suggest DT requires time and trust which can be constrained by the imposed deadlines of semester-based projects. The survey and interviews pointed to both similarities and differences between disciplines in DT practices. Future research investigating design thinking pedagogy should include faculty, students, and stakeholders with multiple touchpoints for assessment to identify learning experiences that build change-making capacities and yield genuinely valuable and viable real world projects.

scholarly journals Hospital Location Selection: A Systematic Literature Review on Methodologies and Applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Muhammet Gul ◽  
Ali Fuat Guneri
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Location Selection ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Creative Studies

The increased focus of people on the quality of health care in recent years has led hospital owners to develop strategies and policies to improve medical services through the establishment of new hospitals. For hospitals to be competitive, the hospitalʼs location and proximity to potential patients are considered crucial factors in establishing new hospitals. In this context, evaluating and selecting the most suitable hospital location to establish a new hospital from the multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) perspective is a priority for the entrepreneurs or government to gain a competitive advantage. Therefore, this study aims to present a systematic literature review of the hospital location selection problem considering the applied methods and application areas. The preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis statement (PRISMA) are used as a reference framework. Initially, known electronic databases (Web of science, IEEEXplore, Scopus, Science direct, and Google Scholar) were searched up to the early 2021. A number of 47 articles are selected and analyzed under this systematic framework based on inclusion-exclusion points. State-of-the-art developments in adopting MCDM methods and their fuzzy extensions are summarized. All the articles have been examined in a systematic taxonomy to find answers to six research questions (trend, country of origin, outlet journal, MCDM methods used, MCDM environment and criteria type, and decision criteria used). Results show that (1) AHP and GIS-based MCDM models are the most contributing approaches to the solution of this problem, (2) location selection criteria are mostly cost, demand, environment, population, government, competition in the market, and distance to some important places, (3) the fuzzy structure is also preferred in addition to the MCDM structure depending on the crisp data type, and (4) the location selection criteria are mostly considered subjective. We pay attention to promising directions that can dominate future research in this field from a methodological or applicability perspective. This study shows the current views and opportunities for researchers and practitioners and acts as a guide to encourage more creative studies in this field.

scholarly journals “After all the traumas my body has been through, I feel good that it is still working.” – Basic Body Awareness Therapy for traumatised refugees

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Carlsson ◽  
Kajsa Stade ◽  
Signe Skammeritz ◽  
Charlotte Hjortkjær
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Satisfaction ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Body ◽  
Transcultural Psychiatry ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Basic Body

Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) is a form of physiotherapy that is often used for psychiatric patients in Scandinavian countries. To our knowledge, there have not been any studies investigating BBAT as a treatment for traumatised refugees until now. Objective: To explore the compliance, acceptability and treatment satisfaction using group BBAT in traumatised refugees. To study changes in psychiatric and somatic symptoms as well as the quality of life, level of functioning and quality of movement during treatment with BBAT. Method: All Arabic speaking patients that previously had received treatment at the Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry in Copenhagen from April 2008 to June 2009 were invited to participate (N=29). Nine persons were included in a male (N=4) and female (N=5) group. All participants were traumatised refugees. The BBAT treatment consisted of 14 sessions over a period of 14 weeks. Before and after treatment the participants were interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed with a thematic approach. The participants also filled out self-administrated questionnaires and two physiotherapists tested the participants’ movement harmony using the Body Awareness Rating Scale-Movement Harmony (BARS-MH) test. At the end of the study, the participants filled out anonymous questionnaires about treatment satisfaction. Results: The results showed that the participants had a high compliance, acceptability and treatment satisfaction with BBAT. The majority of participants showed improvements in symptoms from baseline to post-intervention on the self-administrated questionnaires and in the BARS-MH test. Conclusions: Further research is needed to expand the scientific knowledge regarding the use of BBAT in traumatised refugees. If future research can confirm our positive findings it will have a considerable impact on future treatment designs and for the individual patient.

scholarly journals Marginal Mentoring in the Contact Space: Diversified Mentoring Relationships at a Midsized Midwestern State University (MMSU)

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcy Meyer ◽  
Kiesha Warren-Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interview ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Future Research ◽  
State University ◽  
Underrepresented Minority ◽  
Intergroup Communication ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Personal Reflections ◽  
Contact Space

This study is a collaborative investigation that melds traditional qualitative social scientific and contemporary autoethnographic methods to examine diversified mentoring relationships at a midsized midwestern state university (MMSU). The first author conducted 21 semi - structured interview s with MMSU faculty members and professional personnel who were members of underrepresented minority (URM) groups. A thematic analysis of the data, informed by the literature on developmental relationships and intergroup communication, reveals a number of problems with MMSU’s formal mentoring program and intergroup communication climate. Moreover, the findings indicate that the quality of mentoring relationships affects protégés’ co - cultural communication practices. The second author, who is also a participant in the project, interjects her personal reflections about diversified mentoring relationships throughout the analysis. Together, the authors give voice to participants’ suggestions to improve the quality of mentoring that occurs in MMSU’s contact space and explore the implications of the findings for future research about diversified mentoring relationships.

scholarly journals Why and How Do University Students Use Facebook in Everyday Life?

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 59-76
Author(s):  
Ali SIMSEK ◽  
Fahme DABAJ ◽  
Eylem SIMSEK
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Interpersonal Communications ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Analyze Data

The use of Facebook in everyday life has become widespread all around the world regardless of countries and cultures. The largest group of Facebook users consists of young people, particularly university students. This study investigated the attitudes of university students toward Facebook, their major reasons for using this social media application in everyday life, and the factors affecting the types of desired relationships with Facebook friends. A survey consisting of 63 items about demographics of participants and their preferences for the use of Facebook was administered to collect data. The sample of the study included 924 undergraduate students from a large public university in North Cyprus. A number of descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were employed to analyze data in relation to the research questions. Results suggested that the students generally had positive attitudes toward Facebook, although there were certain differences in terms of demographics. The primary reason for using Facebook was interpersonal communications with close friends. The most powerful factor affecting the types of relationships in Facebook was perceived quality of communication and/or socialization. Along with the other findings, implications of the results for future research were discussed.

scholarly journals Implications for Future Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 161-189
Author(s):  
Xiu-bao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Decision Factors ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Impact

AbstractOn the basis of the three elements of strategy, this chapter puts forward some follow-up research questions and prospects mainly from the following aspects. The first is the study of factors that have influences on the quality of strategic decision. Factors include individual aspects of decision-maker, strategic decision-making information factors, approaches of strategic decision-making, etc. The second is about normative studies. They are about how the world ought to be or how strategy decisions ought to be in given situations. Outcomes of the studies can provide guidance to industry decision makers when facing development issues. Future research includePerhaps the impact of strategic decision-makers on the quality of strategies is far beyond our imagination.

E-Government Acceptance and Trust

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Rania Fakhoury ◽  
Bilal Chebaro
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Performance Expectancy ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Effort Expectancy ◽  
Facilitating Conditions ◽  
Shed Light

Lebanon is a small developing market that is making significant investments in e-government technology. The expectation is that it will improve the quality of life and decrease corruption. The current research is survey-based using a structural equation modeling technique that investigates citizens' behavioral intentions towards using e-services and cross-validates a previous study with a new matching data sample. One hundred six questionnaires were analyzed, and findings showed significant relationships between UTAUT2 constructs (performance expectancy, habit, social influence, price value, and trust in the internet) and intention to use e-government services in Lebanon. The results also shed light on e-government adoption inhibitors (effort expectancy, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, and trust in government). Therefore, the findings will be beneficial to the Lebanese government to develop and improve the e-services. Despite achieving its aim, this study has its limitations, which constitute the future research direction.

scholarly journals Revising writing in an online learning environment

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Eleni Nikiforou
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Research Questions

The screen of the computer provides good practice for the writing process and functions as an exemplar for it since what is being written is not permanent in contrast to writing with pen on paper. The following research questions were addressed to explore the area and were investigated through the data: 1) Do students revise their writing globally or on the surface? 2) Do students co-operate or collaborate to edit their produced text? This paper will report the results from data taken from tertiary EFL students writing collaboratively and/ or co-operatively in a wiki to complete a task. This paper focuses on the revisions and editing university students did to their text while completing a group task in a wiki for the purposes of an upper-intermediate to advance English language course. The methodology that lies behind the research is grounded theory. The research conducted is qualitative and as such the data is collected from the wiki and the history pages which kept track of the students work in the wiki. An attempt is made to distinguish between superficial and global revisions the students performed. Emphasis is given to the frequency with which the students entered the wiki to edit, and the quality of the revisions to their work. From the data we can also draw conclusions as to whether the students collaborated or co-operated to edit their work. The discussion will round off with implications for future research and offer suggestions about how EFL students from the specific and similar contexts could be encouraged to revise in order to write better.

scholarly journals Exploring the Practices of Government Secondary School Teachers about National Professional Standards for Teacher

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (IV) ◽  
pp. 494-500
Author(s):  
Fasiha Altaf ◽  
Muhammad Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Government

or enhancing the quality of teachers, the Government of Pakistan introduced the National Professional Standards for Teachers in 2009. The study was qualitative in nature. A case study design was adopted to conduct the research. A purposive criterion sampling technique was used to select the sample. A semi-structured interview and observation checklist was developed by the researcher. The instruments were validated and improved in the light of experts� opinions. Research ethics were observed during the study and before the data collection. Themes were generated and interpreted which were relevant to the research questions of the study. The findings of the study indicate that public sector teachers have command of the subject matter knowledge, but lesson planning and proper assessment are missing. It is being recommended that awareness about the National Professional Standards must be created among public sector teachers and teachers should be made bound for planning their instructions according to standards.

Going Digital: Consequences of Increasing Resolution of a Wargaming Tool for Knowledge Elicitation

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 2037-2041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Dorton ◽  
Scott Tupper ◽  
LeeAnn Maryeski
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Knowledge Elicitation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Digital Tool ◽  
User Perceptions ◽  
Digital Version ◽  
User Behaviors ◽  
Time Required

Wargaming is used to facilitate Knowledge Elicitation (KE) during design thinking events for the development of advanced concepts. These wargaming sessions follow brainstorming and consensus building exercises where diverse teams of end users and technical personnel enumerate and vote on innovative features to develop into new systems, or for innovative means to leverage and exploit existing technologies. A tabletop, turn-based board game was used to conduct these wargaming sessions for vetting concepts; however, the time required to execute and evaluate (process) each turn led to the development of a digital version of the game where the mechanics of moving certain game pieces was automated. Although increasing technology levels of tools and processes is generally viewed as an upgrade, unintended consequences of introducing technologies into systems can and do occur. An assessment was performed to empirically assess the effectiveness of the digital version of the simulator. User perceptions were captured with a questionnaire, and user behaviors with the tool were captured through observational methods. The digital wargaming platform succeeded in reducing the amount of time dedicated to process each turn of gameplay; however, there was no observed gain in perceived utility of the new digital tool, nor any observed increase in the quality or quantity of KE. Future research efforts will aim to empirically measure the quantity and quality of discussion during gameplay.

scholarly journals Women in Endurance Sports: Linking Competitive and Professional Work Lives

10.28945/4054 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interview ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Endurance Sports ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Work Lives ◽  
Social Growth ◽  
Professional Success ◽  
Validated Instrument ◽  
Positive Effect

Aim/Purpose: Explore the benefits of participating in competitive endurance sports. Beyond the obvious health and social benefits, endurance competitions offer significant psycho/social growth that translates into more a more effective professional life. Background: Utilizes triadic agentic theory to explain the transference of learning from di-vergent experiences. Methodology: Mixed method using a validated instrument for measuring work engagement, and a structured interview for investigating and explaining additional phenomena. Contribution: Though it is unlikely that the elements of this study would affect men and women differently, because of social constructs, women are often at a disadvantage when presented with competitive situations, or the consequences of learning gained from serious competition. This study shows one way that inequality can be neutralized. Findings: Given the time consuming and physically demanding nature of endurance sports, one would imagine that participation would be a detriment to work life. This research details a much more positive effect Recommendations for Practitioners: Recognizing the importance of competition greatly improves the quality of life, and work for those participating, and for those who work with, and live with the competitors Recommendation for Researchers: Examination of the various factors investigated in this research will hopefully inspire additional study Impact on Society: Women are under-represented in both endurance sports, and in executive offices. If there is greater understanding of the link between healthy competition and professional success, perhaps some headway can be gained in reducing inequities. Future Research: Additional research into other forms of competition, or performance will determine if there are equal or similar benefits to activities that contain elements of endurance competition, without the extreme physical stress that puts such competition out of reach for many people.

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