Learning in the time of COVID-19: capitalizing on the opportunity presented by the pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 351-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher E. Trombly
Keyword(s):  
School Setting ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Current Disruption ◽  
The Status ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis paper addresses the current disruption in the educational status quo ante that has been caused by the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19. Its purpose is to suggest how practicing educators, their professional associations and the university-based researchers with whom they partner might capitalize on the unanticipated opportunity to impact education policy that the pandemic presents.Design/methodology/approachThe author draws upon his own preparation and experiences – first as a long-time practitioner in the elementary and secondary school setting, then as a university professor – to offer insights and suggestions to practicing educators, their professional associations and the university-based researchers with whom they partner.FindingsDespite the unexpected challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented to educators – challenges to which educators around the globe have risen admirably – the current crisis also affords practicing educators, their professional associations and the university-based researchers with whom they partner to change the status quo ante for the better.Originality/valueThe particular value of this piece is twofold: its analysis of the impact of this unanticipated crisis upon education by an author who has served both in the elementary/secondary setting and at the university level, and its assertion that educators must avail themselves of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the educational status quo ante for the better.

Policy can support global finance and welfare

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Status Quo ◽  
Global Finance ◽  
Social Unrest ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Consensus ◽  
Gig Economy ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Financial Globalisation

Subject Financial globalisation and policy. Significance Trade globalisation has triggered debate about its effects on income distribution in advanced economies. The introduction of the most substantial US tax reform in 30 years at the start of the year is now drawing attention to the impact of financial globalisation on inequality's rise around the world, boosting populist support for nativism. However, modelling shows judicious tax and spending policies can counter this. Impacts The weaker security of online and gig-economy employment will intesify calls for governments to invest in social security. The European Commission, UN and OECD favour a global solution to taxing the digitalised economy, but many countries favour the status quo. Disagreements over the basis of taxation and weak capacity in developing countries to implement solutions impede a global consensus. Technology and democracy give young populations a louder voice to campaign for resources; populist voting and social unrest may increase.

To lead or not to lead: that is the (courageous) question

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
Javier Bajer
Keyword(s):  
Direct Observation ◽  
Side Effect ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to challenge the constructs regularly used by organisations around the world for the development of leadership. Design/methodology/approach This is an opinion piece based on direct observation of hundreds of organisations over the years. Findings The regular approaches used for the development of leadership skills in organisations have consistently failed to deliver against its promise. Moreover, it is often the case that organisations pursue new “solutions” to bridge the leadership gap, often to discover that their new approach not only failed to develop the skills needed but also had the side effect of distracting vast amounts of attention. This paper describes what, if not the various taxonomies that describe, “good leadership” looks like really and how it delivers sustainable and effective leadership transformation. Originality/value This piece challenges the status quo, offering a more powerful way of connecting people with the purpose of their work, increasing the impact that individual leadership could have in the creation of value for all stakeholders, including themselves.

Status-quo satisfaction and smartwatch adoption: a multi-group analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 120 (12) ◽  
pp. 2319-2347
Author(s):  
Ezlika M. Ghazali ◽  
Dilip S. Mutum ◽  
Michele Hui-Jing Pua ◽  
T. Ramayah
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Adoption Intention

PurposeThis study explains and predicts smartwatch adoption trends among non-users of smartwatches based on theories of the diffusion of innovation and inertia. It explores the impact of satisfaction with the status-quo with traditional wristwatches, on attitudes toward smartwatches and intentions to adopt the technology.Design/methodology/approachThe study used PLS-SEM to conduct a multi-group analysis considering high (HSQS) and low (LSQS) status-quo satisfaction groups. The multi-group analysis followed the MICOM procedure, and the software SmartPLS three was used to analyse the data.FindingsThe results suggest that attitudes of the LSQS group were more strongly impacted by perceived ease of use and trialability. Their attitude toward innovation also had a stronger effect on their adoption intention. For the HSQS group, social influence more strongly impacted adoption intention; this group also perceived the disruption associated with an innovation as greater than the LSQS group. Analysis using PLS-Predict indicated that both models have considerable predictive power.Originality/valueMost scholarship on this subject has taken a positive view of the diffusion and adoption of smartwatches. This study considers smartwatches from positive and inhibitory perspectives. In the context of smartwatches, this is the first scholarly attempt at comparing levels of resistance to innovation adoption to consumer satisfaction with the status quo.

scholarly journals Affective ethnography: reflections on the application of “useful” research on workplace diversity

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lotte Holck
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Change Agent ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Workplace Diversity ◽  
Ethnographic Methods ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Critical Diversity

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to critically reflect on the affective entanglement of both researcher and practitioners in a study of workplace diversity with a transformative agenda.Design/methodology/approachEvents and experiences related to interventions in a municipal center are presented. The study is embedded in critical diversity research and applies engaged ethnographic methods.FindingsThe researcher reflects on how interventions designed to challenge the status quo faced difficulties while considering the impact of the research entry point, efforts to mobilize organizational members in favor of a diversity agenda and the micro-politics of doing intervention-based research.Practical implicationsThe study reflects on how “useful” research with an allegedly emancipatory agenda might not be considered favorable to neither majority nor minority employees. The notion of affectivity is applied to deal with the organizational members’ multi-voiced response to the change efforts, as well as how the researcher’s position as researcher-change agent critically shaped the fieldwork experiences and their interpretation.Originality/valueFew critical diversity scholars engage with practitioners to produce “useful” research with practical implications. In doing so, this paper contributes to critical diversity methods by exploring why presumably emancipatory initiatives apparently did not succeed, despite organizational goodwill. This involves questioning the implied assumption of the inherent “good” of emancipation, as well as notions of “useful research.”

scholarly journals The UEFA Champions League: maintaining the status quo?

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 247-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Plumley ◽  
Stuart W. Flint
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Competitive Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the competitive balance of the UEFA Champions League group stages. There are numerous financial and commercial benefits to clubs that participate in this competition. The current paper examines whether the seeding system operated by UEFA is hindering some lower ranked teams from qualification and, thus, the associated benefits. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected for all UEFA Champions League group stages between1999/2000 and 2013/2014. Data analysis techniques included Herfindahl-Hirschman Index to examine competitive balance and one-way ANOVAs to examine the impact of the current seeding system on club performance. Findings – The findings suggest that there are flaws in the ranking and seeding system used by UEFA, as results show that the competition is competitively imbalanced at the group stage. Additionally, clubs that are continually placed in the highest seeding pot historically tend to accumulate more points and finish in a higher position in the group, thereby giving them a better opportunity to progress further in the competition. Research limitations/implications – The study has implications for both the clubs competing in the Champions League, who will be affected by the seeding system, and UEFA themselves when considering the sporting integrity of their flagship competition. Originality/value – To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper of its kind to examine competitive balance in this competition, and the paper contributes new knowledge that extends the research undertaken in the field previously.

scholarly journals Plaidoyer for den destruktive karakter

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (122) ◽  
pp. 321-342
Author(s):  
Torsten Andreasen ◽  
James Day
Keyword(s):  
Status Quo ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Critical Practice ◽  
Critical Writing ◽  
Material Change ◽  
The Status ◽  
The University ◽  
Bare Bones ◽  
Negative Form

‘For too long the accent was placed on creativity’ says Benjamin in his essay on Karl Krauss, written at the beginning of the thirties. In this ‘plaidoyer’ we argue for a destructive critical practice precipitated by the current crisis faced by critique. Following a bare-bones account in which this crisis is traced back to the 1930s, we turn to Benjamin’s destructive character (most obviously present in his 1931 article of the same name, but to be encountered throughout his writing) to plead for a deeply negative form of critique. After the uncoupling of critique from the revolutionary organizations of the 1930s, the negativity of critical writing was subsequently lost and predominantly affirmative, post-critical positions carried the day after the defeats of 1968. This has resulted in a divorce between critical writing and possible material change, which has greatly narrowed the critical horizon, by and large anchored within the university. Rather than seeking to find new institutional supports for critique or any kind of critical apparatus, Benjamin’s destructive character points towards the clearing away of the status quo.

The Backlash Against Neoliberal Globalization from Above: Elite Origins of the Crisis of the New Constitutionalism

2021 ◽  
pp. 026327642199944
Author(s):  
Quinn Slobodian
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Steel Industry ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Neoliberal Globalization ◽  
Corporate Elite ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
Trade War ◽  
Multilateral Treaty

This article recounts the backlash against the neoliberal constitutionalism that locked in free trade and capital rights through the multilateral treaty organizations of the 1990s. It argues that we can find important forces in the disruption of the status quo among the elite losers of the 1990s settlement. Undercut by competition from China, the US steel industry, in particular, became a vocal opponent of unconditional free trade and a red thread linking all of Trump’s primary advisers on matters of trade. Steel lobbyists themselves helped frame a critique of actually existing neoliberal globalism, which Trump both adopted and acted on as part of his trade war. By searching for the contemporary attack on neoliberal constitutionalism among the disgruntled corporate elite, we find that our current crisis must be framed as a backlash from above as well as one from below.

A status quo analysis of disaster risk reduction policy and legislation in Cameroon

foresight ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.E.A. Ashu ◽  
Dewald Van Niekerk
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Institutions ◽  
The Status

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the status quo of disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy and legislation in Cameroon. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative method, this paper examines historical data from sectoral administrative reports, plans, declarations, commitments and speeches, texts and peer-reviewed journals on disaster and risk management in Cameroon for the period 1967-2017. Empirical data from ten selected government sectors were used to analyze the status quo, together with quantitative data collected by using four instruments (i.e. HFA Priority 1 & 4, USAID Toolkit, GOAL Resilience Score and the Checklist on Law and DRR). Findings Findings show that Cameroon largely still practices disaster response through the Department of Civil Protection. Transparency and accountability are the sine qua non of the state, but the lack thereof causes improper implementation of DRR within development institutions. DRR is seen as an ad hoc activity, with the result that there is not effective institutional capacity for implementation. The need to develop a new national DRR framework is evident. Originality/value Analyzing the status quo of DRR in Cameroon could assist with the review and reevaluation of a new DRR framework within the Cameroonian territory.

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