Policy Consultation in Malaysia Public Service

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Fazni Mat Arifin ◽  
Nooraini Othman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Consultative Process

The aim of this article is to discuss the process of public policymaking and how the policy consultation helps to elaborate the processes involved in enhancing cooperation among government agencies. Existing literature indicates that there has never been any research that studies in detail on the consultative process of the process of policymaking in the country’s public service. The only available guidance is in the National Policy on the Development and Implementation of Regulations to improve the decision-making process for policy implementation. Therefore, a further reference has been done to a qualitative study on the policymaking process of the proposed National Halal Policy. The study indicates that an effective consultative approach must be able to act as either a vehicle of communication or stakeholder management in the policy process. The framework of negotiation-based policy consultative informs clearly on what types of consultative process practiced by the country and how does it operate in promoting wider participation in the policy process.

Ecologically Sustaining Research Partnerships

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa M. Jozwiak ◽  
Karen L. B. Burgard
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Research Partnership ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
Systems Model ◽  
Ecological Systems Model

It is essential that universities and local or government agencies begin to work together to do unconventional and impactful research that is mutually sustaining to both partners. When done well, the partnerships will strengthen the positions of each institution to continue to do their work and create new opportunities for equity and advancement. The challenges associated with building these types of partnerships are numerous, but even more challenges exist when the partnerships are committed to working in solidarity. To create partnerships that are examples of solidarity leading to mutual sustainability, partners must be intentional about using an ecological-systems model to shape the decision-making process. In doing so, the partners enact an Ecologically Sustaining Research Partnership (ESRP), which ensures that both partners are strengthened by and exist beyond the life of the partnership. Importantly, ESRPs are committed to equity and empowerment and use the ecological-systems model to shift the basis of power in favor of commonly oppressed groups. This emancipatory approach to research is essential for the field of early childhood, but it can also be expanded to guide partnerships between universities and communities across disciplines.

Preparation of Sub-Criteria for Mathematical Modeling of Multi-Criteria Decision Making

2014 ◽  
Vol 1020 ◽  
pp. 765-768
Author(s):  
Eva Berankova ◽  
František Kuda ◽  
Stanislav Endel
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Individual Selection ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Data Analyses ◽  
Quantitative Characters ◽  
The Subject

The subject of this paper is to evaluate criteria in the decision-making process for choosing new usable office facilities in light of a big company or public service seeking for new usable office facilities. The criteria defining the requirements for individual selection variants enter into this decision-making process. These criteria have qualitative and quantitative characters. In order to model the criteria, it is desirable that their values are standardized. The method of standardization of these criteria is given in this paper. In this paper, attention is paid to the decision-making process in the course of choosing new usable facilities in administration objects. This decision-making process is based on input data analyses and on conclusions for a certain selection variant resulting from them.

scholarly journals Termination of pregnancy following a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome: A qualitative study of the decision-making process of pregnant couples

2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (10) ◽  
pp. 1228-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stina Lou ◽  
Kathrine Carstensen ◽  
Olav Bjørn Petersen ◽  
Camilla Palmhøj Nielsen ◽  
Lone Hvidman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Prenatal Diagnosis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Termination Of Pregnancy ◽  
Decision Making Process

Treatment decision-making for older adults with cancer: A qualitative study

2020 ◽  
pp. 096973302094575
Author(s):  
Ni Gong ◽  
Qianqian Du ◽  
Hongyu Lou ◽  
Yiheng Zhang ◽  
Hengying Fang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Treatment Decision ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Treatment Decision Making ◽  
The Family ◽  
Older Cancer Patients

Background: Independent decision-making is one of the basic rights of patients. However, in clinical practice, most older cancer patients’ treatment decisions are made by family members. Objective: This study attempted to analyze the treatment decision-making process and formation mechanism for older cancer patients within the special cultural context of Chinese medical practice. Method: A qualitative study was conducted. With the sample saturation principle, data collected by in-depth interviews with 17 family members and 12 patients were subjected to thematic analysis. Ethical considerations: The study was approved by the ethics committees of Sun Yat-sen University. All participants provided verbal informed consent after being told their rights of confidentiality, anonymity, and voluntary participation. They had the right to refuse to answer questions and could withdraw at any time. Results: Three themes emerged: (1) complex process; (2) transformation of family decision-making power; and (3) individual compromise. Family members inevitably had different opinions during the long process of treatment decision-making for older cancer patients. The direction of this process could be regarded as an extension of the family power relationship. The patient usually compromised the decision to survive, which was made by family members. Conclusion: This study describes the treatment decision-making process of older cancer patients in the context of Chinese culture. The reasons underlying this process are related to the views on life and death and family values. An individual is a part of the family, which is often seen as the minimal interpersonal unit in Chinese society. It is significant that while emphasizing patient autonomy in the decision-making process, health professionals should also pay attention to the important roles of culture and family.

Top Down or Bottom Up? A Study of Grassroots NGOs’ Approach

2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biswambhar Panda
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Advocacy Activity ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Local Decision Making ◽  
Government Authority

NGOs deploy multiple approaches to achieve their objectives. These may broadly be classified as bottom up and top down. While a bottom-up approach emphasises local decision making, community participation and grassroots mobilisation/movements, the top-down approach focuses on lobbying and bargaining with the decision-making authorities such as government agencies, building up of pressures through various campaign mechanisms, advocacy activities, etc. This article draws insights from the literature and begins with a discussion on approaches undertaken by grassroots NGOs to meet their objectives. At the outset, the article ponders over a set of questions such as whether grassroots NGOs essentially follow a bottom-up approach. If so, why? Do they also intend to establish rapport with the state officials and thereby have say in the decision-making process? If so, how do they pursue it? This article, however, operationalises the bottom-up approach in terms of an array of indicators such as awareness building efforts of NGOs, people's participation in different phases of projects, and people's involvement in creating people's institutions. Similarly, it defines top-down approach on the basis of indicators such as NGOs’ participation in advocacy activity, obtaining support from government authority and obtaining favourable court verdicts. Despite the rhetoric, this article conclusively finds that no grassroots NGO practices either a bottom-up or top-down approach exclusively.

scholarly journals Constraintsof E-Government Implementation in Public Service - A Study on the Application of SIAKAD in STAIN Ponorogo

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 275
Author(s):  
Nur Rahmawati H. ◽  
Widodo Muktiyo ◽  
Wahyu Nurhardjadmo ◽  
Didik G. Suharto
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Public Service ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Limited Resource ◽  
Limited Support ◽  
Bureaucratic Structure

This research aims to analyze the factors inhibiting the implementation of e-government in public service particularly in the application of SIAKAD Program in STAIN Ponorogo. First, it describes how e-government becomea national policy since the issuance of Presidential Instruction Number 3 of 2003 was applied in STAIN Ponorogo, particularly in SIAKAD program.  The factors that affected the implementation of e-government are explained using theory of policy implementation adapted from Edwards and Van Horn Van Meter’s model.  This case study concludes that the implementation of e-government in public service were constrainedby poor communication between executors, limited resource available and limited support from the bureaucratic structure of the SIAKAD Program.

Sexting, power, and patriarchy: Narratives of sexting from a college population

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482090951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Bonilla ◽  
Mallaigh McGinley ◽  
Sharon Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Image Management ◽  
College Population ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Perceived Outcomes ◽  
Relational Contexts ◽  
College Aged Students

This qualitative study explores the sexting experiences of college-aged students with attention to gendered understandings and motivations of sexting. We gathered data on the decision-making process, relational contexts in which sexting occurred, body-image management, and perceived outcomes of past experiences. Participants in this study were asked to describe two experiences of sexting behavior in short vignettes, and then they were prompted to respond to additional questions about the vignette and sexting. A total of 342 vignettes were read and analyzed using discourse analytic strategies of reading for positioning, construction of discourses, and implied actions.

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