scholarly journals Role of Social Partners for Work-Based Learning: Results of Surveys

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilze Buligina ◽  
Biruta Sloka ◽  
Ināra Kantāne ◽  
Anita Līce
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Public Administrators ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Social Partners ◽  
Key Aspects

Abstract Introduction of work-based learning (WBL) in Latvia has required new approaches in decision making of different stakeholders. Experience from countries with long-standing WBL tradition has shown the numerous advantages but also the challenges this approach presents. One of these challenges is the need for new forms and mechanisms of cooperation among the key stakeholders – policy makers, public administrators, employers, educators and social partners. The current paper analyses the results of scientific research in this field, as well as uses the empirical results of two surveys performed by the authors: a survey of public sector experts and a survey of employers in Latvia. In order to obtain detailed results, the evaluations of respondents on multiple aspects analysed in the surveys were evaluation in the scale 1–10. The data of both surveys have been analysed by descriptive analysis, cross-tabulations and multivariate analysis – factor analysis. The results have indicated that the views of employers and social partners on the most of the key aspects of introduction and implementation of WBL are similar. However, a more profound analysis has to be performed in order to develop proposals or the most efficient approach to WBL.

scholarly journals The Participatory process in public management for regional development: case of Latvia

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Inga Jekabsone
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Public Administrators ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Formal Requirements

In case of Latvia, formal requirements of involvement of citizens in decision-making processes at national, regional and local are defined in different legal acts. In preparation of planning documents some municipalities and public institutions are developing individual approaches to insure effective dialogue with stakeholders. Taking into account ongoing administrative territorial reform in Latvia, there is a need for more inclusive models of citizens’ participation in decision-making process in regional level. Taking into account before mentioned, the aim of the paper is to analyse the approaches of involvement of stakeholders in decision-making processes in context of regional development. In order to achieve the aim, following research methods have been used: scientific literature studies, statistical data analysis, expert survey. Main results and conclusions of the paper: the research showed that policy makers in EU using diverse approaches in more effective involvement of citizens and key stakeholders in decision-making – some of them are rather creative and could be called as good practice examples. In case of Latvia, existing approaches could be defined rather as formal engagement activities towards fulfilment of requirements of legal acts. However, in some cases public administrators showed innovative approach towards development of effective dialogue with citizens.

Descriptive Analysis of Coach Augmented Feedback Given to High School Varsity Female Volleyball Players

1988 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Markland ◽  
Thomas J. Martinek
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Augmented Feedback ◽  
Skilled Performance ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Volleyball Players ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
To Receive

This study examined the nature and amount of feedback that more successful and less successful high school varsity volleyball coaches gave to their starting and nonstarting volleyball players. Two of the four coaches studied were considered more successful and two were considered less successful, based on previous regular season win-loss percentages. Players of all the coaches (N=41) were also used as subjects and identified as having either a starting or nonstarting role on the team. All subjects were observed on three occasions for 30 minutes per observation during regular season practice. The Cole Descriptive Analysis System (Cole-DAS) was used to observe coach augmented feedback as it was given to individual players in response to skilled performance. A 2 × 2 multivariate analysis of variance was used to describe the effects of (a) success of the coach, (b) role of the player, and (c) both success of the coach and role of the player on the dependent variables of coach augmented feedback. Results indicated that successful coaches varied considerably from less successful coaches in the types of feedback given to their players. Starting players were also found to receive significantly more audio, audiovisual, and immediate terminal feedback than nonstarting players.

scholarly journals The Role of Decision Making for Family Activities by Industrial Labour of Women Migrant Based on Their Migration Characteristics

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dewi Susilongtyas ◽  
Tuty Handayani ◽  
Nurul Sri Rahatiningtyas ◽  
Sigit Candra Winata Kusuma ◽  
Della Ayu Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Industrial Workers ◽  
Circular Migration ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
The Family

The presence of women migrants in urban industrial workers proved that women's movement exists. This migration process not only indicates that women are actively involved in economic activity, but also influences the decision-making on important activities within the family and society. This study aims to determine the relationship between mobility patterns and its contribution to economic and decision-making in the family through the survey as research methods. The data were analysed by descriptive analysis, statistics approach, and correlation maps. For the independence test in the bivariate table, we used the chi square method, and to display the distribution of two variables simultaneously, a cross-tabulation was used. After that, to assess whether there is a relationship between the two variables, the table of independence was used. Our study shows that decision-making became an indicator of strengthening the role of women with a pattern of circular migration, which has a relationship on economic contribution. However, the behavior of women who perform the spatial migration in strengthening roles in families is not always relevant with the strengthening role of the economy. A strong role is only demonstrated by industrial migrant workers working on a circular migration pattern.

How financial systems and firm strategy impact the choice of innovation funding

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-272
Author(s):  
Jaime Sierra
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Firm Strategy ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Investment Theory ◽  
Innovation Characteristics

Purpose The funding of innovation is explained by typical cost-based financial approaches. This paper breaks away from such tradition, and the purpose of this paper is to propose an alternative view where innovation funding decisions are strategic and concern interactions between actors – each with their own characteristics and strategic intentions – project features, and traits of the setting in which interactions take place. Design/methodology/approach This paper builds up an alternative framework to understand how innovation is financed by considering the interplay of innovation characteristics, the strategic reasons of project owners and funders, and the role of the matching environment and conditions. This proposal includes explanatory elements overlooked by extant theories. An illustrative case is presented to support the need for this proposal. Findings The framework proposed proves useful to better understand innovation funding cases where the traditional financial theory does not suffice. Practical implications Innovative companies may improve decision making about resource allocation to innovation; innovation funders may refine their decision-making criteria and implementation; and policy makers and practitioners need to devise better supporting strategies for innovative companies. Originality/value This proposal considers a continuum of funding options where supply/demand will match on the grounds of strategic decisions made during the interaction itself, under certain contextual conditions. Hence, it enriches the understanding of strategic decisions regarding firm capital structure and investment theory when it comes to funding innovation.

Let’s Perform and Paint! The Role of Creative Mediums in Enhancing Management Research Representation

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakshmi Balachandran Nair ◽  
Pauline Fatien Diochon ◽  
Reka Anna Lassu ◽  
Suzanne G. Tilleman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Missed Opportunities ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Multisensory Experience ◽  
Research Representation

The limited reach of management research results in missed opportunities to support the decision-making processes of business professionals and policy makers. To strengthen the impact of management research and overcome barriers posed by text-heavy representation, we advocate for the use of creative mediums (e.g., collage, film, poetry) to showcase the product of an inquiry, either alone or as a supplement to traditional reporting. We provide a rationale for how these mediums trigger interest, foster a multisensory experience, convey complex meaning, and spark contemporary, inclusive dialogues. Each of the four rationales is discussed by showing an example of previous use, and explaining how the respective barrier to research representation is overcome. We finally offer recommendations for how management researchers can employ creative mediums to enhance the fertility of their work.

Calculative Practices in International Environmental Governance: In (Partial) Defence of Indicators

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-321
Author(s):  
Jaye Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
International Environmental Governance ◽  
Environmental Regimes ◽  
Human World ◽  
Calculative Practices ◽  
Critical Literature

AbstractThe role of calculative practices such as goals and indicators in international environmental governance causes concern among many observers, who view them as promoting a reductivist approach to the non-human world and privileging economic understandings of environmental governance above all others. Yet they possess enormous potential to provide insights into the non-human world that could be of great benefit to governance. This article takes seriously critical perspectives of calculative practices, while exploring a weakness in much of the critical literature, namely a failure to examine assumptions about the nature of scientific knowledge and the manner in which it is, and ought to be, taken up by policy makers. I contend that both the design of environmental regimes and critical analyses of these regimes bear the marks of the influence, albeit indirect, of early 20th century views on the superiority of scientific knowledge and its unique capacity to ground decision making. I argue that a richer, more nuanced account of the co-production of ecological metrics such as goals and indicators and their potential contributions to ecosystem governance and sustainability is necessary. With such accounts, scholars and political authorities would be in a better position to address the very real pitfalls and dangers of calculative practices while not feeling compelled to forego these potentially powerful approaches.

scholarly journals Epistemic and ethical responsibility during the pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
Andrea Klimková
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Actual Content ◽  
Political Decisions

Abstract Intellectual (specialised) knowledge is omnipresent in human lives and decisions. We are constantly trying to make good and correct decisions. However, responsible decision-making is characterised by rather difficult epistemic conditions. It applies all the more during the pandemic when decisions require not only specialised knowledge in a number of disciplines, scientific consensus, and participants from different fields, but also responsibility and respect for moral principles in order to ensure that the human rights of all groups are observed. Pandemic measures are created by politicians, healthcare policy-makers, and epidemiologists. However, what is the role of ethics as a moral philosophy and experts in ethics? Experts in ethics and philosophy are carefully scrutinising political decisions. Levy and Savulescu (2020) have claimed that Ethicists and philosophers are not epistemically arrogant if they question policy responses. They played an important role in the creation of a reliable consensus. This study analyses epistemic and moral responsibility, their similarities, analogies, and differences. Are they interconnected? What is their relationship and how can they be filled with actual content during the pandemic?

scholarly journals Audit Internal dan Efektivitas Pengendalian Intern Penjualan

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Radhi Abdul Halim Rachmat ◽  
Ivan Gumilar Sambas Putra ◽  
Ii Halilah
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Internal Auditors ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Operational Activities

Sales activity plays an important role and needs to be controlled because it affects to the revenue. Sales control requires sales analysis that reveal undesirable developments need to be corrected. Internal Auditors who are not directly involved in operational activities can, therefore, assess all activities. Internal Auditors also provides objective information regarding sales data that will be the basis for management decision making. The purpose of this study is to: determine whether the internal audit on sales activities conducted by the company has been done adequately; determine whether the internal control over sales has been implemented effectively; and determine the role of internal audit in supporting the effectiveness of internal control sales. The authors perform hypothesis testing by doing descriptive analysis and statistical analysis. Based on the results, the effectiveness of internal control can be explained by the Internal Audit role of 63.2%.

scholarly journals Countries Embracing Maternal Employment Have Opened Schools Sooner after COVID-19 Lockdowns

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ansgar Hudde ◽  
Natalie Nitsche
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Maternal Employment ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
School Closure ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Policy Measures

During and after the first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns, the timing and the intensity of school reopenings have varied across countries. We show that societal gender ideology likely has affected school closure and opening policies. Societies that are more supportive of maternal employment have reopened schools significantly sooner than societies less supportive of maternal employment, relative to other opening measures and net of infection rates. Our study contributes novel evidence on the role of attitudes on policy-decision making, and unveils the presence of a potential gender ideology bias in policy-makers’ ad-hoc decision-making under time pressure. The epidemic threat remains high and questions about the operation of schools continue to be a pressing matter. Considering this bias in decision-making can improve further policy-measures during the remainder of the pandemic, and beyond.

Management of anaesthesia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain Moppett
Keyword(s):  
Patient Outcome ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Patient Comfort ◽  
Successful Management ◽  
Key Aspects

Successful management of anaesthesia requires expertise in the triad of knowledge, technical skills, and non-technical skills. The decision-making and techniques chosen should all be focused on patient safety, followed by patient comfort and efficiency. There is increasing evidence that anaesthesia management has an influence on patient outcome beyond the first couple of postoperative days. This chapter provides an overview of some of the key aspects of management of anaesthesia: the importance of proper preparation at all stages; the evidence—or lack thereof—for choices between techniques and drugs; and the key role of effective communication by the anaesthetist.

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