From Divine Light Mission to Elan Vital and Beyond: An Exploration of Change and Adaptation

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Geaves
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Forms ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Élan Vital ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
Internal Pressures

ABSTRACT: The following article will put forward the argument that it is necessary to take into account the worldview of the insider in order to appreciate the coherence or ““rationality”” of actions of a religiousspiritual teacher or organization. As a case study, the article examines the transformations that have occurred in the organizational forms utilized by Prem Rawat (a.k.a. Maharaji). While bringing readers up to date with Maharaji's activities since the 1980s, I argue that these developments owe more to Maharaji's self-perception of his role as a master and his wish to universalize the message historically located in the teachings of individual sant iconoclasts, than to external or internal pressures brought to bear upon the organizational forms themselves.

Pengelolaan website sebagai Media Informasi Publik

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-220
Author(s):  
Rina Himaturipa ◽  
Abdul Azis Maarif ◽  
Yusuf Zaenal Abidin
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Management Process ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
The Public ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Fact Finding ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
Application Programs

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui proses pengelolaan dimulai dari pencarian data dan fakta, perencanaan, pengaplikasian program, serta tahap evaluasi. Proses ini merupakan rangkaian dari pengaplikasian konsep four step public relations yang dijalankan oleh humas Kantor Wilayah Kementrian Agama Provinsi Jawa Barat, yaitu tahap fact finding, planning and programming, taking actions and communications, and evaluations. Penelitian ini menggunakan paradigma konstruktivisme , pendekatan kualitatif dan metode studi kasus, mengenai suatu lembaga atau organisasi dengan berupa fenomena yang ada dan terjadi nyata disuatu lembaga atau organisasi. Hasil dari penelitian ini menerangkan bahwa proses pengelolaan website menghasilkan data yang terbagi kedalam dua bagian yaitu fakta primer dan sekunder , setelah data didapatkan selanjutnya perencanaan program aplikasi yang memudahkan publik, lalu pengaplikasian program aplikasi seperti halnya E-MTQ, SIMKAH, dan lain-lain, tahap akhir yaitu evaluasi yang dilakukan seperti Rapat Koordinasi dengan Pemerintah Provinsi dan Kab/Kota. Kata Kunci :  Pengelolaan; Humas; Website       The purpose of this research is to find out the management process, Fact Finding, Planning and programming, Taking Actions and communications, and evaluation stages. This process is a series of applications of the four-step public relations concept run by the PR of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of West Java Province. Researchers also use a case study approach that is about an institution or organization in the form of phenomena that exist and occur real in an institution or organization. The results of this study explain that the website management process produces data which is divided into two parts, namely primary and secondary facts, after the data is obtained then the planning of application programs that facilitate the public, then application of application programs such as E-MTQ, SIMKAH, and others, the final stage is an evaluation conducted such as a Coordination Meeting with the Provincial and District / City Governments. Keywords: Management; PR; Website

A Hybrid MCDM Approach for Solving the ERP System Selection Problem with Application to Steel Industry

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 54-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Jafarnejad ◽  
Manoucher Ansari ◽  
Hossein Rahmany Youshanlouei ◽  
Mohammad Mood
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
Entropy Technique ◽  
System Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Selecting a proper system of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a major challenge for enterprise managers. Heavy expenses of incorrect decisions in selection of ERP systems have made academics and managers consider this phase as highly important. Several research studies proposed different approaches to selecting the ERP and many case studies of organizational experiences have been published. However, there has been less regard for simultaneous use of the findings of academic studies and judgments of industrial experts or organization mangers for making the most appropriate choice. This study proposes a combined multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach through which both previous studies and judgments of industrial experts or organization managers would be integrated in order to select the proper ERP system. Having studied the literature comprehensively and conducted interviews with experts and managers, this approach will determine the most important criteria in ERP selection using Shannon entropy technique. Then, based on the judgments obtained from experts and using DEMATEL technique, these criteria will be classified into the two groups of “Cause” and “Effect” and the most appropriate choice will be selected using Fuzzy AHP technique. Finally, a case study is conducted to demonstrate and prove the applicability of the proposed approach.

scholarly journals Study On The Configuration Of Distribution Channels For New Automobiles

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Ubiratã Tortato ◽  
Roberto Marx
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Distribution Channels ◽  
Explanatory Model ◽  
Organizational Forms ◽  
Legal Environment ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Distribution Trends

This paper proposes an explanatory model for the configuration of automobile distribution channels. A case study was developed, using two sources of information: 1) the literature on the distribution of specialty goods and on automobile distribution and 2) interviews conducted with dealers and automakers. The survey allowed the identification of three variables for the proposed model: dealer size, consumer behavior and the legal environment. The model comprises three possible organizational forms for the distribution business: isolated single-brand, single-brand group, and multi-brand group. This study is expected to contribute to a better understanding of the evolution of the sector, as well as to support the analysis of future auto distribution trends.

scholarly journals Mapping the Patient’s Journey in Healthcare through Process Mining

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6586
Author(s):  
Michael Arias ◽  
Eric Rojas ◽  
Santiago Aguirre ◽  
Felipe Cornejo ◽  
Jorge Munoz-Gama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Process Mining ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
Customer Journey ◽  
Customer Life Cycle ◽  
Patient’S Experience ◽  
Healthcare Process ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
A Company

Nowadays, assessing and improving customer experience has become a priority, and has emerged as a key differentiator for business and organizations worldwide. A customer journey (CJ) is a strategic tool, a map of the steps customers follow when engaging with a company or organization to obtain a product or service. The increase of the need to obtain knowledge about customers’ perceptions and feelings when interacting with participants, touchpoints, and channels through different stages of the customer life cycle. This study aims to describe the application of process mining techniques in healthcare as a tool to asses customer journeys. The appropriateness of the approach presented is illustrated through a case study of a key healthcare process. Results depict how a healthcare process can be mapped through the CJ components, and its analysis can serve to understand and improve the patient’s experience.

scholarly journals PROSES ADOPSI INOVASI DALAM PROSES BELAJAR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Liliani Liliani ◽  
Helena Sidharta
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Innovation Adoption ◽  
Organization Change ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Performance Effectiveness ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
Future Vision

ABSTRACT Entrepreneurship has a relationship with innovation, because an entrepreneur should have the future vision, a innovative thinking and could know the opportunities and create the values. One of the efforts to develop entrepreneurship more intensively is through a formal education. The study will discuss the process of innovation’s adoption in learning process of entrepreneurship in the formal education. The process of innovation’s adoption is a process to create an individual or organization change to improve the performance effectiveness. The study used case study on the students of the program of international studies management in Ciputra University. The technique of data collection used an observation, interview, and documentation. Testing of data credibility used sources and technique triangulation. Data analysis is interactively performed continually until completed so the data saturated. The research result shown that in the process of an innovation adoption a student started to launch many ideas openly, filtering the ideas based on a challenge and bottleneck probably faced, receiving an input of the other parties to complete their innovation and want to continually innovation. The research shown that the internal factor as an awareness to take a risk and external factor as a market network will influence their decisions. The factors of facilitator and target also influence or contribute in direction of the innovation adoption of students.

scholarly journals Študija primera na Fakulteti za organizacijske vede Univerze v Mariboru: primerjava klasičnega in spletnega dogodka

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Urh ◽  
Eva Jereb
Keyword(s):  
Educational Method ◽  
Online Implementation ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
Organizational Sciences

The paper analyzes the classic and online implementation of a case study event at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor. At the faculty, the case study is used as a research-educational method, in which participants (pupils or students), the faculty and the company or organization. The case study has many benefits for participants, faculty, and the company. The case study event at the faculty is divided into two parts: the first part is intended to educate participants for the needs of the event and the second part is intended to compete between the registered teams. The paper presents the steps of the process of organizing a case study event. Both classic and online event have their advantages, disadvantages, opportunities and disadvantages. The paper thoroughly presents the educational method of case study.

The Jewish Centrality of Israel

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-65
Author(s):  
Ofer Shiff
Keyword(s):  
Orthodox Jewish ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Jewish Diaspora ◽  
Identity Card ◽  
Jewish Mother

This article examines reactions in the Jewish Diaspora to the ways the Diaspora is viewed in Israel, especially with regard to the Israeli self-perception of Israel as the ultimate spiritual and religious center for its Diaspora. These ideas are explored using as a case study the 1958 ‘Who is a Jew?’ controversy and David Ben-Gurion’s famous correspondence with 51 ‘Jewish sages’ on the question of how to classify on an Israeli identity card a child born in Israel to a non-Jewish mother. Focusing on the responses of the Orthodox Jewish sages, I suggest that this correspondence may be understood as a reflection of different, sometimes conflicting understandings of the nature and meaning of Israel’s centrality for Jews and Judaism.

Growth Models in the New Zealand Wine Industry: Some Case Study Evidence

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-29
Author(s):  
Mike Beverland ◽  
Lawrence S Lockshin
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Growth Models ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
General Validity ◽  
Internal Pressures

AbstractOne of the most dominant models for explaining organisational growth is that of organisational lifecycles. Drawing parallels with biology, life cycle theorists argue firms are born, grow, mature and decline. Despite a proliferation of models of organisational lifecycle, there is little empirical support for their general validity. The present study builds a four-stage model of organisational life cycle based on case study research in the New Zealand wine industry. Far from being driven by internal pressures, these cycles seem to be related to the demands of the global wine market, as well as the strategy chosen by each firm.

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