scholarly journals Doing Participatory Research with Disabled People in Kuwait

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussain Mohammed Alenaizi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Attitudinal Change ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester

This paper explores the experiences of participatory PhD research with six disabled people in Kuwait. The contributors participated in my PhD project (which was conducted with the University of Manchester) as co-researchers. The paper attempts to answer the following questions: What are the co-researchers' motivations behind participating in this research? Do the co-researchers believe that they will benefit from this process and if so, how? What are our (i.e. the researcher and the co-researchers) experiences of the process of participatory research? The findings highlight the process of participatory research with the co-researchers and highlight the issues of power relations, skills development and reciprocity, decision-making processes and sharing experiences, and the possibility of this research opening the door for further research and attitudinal change.

The Single Most Consequential Thing We Do in Universities

2013 ◽  
pp. 304-329
Author(s):  
Grant Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Important Thing ◽  
Constructive Alignment ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester ◽  
Giving Feedback

Assessing students (including giving feedback and making decisions based on assessments) is arguably the single most important thing done in universities in terms of tangible impacts on people’s lives, but assessment is hard to do. Academics are seldom trained in assessment, and for many it is the most worrying aspect of the job. The University of Manchester operates a New Academics Programme for its probationary lecturers, running over three years and encompassing research, teaching, and administrative aspects of academic careers, culminating in a reflective portfolio. This case study describes the introduction of an assessment component into this programme, including its motivation, content, implementation, and evolution, and its reception by the new academics. The assessment component of the New Academics Programme is now delivered in two sessions at different times of the year. The first covers the importance of assessment and gives guidance for designing good assessments and giving feedback. The second session goes more deeply into constructive alignment and learning outcomes, leading on to decision making in exam boards, and ending with a focus on cultivating academic judgement.

scholarly journals 1525 How Far Do Cultural Values Between First and Second Generational Medical Students Differ According to GMC Guidelines

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_6) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Anwar ◽  
V Jha
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Diverse Workforce ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Aim There are a disproportionately higher number of fitness to practise issues reported to the GMC within the BAME medic group than that any other ethnic group. This research seeks to compare differences in cultural nuances, if any, between second generation BAME medical students and whether there is an opportunity to address these within medical training. Method We conducted 4 qualitative one to one interviews of second generation medics (Those whose parents were not from the UK, but were themselves brought up in the UK) and medics who were both from the UK and whose parents had been brought up in the UK. An exploratory interview was conducted of what values were most important to the interviewees and how this affected their decision-making process. The interviewees were medical students from the University of Liverpool all of whom were in their clinical years between year 3-5. The interviewees were randomly chosen after expressing an interest in the research. A literature search across Pubmed and Scopus were conducted to help direct interview questions. Results The main themes interviewees reported impacting on decision making included difficulty of balancing cultures, the impact of religion on cultural values and personal professional values. When compared to the GMC guidelines, these values mostly aligned however there were some differences, mainly in communication and whistleblowing. Conclusions With an increasingly diverse workforce, there should be some further research conducted to address how the differences in culture affects decision making processes with the consideration of incorporation into medical training.

scholarly journals Collection development or data-driven content curation? An exploratory project in Manchester

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 275-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Joy Kirkwood
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Functional Teams ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester ◽  
Analytical Tools

Purpose – Collection development in a post-subject librarian age needs to be done differently; utilising data, metadata, analytical tools and automation more fully may offer new possibilities. The purpose of this paper is to report and evaluate an exploratory project into new techniques for collection development at the University of Manchester Library. Design/methodology/approach – The project employed a cross-team approach where a relatively large number of staff tried some innovative and experimental approaches to individual aspects of a large and complex task in a large, research-intensive university library. The overriding aim was to exploit data to support decision making and to push automation as far as possible. Findings – The quality of (meta)data remains a huge hindrance to data-driven approaches. A proper understanding of usage data is an urgent but intractable issue. Human input and relationships are still important. Data are nothing without analysis, and many librarians currently lack the data fluency to work confidently in a world of dynamic content curation. Practical implications – Librarians need both to re-skill and to change their self-identification and the philosophy that underlies it if they are to achieve confident, data fluency. Originality/value – The University of Manchester Library was one of the first libraries in the UK to make a thoroughgoing structural change from subject-based to functional teams. This paper will be of value to other libraries moving in this direction, and to those looking to make more use of data-driven decision making in collections management.

scholarly journals Organisational Decision-Making and Academic Institutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Ilijašić Veršić
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Human Decision ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

Abstract Changes in understanding and interpretation of decision-making processes have shed more light on complex interplay given the different settings, and different actors. The limitations in human decision-making and their significance and long-term implications on organizational management or policy making inspired a large body of evidence and research. Exploration of decision-making processes spans over decades, and is closely connected to the role of power; the amount of power in organizations is usually joined by the knowledge and prior experience, which together play a significant role in decision-making process, as well in selection of candidates for the job. However, there is an evident void concerning publications on decision-making processes in academic institutions, and it rapidly becomes the focus of interest due to a specific opposition contained in its core; positions of high level administrators are held by the university professors with no mandatory previous experience and/or knowledge in organisational management.

scholarly journals Co-working, co-learning and culture – co-creation of future tech lab in Namibia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Lahti ◽  
Suvi Päivikki Nenonen ◽  
Erkki Sutinen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
Physical Solution ◽  
Main Campus ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The University

Purpose Future places for learning and working are digitally and physically integrated hybrid environments. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the co-creation process of the remote presence-based digital and physical co-working and co-learning place. The context is cross-cultural when Finnish space approach is applied and further developed in Namibia. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case study is conducted of the Future Tech Lab (FT Lab) in the University of Namibia’s main campus. The case study of the FT Lab is about 200m2 space with three different zones in the University of Namibia’s main campus. The physical solution encourages collaboration and technical solutions interlink the place overseas by using the remote presence. The data are gathered by using document analysis, observations, participatory workshops and interviews including structured questionnaire. Findings The action design research approach is a functional framework to co-create hybrid environments in two ways. It helps to design digital and physical solutions as integrated entity. Additionally, it provides a tool to analyse decision-making processes as well as design initiatives, also from the cultural perspective. Both Finnish and Namibian cultures are normative and feminine, which helped the realisation of the project based on mutual trust. However, the differences in power distance were affecting the process fluency and decision-making processes. Research limitations/implications The findings indicate that the co-design of the hybrid-learning environment sets requirements for the physical solution such as surface materials for premises and retrofitting of technology, which need to be considered by co-creation from the shared vision to realisation of the space. The co-creation involves many stakeholders, and cultural differences have a different impact on various stages of the co-creation process. Originality/value The cultural context in the case study provides an interesting comparison between the Finnish and Namibian approach. The remote presence and its requirements provide new knowledge and guidelines for co-creation of hybrid environments.

scholarly journals Videoconference in Academic Tutoring: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fátima Margarita Castro León ◽  
José Mª del Castillo-Olivares Barberán ◽  
David Pérez-Jorge ◽  
Juan José Leiva Olivenza
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Video Tutorials ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The University

The use of the videoconference as a resource for academic tutoring is starting to spread as a useful practice. From a pedagogical point of view this technological innovation involves many uncertainties as regards its organization, its technology and its pedagogical features. In this paper we study this process in the Degree of early childhood education at the University of La Laguna in the academic course 2016, where two hundred students experienced the video tutorials in two subjects. We will prove how students enter university with previous experiences related to the use of videoconferences in different usage models. In this paper we reflect on decision making processes carried out in several categories. We conclude with the assessment that students have made about this experience, highlighting here the specific utility as regards the most effective type of feedback and the relational environment.

scholarly journals Organizational Culture in Higher Education: Learning from the Best

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adela Coman ◽  
Catalina Bonciu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The University

In this paper we discuss organizational culture of higher education institutions whose components have been thoroughly described by authors such as Tierney (1988) and Valimaa (1998). We focused on the elements of organizational culture which outlines the identity of a higher education institution: why does the institution exist? How does the institution reach its goals and mission? What does the institution offer to its internal and external public? As such, we analyzed the mission, structure, governance and decision making processes, teaching and research in a comparative perspective: Harvard University (HU) and the University of Bucharest (UB), Romania. By looking into the organizational culture of the best, we learnt some lessons that may inspire, motivate and urge action if UB wants to progress so as to become one day a top leader in higher education worldwide.

scholarly journals Siblings of Disabled Peoples' Attitudes Toward Prenatal Genetic Testing and Disability: A Mixed Methods Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carli Friedman ◽  
Aleksa L Owen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Prenatal Testing ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Prenatal Genetic Testing ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Social Meanings ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Disability Attitudes

We used the phenomenon of prenatal genetic testing to learn more about how siblings of disabled people understand prenatal genetic testing and social meanings of disability. By interweaving data on siblings' conscious and unconscious disability attitudes and prenatal testing with siblings' explanations of their views of prenatal testing we explored siblings' unique relationships with disability, a particular set of perspectives on prenatal genetic testing, and examined how siblings' decision-making processes reveal their attitudes about disability more generally. In doing so we found siblings have both personal and broad stakes regarding their experiences with disability that impact their views.

Cognitive Processing of Miscommunication in Interactive Listening: An Evaluation of Listener Indecision and Cognitive Effort

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Roche ◽  
Arkady Zgonnikov ◽  
Laura M. Morett
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Cognitive Effort ◽  
Mouse Tracking ◽  
Computer Mouse ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Computer Mouse Tracking ◽  
Listening Task ◽  
Processing Effort

Purpose The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the social and cognitive underpinnings of miscommunication during an interactive listening task. Method An eye and computer mouse–tracking visual-world paradigm was used to investigate how a listener's cognitive effort (local and global) and decision-making processes were affected by a speaker's use of ambiguity that led to a miscommunication. Results Experiments 1 and 2 found that an environmental cue that made a miscommunication more or less salient impacted listener language processing effort (eye-tracking). Experiment 2 also indicated that listeners may develop different processing heuristics dependent upon the speaker's use of ambiguity that led to a miscommunication, exerting a significant impact on cognition and decision making. We also found that perspective-taking effort and decision-making complexity metrics (computer mouse tracking) predict language processing effort, indicating that instances of miscommunication produced cognitive consequences of indecision, thinking, and cognitive pull. Conclusion Together, these results indicate that listeners behave both reciprocally and adaptively when miscommunications occur, but the way they respond is largely dependent upon the type of ambiguity and how often it is produced by the speaker.

“It's Not Humanly Possible to Do Everything”: Perspectives on Intervention Decision-Making Processes of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erinn Finke ◽  
Kathryn Drager ◽  
Elizabeth C. Serpentine
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Individualized Education Program ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Individual Decision ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Interview Methodology ◽  
Communication Interventions

Purpose The purpose of this investigation was to understand the decision-making processes used by parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) related to communication-based interventions. Method Qualitative interview methodology was used. Data were gathered through interviews. Each parent had a child with ASD who was at least four-years-old; lived with their child with ASD; had a child with ASD without functional speech for communication; and used at least two different communication interventions. Results Parents considered several sources of information for learning about interventions and provided various reasons to initiate and discontinue a communication intervention. Parents also discussed challenges introduced once opinions of the school individualized education program (IEP) team had to be considered. Conclusions Parents of children with ASD primarily use individual decision-making processes to select interventions. This discrepancy speaks to the need for parents and professionals to share a common “language” about interventions and the decision-making process.

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